The Cell Cycle
This phase of the cell cycle is when the cell begins to divide; it has four phases
What is mitosis?
This is when one organism produces one or more new organisms that are identical to itself
What is asexual reproduction?
This is the passing of genetic material from parents to offspring
What is heredity?
This is the science of describing, classifying, and naming living things.
What is taxonomy?
This is the process of selecting and breeding organisms that have certain desired traits.
What is artificial selection?
This is the number of cells that exist after meiosis has completely finished.
What is four?
This type of cell division produces gametes
What is meiosis?
This is a graphic used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring in a given cross.
What is a Punnett square?
This is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do; it is also the process by which evolution occurs.
What is natural selection?
The stomach cell for a domestic cat contains 38 chromosomes. This is how many chromosomes would be found in a cat's sperm cell.
What is nineteen?
During this phase of mitosis, a new nuclear membrane forms around each group of chromosomes; the cell now has two identical nuclei
What is telophase?
This is the form of asexual reproduction in prokaryotes
What is binary fission?
This is the combination of your alleles that you inherited from your parents
What is a genotype?
This is the number of classification levels that scientists use to study living things.
What is eight?
A sperm cell and an egg cell come together to form this.
What is a zygote?
During this phase of mitosis, the chromatids separate and are pulled to opposite sides of the cell.
What is anaphase?
List one advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction.
What is genetic variation?
Cytosine always pairs with this base on the DNA double helix (I need the full name, not just the letter!)
What is guanine?
The scientific name of an animal is comprised of these two things.
What is the genus and the species?
This is how many types of mutations can occur to a piece of DNA.
What is three?
The form in which DNA exists in interphase
What is chromatin?
This is a specialized cell that can survive harsh conditions. It's light, can be carried by the wind, and is a type of asexual reproduction
This type of dominance occurs when a person with one curly hair allele and one straight hair allele has a semi-curvy hair phenotype.
What is incomplete dominance?
This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
This is the smallest functional and structural unit of all living things.
What is a cell?