Unit 6 - Cellular Reproduction
What is the name of the structures made of DNA found in the nucleus?
Chromosomes
What are the building blocks that make up DNA?
Nucleotides
The physical characteristic of an organism determined by its genotype is called the ____________.
Phenotype
A physical environment that has certain characteristic plants and animals due to climate is called a(n) ____________.
Biome
What is an example of an abiotic ecosystem factor?
rocks, soil, sun, temperature, water, etc.
What is one reason why cells divide?
What is the full name for DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Define genetics
The study of heredity
The branch of biology that classifies organisms into taxa groups is called ___________.
Taxonomy
Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called ____________.
Omnivores
Cytokinesis
A section of DNA within a chromosome that carries the information to make a protein is called a(n) __________.
gene
Different forms of the same gene are called ______________.
Alleles
A food web shows how __________ is transferred from organism to organism in an ecosystem
Energy
A community of living organisms plus their nonliving environment is called a(n) _____________.
Ecosystem
What are the phases of mitosis in order?
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
If a strand of DNA has the following bases, what would be the complimentary strand:
A C T G C A T C C
T C A C G T A G G
The combination of alleles for a specific trait is called the ______________.
genotype
The symbiotic relationship between a plant and its pollinator is known as ___________.
mutualism
Human blood type is an example of what type of inheritance?
Codominance
What are 2 ways meiosis is different from mitosis?
Meiosis makes gametes, mitosis makes somatic cells; meiosis makes 4 cells, mitosis makes 2 cells; meiosis has 2 divisions, mitosis has 1 division
What are the 2 steps to protein synthesis?
Transcription then translation
Having alleles that do not have complete dominance so the heterozygous phenotype is a mix of the 2 homozygous phenotypes.
Incomplete dominance
The symbiotic relationship between a barnacle and a whale is called ____________.
Commensalism
A diagram used by used by geneticists to chart a trait from one generation to another is called a(n) _______________.
Pedigree