DNA and Genes
Micro Identification
Macro Identification
Plants
Misc
100
An uppercase letter refers to a dominant allele, while a lowercase letter refers to a ______ allele.
What is recessive?
100
Give the name for this protozoa.
What is an amoeba?
100
What is an opossum?
100
This chemical process occurs in the chloroplasts of plants. It converts carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.
What is photosynthesis?
100
The weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period of time (many years) is known as this 7 letter word:
C _ _ _ _ _ _
What is climate?
200
Name one of DNA's nitrogenous bases (aka nucleotide).
What is adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine.
200
What is spirogyra?
200
Hint: You dissected this decapod.
What is a crayfish?
200
The process that plants use to reproduce where small yellow particles from the male anther move to the female stigma.
What is pollination?
200
A symbiotic relationship where two or more organisms live together in a relationship where they all benefit.
What is mutualism?
300
The physical appearance determined by the genes.
What is a phenotype?
300
What is a euglena?
300
This type of North Carolina bird can mimic the calls of other birds.
What is a Mockingbird?
300
A type of plant classification describing species that shed their leaves at a particular stage of growth or during a certain time of year.
What is deciduous?
300
The movement of a solvent across a semi-permeable membrane from an area where the solute concentration is low to an area where the solute concentration is high.
What is osmosis?
400
Parent 1: TT
Parent 2: tt
If the two parents above have four children, how many children (based on probability) would show the dominant trait?
What is a four? (All the children would be heterozygous (Tt)).
400
Hint: Notice it is surrounded by tiny hairs (cilia)
What is a Paramecium?
400
This Testudine spends time in the water and on land.
What is a terrapin?
400
This classification of plant survives the winter and then continues growing during more hospitable times.
What is a Perrennial?
400
In 1996, this sheep became the first genetically cloned mammal. (What was this sheep named?).
Who is Dolly?
500
If two heterozygous parents (Tt and Tt) have four children, how many children (based on probability) would show the dominant trait?
What is three?
Children: TT, Tt, Tt, tt
500
What is a volvox?
500
This type of lizard common in North Carolina can change between green and brown and can regrow its tail.
What is an anole or green chameleon?
500
A process in which the plant seals off its connection to a leaf, causing the leaf to die and fall off.
What is abscission?
500
The asexual reproduction by which a eukaryotic cell replicates into two identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?