Selective Breeding
What is it called when humans choose animals or plants with certain traits to make babies with those same traits?
What is selective breeding
What is it called when one parent makes an exact copy of itself?
What is asexual reproduction
You have brown eyes just like your mom. What caused that?
What is genetics?
What trait decides how tall you grow (hint:you get it from your parents)
what is height
What is a trait from genes?
Answers will vary
What is it called when farmers breed the largest cows for more meat?
What is selective breeding
What kind of reproduction is it when a starfish grows a new arm?
Regeneration
Why are flamingo born gray but eventually turns pink?
What is their diet (shrimp and algae)
What animal trait helps some lizards grow back their tails
what is regeneration
What is a trait from the environment?
Answers will vary
What is an offspring resulting from mating a pitbull and a rottweiler called?
What is hybrid breeding
Define vegetive propagation
What is when new plants grow from parts of itself
What is an example of when genes and environment work together
Intelligence (genes & education)
A dog knows how to sit when you say "sit." Is that a learned or inherited trait?
What is learned
What percentage of our DNA is like everyone else's?
What is 99.9%
True or False: Selective breeding happens naturally in the wild
Name one living thing that reproduces asexually
What is: bacteria, starfish, hydra, potatoes
How could selective breeding help a farmer that wants cows that produce a lot of milk?
What is the farmer could select cows that produce the most milk and breed them with each other.
How is height influenced by BOTH genes and environment?
What is genes and nutrition
What are 3 examples of inherited traits?
What is answers will vary
Name 3 problems that we can have if we keep breeding animals with the same trait
health problems, less variety, genetic disorders
Why do offsprings from asexual reproduction look exactly like the parent?
What is because they have the same DNA
If a plant is exposed to very little sunlight, what might happen to its growth?
What is the plant might grow more slowly or become pale and weak due to a lack of energy from sunlight
Why do genetics matter?
What is helps scientists understand diseases & can explain family traits
What is nature vs nurture?
Genetics = nature (what you’re born with)
Environment = nurture (how you grow up)