Genetic Disorders

What disease is characterized by abnormally shaped red blood cells?

• hemophilia
• sickle cell anemia
• phenylketonuria
• Huntington's 

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

A person who has one recessive allele for a trait, but does not have the trait.

• carrier
• homozygous dominant
• homozygous recessive
• codominant

An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes.

• genetic disorder
• disease
• pathogen
• mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A chart or “family tree” that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.

• pedigree
• punnett square
• cladogram
• branching tree

How many females are colorblind?

• 1
• 8
• 6
• 14

A trait that can be covered up and seems to disappear is known as a(n) _____________ trait.

• Dominant
• Gene
• Allele
• Recessive

_________________ is the genetic makeup or combination of alleles in an organism.

• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Heredity
• Chromosome

The ________________ allele covers up the other form of a trait.

• Recessive
• Dominant

The outward, physical appearance of an organism due to its genotype is a(n)

• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Dominant Trait
• Recessive Trait

A cancer mutation can best be described as what?

• Disease that only occurs on the skin
• Disease that only affects a person's appearance
• Something that results in uncontrolled growth of cells
• I have no idea