Genetics
Mitosis
MCAS Study Guide
Solving Systems of Equations
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100

A trait that tends to be masked by other inherited traits, expressed only when a genotype is homozygous

Recessive trait

100

What is the purpose of mitosis? 

Generating new cells

100

Monosaccharides are the monomer of what macro-molecule?

Carbohydrates

100

Solve by substitution (no stealing)

y = −2

4x − 3y = 18

(3,-2)

100

This artist was the first artist to ever hold all ten of the top ten Billboard 100 songs at once 

Taylor Swift

200

About 80% of the human population can taste the chemical phenolthiocarbamide (PTC), while the other 20% can’t. This characteristic is governed by a single gene with two alleles, a tasting allele and a nontasting allele. What does this statistic tell us about which allele (tasting or non-tasting) is dominant?

Tasting gene is dominant

200

What are the four stages of mitosis in order?

Prophase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Telophase

200

What is the function of enzymes?

Speed up chemical reactions 

200

Solve by substitution: 

2x − 3y = −1

y = x − 1

(4,3)

200

The Olympics are held every ___ years

Four

300

In cats, long hair is recessive to short hair. A true-breeding (homozygous) short-haired male is mated to a long-haired female. What will their kittens look like?

All short haired

300

In what phase does a cell spend most of its life?

Interphase

300

Plants have a large one
of these that stores
water and provides
support to the cell along
with the cell wall.

Vacuole

300

Solve by elimation (no stealing):

−4x − 2y = −12

4x + 8y = −24

(6,-6)

300

What is an eight-sided shape called?

Octagon

400

In cases of ___________,  the genetic traits of both different alleles of the same gene are clearly expressed in the phenotype.

Co-dominance

400

In what phase does the nucleus divide?

Telophase

400

Anaerobic respiration (glycolysis) occurs in what cell organelle?

Cytoplasm

400

Solve by substitution:

y = 5x − 7

−3x − 2y = −12

(2,3)

400

What country is credited with inventing tea?

China

500

____________ is a form of gene interaction in which both alleles of a gene are partially expressed, often resulting in an intermediate or different phenotype.

Incomplete dominance

500

Cylindrical organelle near the nucleus in animal cells, occurring in pairs and involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division

Centriole

500

A stack of thylakoids in the chloroplast

Grana

500

Solve by elimination:

x − y = 11

2x + y = 19

(10,-1)

500

What was the first state in the US?

Delaware 

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