Science
What is a trait?
A specific characteristic of an individual organism.
What does it mean to inherit?
It means to receive or to get.
What is a variation?
It means a difference or a variety
What is a feature?
A characteristic that all members of a species have.
What is fertilization
When a male and female's reproduction combine to create an offspring.
Offsprings get one copy of ______________from each parent for a trait?
A. Feature
B. Gene
C. Protein
D. Inherit
B. Gene
How does an offspring receive their genes?
A. They get the genes from the parent they look like.
B. They get one gene from their mom and one gene from their dad.
C. They get their genes from whatever parent passed on the most genes.
D. They get them from only one parent.
B. They get one gene from their mom and one gene from their dad.
A _______ is a random change in a gene version?
A. Function
B. Structure
C. Mutation
D. Sexual Reproduction
C. Mutation
Eye color is an example of ____________?
A. Gene
B. Chromosome
C. Trait
D. Feature
C. Trait
The _________________ of a protein determines its
__________________.
A. structure, function
B. DNA, genes
C. genes, mutation
D. function, mutation
A. structure, function
Why do siblings look different from each other even though they have the same parents?
The look different due to gene combinations.
If a father parakeet has blue chest feagthers, and a mother has green chest feathers. How could their offspring have blue chest feathers?
Blue dominant trait. Stronger trait that dad passed on.
In a scorpion if the structure of its protein changed but he amount of protein did not change what would be the effect?
A different function would happen/a different trait.
In a punnet square what percentage does each box respresent?
25%
All horses have the same traits because they are in the same population.
True or False
False
All horses have the same features because they are in the same population.
True of False
True
What are two types of reproduction?
Sexual
Asexual
Why are identical twins identical?
They are identical because they have the same genes and DNA.
How many clotting factors do we have?
13
If a person was missing one of the clotting factors what disorder would they have?
Hemophilia
What is a scientific argument supported by?
What is another way to describe and offspring?
What is a population?
A population is one specific group of living things.
What holiday are we celebrating on Monday, February 16th?
President's Day
What does the ACTN3 protein do?
It gives someone the ability to run faster.