Genes
What is a Dominant gene?
A stronger gene that overpowers recessive, it shows up, and we represent it with a capital letter.
Grass-type Pokémon like Bulbasaur have a giant seed on their back that uses sunlight to create energy. In the real world, what is the name of the process that plants use to turn sunlight into food?
Photosynthesis
While vertebrates carry their "support beams" on the inside (an endoskeleton), many invertebrates like beetles and crabs wear their "crunchy" skeleton on the outside.
Exoskeleton
What does a plant do/ what is a plant?
Produce/Producer
Unlike their "non" counterparts, these types of plants have a specialized system of tubes (xylem and phloem) to transport water and nutrients.
Vascular
What is a Recessive Gene
Weaker genes, hidden, and represented with a lower-case letter.
When breeding Pokémon, a "Shiny" Pokémon is extremely rare. If being Shiny were a real genetic trait that only appeared when an organism had two identical hidden gene variants, what would we call this type of trait?
Recessive
This massive group of animals is so successful that they make up roughly 95% to 98% of all animal species on the planet. What are they?
Invertebrates
All food _______ and food ______ start with energy from the Sun. What are the two words?
Chains, Webs
This process, often involving natural predators or biogenetics, is used to control pests while minimizing long-term damage to the environment.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
There are three gene combinations you can receive from your parents. What are they?
1.Dominant, Dominant
2. Dominant, Recessive
3. Recessive, Recessive
If a Pokémon Trainer breeds a Blue-colored Shellos with a Pink-colored Shellos, the baby might be one color or the other depending on which trait is "stronger." In biology, a trait that hides or masks another trait is called?
Dominant
Sharks are vertebrates even though they don't have a single bone in their body; their entire spine is made of this flexible material that also makes up your ears and nose.
Cartilage
This shows the path of food energy in an ecosystem, what is it?
Food Chain
These are the original source of all new genetic variation within a species, though they are often described as "accidents" in a DNA sequence.
Mutations
What do hybrid and heterozygous mean in relation to genes?
1.Dominant and Recessive (one of each gene)
Legendary Pokémon like Mewtwo were created in a lab using the DNA of Mew. The process of making an exact genetic copy of an entire multicellular organism is called?
Cloning
Generally, vertebrates have more complex brains, but this specific invertebrate is famous for being the "world's smartest spineless creature," capable of solving puzzles and opening jars.
Octopus
Two or more food chains that overlap; shows how one plant or animal is a part of another food chain
Food Webs
This specific type of biotic organism, such as a soil microbe or fungi, is responsible for breaking down dead material and returning nutrients to the ecosystem.
Decomposer
How many genes does each trait have? And where do they come from?
Every trait has two genes, one from each parent.(For each trait such as eye color and hair color)
In Pokémon, a Ditto can breed with almost any other Pokémon to produce an offspring of the partner's species. In real-world biology, a group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring is known as a what?
Species
Most vertebrates have a "closed" system where blood stays in veins, but many invertebrates have an "open" system where their blood (often called hemolymph) just sloshes around their body cavities.
Circulatory System
Decomposers clean up dead organisms, so other living things can ______ where the dead organisms once were. What's the word?
Live
These are the five levels of biological organization, in order, from the smallest functional unit to the individual living thing.
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms