Plants, Animals, and Protists too
Billie Gene
Adventuring Time
Genetically Modified Orangutan
How Did We Get here
100

T/F: Plants are living.

What is True?



100

A less common gene that only appears when possessed by both parents.

What is Recessive?

100

This major biome includes oceans.

What is Marine/Aquatic?

100

T/F Less than 10% of crops are genetically modified.

What is False?

100

Species must do this in a new environment.

What is Adapt?

200

Bacteria have this many nuclei.

What is Zero?

200

A more common gene/trait that appears even if possessed by only one parent.

What is Dominant?

200

This Major biome includes the most biodiversity.

What is the Tropical Rainforest/Forest Biome?

200

A common method for inserting genes into GMOs, that rhymes with fun.

What is the Gene Gun?

200

An organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

What is Fitness?

300

The combination of multiple single-celled organisms.

What is a Tissue or a Colony?


300

The unit of inheritance.

What is a Gene?

300

This forest biome has 4 seasons.

What is the Temperate Forest?

300

A major benefit of GMOs, involving  reduced chemical use.

What is reduced pesticide use?

300

The survival of better and more environmentally adapted species.

What is Natural Selection?

400

The Flagella is a whip-like structure possessed by Protists.  The flagella helps Protists do ____.

What is Move, especially underwater?

400

Genes reside on these.

What is a chromosome?

400

This is the coldest biome, with permafrost all around.

What is the Tundra Biome?

400

A major benefit of GMOs that has saved plant species.

What is Disease Resistance?

400

Changes in DNA that are considered a basis for evolution.

What is Evolution?

500

Imagine you're a single-celled organism with a nucleus containing deoxyribonucleic acid that instructs you to combine with cells similar to you to form a colony. You and your colony never experience any danger, but you are always worried about splitting up. 

What keeps you from splitting up? 

What are cell adhesion molecules?

500

Imagine you were born on January 21 2012 into a family of 2 other kids. You have a 12 year old brother and a 10 year old sister. You are all wondering how eye colors work. You all know they are nearly random and unique but not exactly how. While the process is complex there is a loose pattern. For blue eyes parents who both have ______ traits will pass blue eyes on to their children.

What is recessive?

500

The most prevalent soil microoganism.

What is Bacteria?

500

The genetically modified pig.

What is the GalSafe pig?

500

Choosing a mate based on physical or behavioral characteristic.

 What is Sexual Selection?

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