DNA

Question 1

Where in a cell would you find chromosomes?

Answer 1

Nucleus

Question 2

Karyotypes give us a visual presentation of what?

Answer 2

All of the chromosomes in an organism

Question 3

Diploid Organism

Answer 3

a cell that contains two sets of homologous chromosomes

Question 4

Haploid Organism

Answer 4

a cell that contains only a single set of genes

Question 5

Chromosome

Answer 5

threadlike structure within the nucleus that contains genetic information passed on from one generation to the next

Question 6

Homologous

Answer 6

a chromosome that contains one set from a male parent and the other set from a female parent

Question 7

Chromatin

Answer 7

substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones

Question 8

Chromatid

Answer 8

one of two identical “sister” parts of a duplicated chromosome

Question 9

Eukaryote

Answer 9

organism whose cell contains a nucleus

Question 10

Prokaryote

Answer 10

unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus