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18 Cards in this Set
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scientific method |
observation, problem, information, hypothesis, experiments, analysis, and conclusion
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characteristics of life |
cells, DNA, grow, eat, reproduce, respond, homeostasis, evolve |
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organic macromolecules |
Carbohydrates, fats and lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. |
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cell energy |
respiration, photosynthesis, and fermentation |
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trait |
a genetically confirmed or defined characteristic |
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true breeding |
is an organism that always passes down certain phenotypic traits (i.e. physically expressed traits) to its offspring |
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cross-pollination |
passing down separate and/or different traits |
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hybrid |
a reproduction or offspring of two different or separate species/subspecies |
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allele |
one or two of an alternative gene that arise by mutation or reproduction |
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genes |
a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring |
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dominant |
the gene or allele masking over the recessive trait |
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recessive |
the allele or incompletely dominant allele |
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segregation |
the separation of alleles during meiosis |
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gamete |
a sex cell pre-reproduction |
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chromosome |
a threadlike structure inside a cell's nucleus carrying genetic information and/ or DNA |
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Punnett Square |
a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment |
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homozygous |
same zygote or the same allele |
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heterozygous |
different alleles |
