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Why is mendel considered the father of genetics?
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First person to cross breed
Pea Plants |
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Stronger trait
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Dominant
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weaker trait
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recessive
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Traits are passed from parents to offspring in....
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genes
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(blank)are two forms of genes.
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Alleles
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(blank) is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
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heredity
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(blank)is the mathmatical chance that an event will occur.
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Probability
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What is the difference between self and cross pollination?
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Self-Pollinates itself
Cross-Transfer male pollen to another plant |
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Whats the difference between purebred and hybrid?
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Purebred-Same kind of parents
(both White) Hybrid-Two different kinds of parents (one black one white) |
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Define Phenotype.
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Physical traits
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Define Genotype.
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Letters gene combination.
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Whats meosis?
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Division of sex cells
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What are the genotypes of boys?
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XY
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What are the genotypes of girls?
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XX
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Who are James Watson and Francis Crick?
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Discovered shape of DNA molecule.(double Helix)
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What makes up chromosomes?
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DNA strands and nucleotides.
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List the parts of nucleotide.
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Sides made of sugar and phosphate.
Rungs=adenine balances with thymine and cytosine balances with guanine. |
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which bases pair together in a DNA molecule?
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A with T and G with C.
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What are the three steps of DNA replication?
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unzips, nitrogen Bases Match,DNA duplicates.
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What is incomplete dominance?
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Hybrid, Brown eyes with a green trait.
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What are exceptions to Mendels rule of inheritance?
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one gene can influence other traits.
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What is a mutagen?
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Causes Mutation.
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What are the three types of mutations?
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Substitution= Put in another place
Deletion=Take out base Insertion=add to many things |
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What is the purpose of a genetic counselor?
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Planning for offspring traits.
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What is the importance of a pedigree?
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To help plan for offspring.
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What is selective breeding?
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Decide to mate.
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What is Genetic engineering?
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Breed to make new medicines and food.
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What is the genetic Disorder for cell mutation?
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Sickle cell
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What is the genetic Disorder for Chromosome mutation?
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Down syndrome
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What is the genetic Disorder for genetic diseases?
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Tay Sacks and Cystic Fibrosis
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What is the genetic Disorder for sex cell mutation?
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Color Blindness.
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How are evolution and adaption related?
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Evolution is how things change over time and adaption is how they change to their environment.
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Define Species.
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The most specific Level of classification.
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What level of the earth are most of the fossils found in?
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Sedimentary.
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What is the importance of a fossil record?
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Shows how evolution and adaption occurred.
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What is a vestigial structure? Give an Example.
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An extra bone or part that shows evolution. The hip bone in a whale.
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What similarities in structure have scientists found through observations?
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The bones in human hands, cat paws, and whale fins.
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What did Charles Darwin do?
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He showed evolution with his finches. He showed people about the adaption made of the animals on the Galapagos.
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What are paleontologists?
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People that look for clues to reconstruct the past.
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Compare relative and absolute dating of fossils.
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Relative-Age found from where they lay in the lock.
Absolute-Measuring the ratio of unstable atoms to the stable ones in a lab. |
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What is Cyanobacteria?
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A photosynthetic organism that gives life oxygen.
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List three characteristics of primates?
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opposable thumbs
Binocular vision mammal |
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Define classification.
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The arrangement of organisms into orderly groups.
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How is taxonomy different from classification?
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Taxonomy is only the classification of living things.
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List the seven levels of classification.
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Kingdom
Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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Philip Came Over For Grape Soda |
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Name the five kingdoms with an example of one of the organisms in the kingdom.
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Monera-One cell bacteria
Protista-Euglena Fungi- Mold Plantae-Algae Animals-Humans |
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Does Genus or species come first?
Which one is capitalized? |
Genus then species
Big G Little s |
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