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CHROMOSOMES & KARYOTYPES : AMOEBA SISTERS VIDEO Q’S

1. Use the following words below to write a sentence that describes how chromosomes are structured:
CHROMOSOMES CHROMATIN DNA HISTONES (proteins)

chromatic is unwound dna that wraps that wound its self around histones to
form chromosomes

2. Why does our DNA need to be tightly packed into chromosomes in the first place? Provide
two main reasons:
l pack it up to move it and pack it up to store it

3. Below, draw a single chromosome, then draw a duplicated chromosome. Write down how
many chromosomes and how many chromatids are in each of your drawings.

DUPLICATED

Chromosome Duplicated chromosome

1 chromosome(s) 1 chromosome(s)

1 chromatid(s) 2 chromatid(s)

4. Even though all your body cells are diploid, have all 46 chromosomes, how are the
chromosomes different from one another in various body cells (stomach cell vs eye
cell).
genes in the stomach and eye can be turned on and off at different times

5. What is a Karyotype? In what phase of the cell cycle are most chromosomes taken from a
cell to create a karyotype?
its a picture of your chromosomes

6. In a Karyotype, chromosomes are arranged in HOMOLOGOUS pairs. Explain what

homologous chromosomes are:

chromosomes who are identical to eachother

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7. Below is a karyotype, put a BOX around the AUTOSOMES and CIRCLE the SEX

CHROMOSOMES.

• What are AUTOSOMES?

• What are SEX CHROMOSOMES?

8. Gametes (SPERM & EGG) are HAPLOID, what does HAPLOID mean?
half the total number

9. When sperm fertilizes the egg a zygote ______is formed. This fertilized egg is diploid.
What does Diploid mean?
complete set from parents

10. Explain why the fathers determine the biological sex of the child:
the mother can only give x's so it determinants what the the father pairs to

11. What can scientists use KARYOTYPES for? (circle the extra chromosome on the karyotype below)

 Male or Female?