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6. Genes carry out the development of different characterists by issuing instructions to the cell but the cell carries out these instructions by producing ....

  • Organisms
  • Alleles
  • Proteins
  • cells
  • Chromosomes

7. Proteins are formed inside a cell and are either structual proteins or enzymes, what are structual proteins used for?

  • Used to destroy the mutated cells
  • Used for the cell growth or repair
  • Used to speed up chemical reactions
  • Used to slow down chemical reactions

8. What are enzymes used for?

  • To speed up chemical reactions in cells
  • For the growth and development of the cells
  • To slow down chemical reactions in cells
  • To repair cells

9. Discontinuous variation is a variation that is whole and can not be a mixture or inbetween for example someones blood type can not be a mixture or in between, but someones height can be.. you're not just tall or short, this would be continous variation, b

  • Weather someone can roll their tongue or not
  • Height
  • Shoe size
  • Hair colour

10. How many pairs of chromosomes does human cells contain?

  • 100
  • 23
  • 46
  • 2
  • 12

11. What is an Alleles?

  • Different versions of genes
  • A genetic mutation
  • A form of a rare blood disease
  • A name for a undeveloped chromosome

12. What does it mean to be a carrier?

  • To have the disease present inside of you but has no affect on your body, you are just a carrier.
  • A person with a disease that is affecting them.
  • You are very contagious and should stay away from people until treated
  • Have symptoms of a genetic disease

13. If only ONE of your parents have Huntingtons disease, what is the chance that you will develop the disease?

  • 1/2 chance (50%)
  • It depends on how the dieases was picked up
  • 1/4 chance (25%)
  • 0 chance because it is not inherited
  • 100% chance, you will have the disease

14. What is the meaning of Dominant

  • Your cells are healthy
  • You need more then one of the copy inorder for it to function
  • You only need one of the copy in order for it to function
  • You are healthy and dominant

15. What is the meaning of recessive

  • you are not healthy
  • you need more than one copy inorder for it to function
  • you only need one copy in order for it to function
  • Your genes are very recessive meaning you look a lot like your parent