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21 Cards in this Set
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Why is it a bad idea to chop up ocean sponges in order to get rid of them?
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They will regenerate
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Why do cells of an adult continue to divide even after the adult has stopped growing?
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To replace the cells that die
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Mitosis
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Make an exact copy of cells
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Meiosis
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Reproductive cells form
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Sexual Reproduction
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Two parents are needed for this type of development
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Cells going through mitosis produce
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Exact copies of the Chromosomes
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Tongue curling is an example of ________.
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A dominant trait
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__________is an example of an incomplete metamorphosis
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cricket / grasshopper
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Rapid mitosis allows what to occur if a lizard gets its tail cut off.
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Regeneration (He will grow a new tail.)
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A nucleus of a cell prepares for mitosis by
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Exact copies of the chromosomes
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Metamorphosis is the process by which an insect
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Changes the form of it's body
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Name the stages of an incomplete metamorphosis
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egg, nymph, adult
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Genes found on chromosomes contain the DNA codes for_____
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Inherited Traits
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Asexual Reproduction
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needs only one parent to reproduce. (Yeast is asexual)
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Direct development
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Have the same shape of their parents
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Genes
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DNA code for a certain trait
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Recessive Trait
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Having blonde hair is a recessive trait
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Inherited trait
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Blue eyes is an inherited trait.
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Dominant Trait
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Black hair is a dominant trait.
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Life Cycle
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Development and growth of an egg is the first stage of a bird's lifecycle
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Chromosomes
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After a division the cell has the number of these
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