Vocabulary
product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
What is an offspring?
stronger allele that covers up the traits of the weaker allele
What is the dominant allele?
Parent 1 has blue eyes (bb) and parent 2 has brown eyes (Bb). What is the chance they have a child with blue eyes (bb)?
50%
Growing phase (where a cell spends 90% of its life)
What is interphase?
How many planets are smaller than Earth?
3 (Mars, Mercury, and Venus).
a characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring
What is an inherited trait?
the physical characteristics
A Punnett Square resulted in following possiblities for children, determine the parents genotypes.
TT, Tt, Tt, tt
Parents would have to be Tt x Tt
Chromosomes line up at the middle of the cell
What is metaphase?
How many chambers in the human heart?
4
one form of a gene
What is an allele?
the genes an organism carries
What is the genotype?
Using the letter "N" show the following:
homozygous dominant
heterozygous dominant
homozygous recessive
homozygous dominant-NN
heterozygous dominant-Nn
homozygous recessive-nn
Chromosomes start pulling apart
What is anaphase?
What is the capitol of Spain?
Madrid
the occurrence of an organism, trait, or gene in more than one form
What is variation?
Parents pass down their traits through.....
Their genes
Cross Rr x Rr, what is the chance you will end up with a child with the recessive trait?
25% rr
Mitosis begins, chromosomes thicken and pair up
What is prophase?
Who is the current manager of the Chicago Cubs?
David Ross
The passing of traits from one generation to the next
the allele that gets masked
What is the recessive allele?
If parent 1 has brown hair (HH), is it possible for them to have a baby with blonde hair (hh)? If so, what would parent 2's alleles be?
No it would not be possible. Even if parent 2 was hh, all children would end up with brown hair
Last phase of mitosis where cell pinches in the middle
What is telophase?
What are the names of the 3 girls in Despicable Me?
Edith, Agnes and Margo