Genetics
The science of heredity
What is genetics?
Passing of characteristics or traits from parents to children
What is heredity?
A cellular structure containing chlorophyll
What is a chloroplast?
Battery cell or energy made by cellular respiration in the form of a molecule
What is ATP or adenosine triphosphate?
The religious activity the whole school participated in on Monday.
What is mass?
The basic unit of heredity
What is a gene?
Observable look of an organism; NOT genotype
What is phenotype?
Energy for photosynthesis comes from this
What is the sun?
The gas produced by cellular respiration
What is carbon dioxide/CO2?
What is Lent?
The threadlike structures of DNA that carry genes; starts with “C”
What are chromosomes?
An extremely long helical shaped molecule that transfers genetic characteristics
What is DNA?
Green coloring of leaves and plants
What is chlorophyll?
Main organelle associated with cellular respiration
What is the mitochondria?
The current (not religious) season of the year.
What is spring?
A form of a gene; starts with “A”
What is an allele?
The observable physical trait(s) of an organism
What is a phenotype?
A fancy name for color; chlorophyll is a type of …; starts with “P”
What is pigment?
A specialized part of a cell; starts with “O”
What is an organelle?
Who is the patron Saint of this school?
Who is Saint Pius X?
What is genotype?
A distinguishing characteristic of an organism, rhymes with bait
What is a trait?
Two main products of photosynthesis that primary consumers use
What are glucose and oxygen/C6H12O6 and O2
The two main inputs or reactants of cellular respiration
What are oxygen and glucose/O2 and C6H12O6?
The school mascot
What is a Sartan?