Vocab
Matching
Matching
Matching
Essays
100
A characteristic that appears when there is ONE factor present for it
Dominant Trait
100
A trait that appears only if an organism has TWO factors for that trait
Recessive trait
100
Lily can roll her tongue and her younger sister Camryn can't. How can you explain this?
Lily has a dominant factor (trait) for tongue rolling.
100
If you get a sunburn and a week later you begin to peel, what process occurs when new skin is formed underneath the peeling skin?
meiosis
100
Beau's parents both have attached earlobes- a recessive trait. They are expecting a baby girl. What can you infer about the likelihood that Beau's sister will have attached earlobes? Explain
The baby will have attached earlobes because there are two recessive traits which is necessary.
200
Characteristic passed from parents to offspring
Inherited Trait
200
A behavior that an animal acquires through experience
Learned behavior
200
Jinx the cat does many things. Name ONE behavior that is an instinct.
Sleeping more hours than he is awake.
200
A frog moves to a nearby pond because the pond dried up. What changed for the frog to move?
It's enviornment
200
You are watching a mouse find its way through a maze to a food treat. The second time you watch the mouse go through the maze, it takes fewer wrong turns than the first time. The third time, it runs straight to the food, with no mistakes. Based on your observations, infer why instinct and learning are both needed for the mouse to run the maze.
The mouse has an instinct to look for food, but it must learn where the food is in the maze.
300
Threadlike structure in a cell nucleus
Chromosome
300
Location on a chromosome that contains the DNA code for a trait
gene
300
Rhea and Sage are identical twins. What trait could be a result of their enviornment?
Hairstyle, make-up, clothes.
300
An egg hatches into a caterpillar, which eats, makes a pupa, emerges as a moth, and lays egss? What is this process called?
Life cycle
300
Explain what happens in mitosis and the nucleus.
Mitosis is the process of cell division and the cell splits and each cells receives its own nucleus (or brain) in the center.
400
Stages that living things pass through as they grow and change
Life cycle
400
All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism
Enviornment
400
What forms as a result of meiosis?
zygotes
400
What kind of trait is albino skin?
recessive
500
Process by which most cells divide
Mitosis
500
A way of acting that is passed from parents to offspring
Instinct
500
What do most body cells make when they go through cell division?
copies with half the number of chromosomes
500
List two learned traits of dogs.
example: sitting, rolling over, shaking, laying down
500
What kind of trait is normal skin?
dominant
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