DNA & RNA
What sugar does the "D" in DNA stand for?
What is deoxyribose?
A gene that shows up even when paired with a recessive allele is...?
What is a dominant gene?
How many cells are made at the end of meiosis?
What is 4?
Who developed the theory of natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
What are the official FFA colors?
What are national blue and corn gold?
Which base is found in RNA but not DNA?
What is uracil?
What type of inheritance results in blending, like grey guinea pigs from black and white parents?
What is incomplete dominance?
Cells with only one set of chromosomes are called...?
What are haploid cells?
What are the 4 parts of natural selection?
What are variation, inheritance, selection, and time?
How many pins can be worn on the front of an FFA jacket?
What is 3?
What process creates mRNA from DNA?
What is transcription?
What is it called when one nitrogen base is switched for another?
What is substitution?
What is the phase where homologous chromosomes separate?
What is Anaphase I?
Structures with similar form but different function (e.g. bat wing & human arm) are...?
What are homologous structures?
What does the owl in the FFA emblem represent?
What is wisdom?
What is the enzyme that unzips DNA during transcription?
What is helicase?
What type of mutation occurs when a chromosome piece is lost?
What is deletion?
Why does meiosis lead to genetic diversity?
Because of crossing over and independent assortment.
In evolution, what does "fitness" mean?
The ability to survive and reproduce.
Put these in order: Greenhand, Chapter, State, American, Discovery
What is discovery, greenhand, chapter, state, american?
What is the RNA complement to the DNA strand T-C-G-G-C-A-A?
What is A-G-C-C-G-U-U?
What is the difference between monohybrid and dihybrid crosses?
One tracks 1 trait, the other tracks 2 traits.
What do we call chromosomes that are the same size, shape, and carry the same genes?
What are homologous chromosomes?
What is a decomposer, and why is it important in an ecosystem?
An organism that breaks down dead matter and recycles nutrients.
What is the FFA motto?
"Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve"