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Vocabulary
DNA
DNA Bases
Inherited Diseases
Blood Types
100
Long, complex molecule containing codes that control your cells' activities
What is DNA
100
There are around _________cells in one of your hands, but they are tiny; so tiny that we cannot see them.
What is 2.5 Billion
100
The DNA base "A" stands for
What is Adenine
100
This inherited disease affects the amount of Hemoglobin in the red blood cells, giving the cells a crescent shape
What is Sickle-Cell Anemia
100
The 4 MAIN blood types are A, B, O and
What is AB
200
Portion of a chromosome that controls a particulart trait
What is Gene
200
The shape of the DNA molecule is called a d
What is a double helix
200
The DNA base "G" stands for
What is Guanine
200
A hereditary disorder in which the exocrine glands are affected, causing an abnormally thick mucus, causing respiratory infections in
What is Cystic Fibrosis
200
The universal Donor Blood type is
What is 0-
300
Individual who has inherited a factor for a trait but does not show the trait
What is carrier
300
There are over _______ cell types in the body
What is 200
300
The DNA Base "C" stands for
What is Cytosine
300
Color blindess affects approximately _________% of all males (give within 2% off)
What is 8%
300
The universal recipient Blood type is
What is AB+
400
Organism produced by the crossing of parents that have 2 different forms of the same trait
What is hybrid
400
Spell the long form of "DNA"
What is Deoxyribonucleic
400
The DNA base "T" stands for
What is Thymine
400
Color blindess affects approximately _________% of all females (give within 2% off)
What is 5 %
400
The factor that determines if your blood type is "positive" or negative" is called
What is the RH factor
500
Chart used to trace the history of traits in a family
What is a pedigree
500
A _________ Acid (i.e. it is made up of strings of nucleotides bonded together) Has a backbone made of phosphate and deoxyribose
What is Nucleic
500
How do the DNA bases match up and how many pairs of Chromsomes does a person typically have?
What is A-T; C-G; 23 pairs
500
Sickle cell Anemia is a disease which in which there is an abnormal amount of
What is hemoglobin
500
Taking out the RH factor, if you have type B Blood, who or whom can you receive a transfusion from
What is O, B