Cells & DNA
What job do the ribosomes perform in the cell?
What is ribosomes read genetic material and build proteins?
What are the two main sources of genetic variation?
What is sexual reproduction and mutation?
In grasshoppers, the allele for long legs is dominant to the allele for short legs. Ms. Bourque's pet grasshopper has the heterozygous genotype for leg length. What will her pet grasshoppers leg length be?
What is long legs?
True or false: Humans breeding of dogs is a type of selective pressure.
What state is Excel expanding to next year?
What is Rhode Island?
What is the part of the plant cell that is responsible for producing sugar
What is Mitochondria?
What percentage of parent's chromosomes are inherited by offspring?
What is half (50%) of chromosomes?
What do Punnett Squares help us determine?
What is the probability that offspring will have certain combinations of alleles?
What is natural selection?
What is organisms that better adapt to their environment tend to survive and reproduce?
What is the full address for Excel Chelsea?
What is 180 2nd Street, Chelsea, MA 02150?
What are the two body systems that are involved in getting the nutrients from the banana to different parts of the runner's body?
What is Digestive and Circulatory system?
What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
What is asexual reproduction only requires ONE parent while sexual reproduction requires TWO?
What is an allele?
What is one of two or more versions of a particular gene?
What is The selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of traits that are useful to humans?
What are the names of the TWO Science teachers at Excel Chelsea?
What is Ms. Cabral and Ms. Shameem?
What are genes?
What is a segment of DNA?
What is ONE advantage of asexual reproduction?
What is ...
Each box of a Punnett Square represents the probability of an offspring inheriting a trait?
What is 25%?
The modern development of different dog breeds is an example of ...
What is artificial selection?
What are the three Science units that we cover in 8th grade Science (Hint: Look at your Course Syllabus in Google Classroom)
What is Physical Science, Biology and Earth Science?
What is a chromosome?
What is the x-shaped structure of coiled DNA?
What is ONE advantage of sexual reproduction?
What is ...
- it produces variation in the offspring
- the species can adapt to new environments due to variation, which gives them a survival advantage
Two pea plants are crossed. Each parent has Hh genotype. What is the likelihood that the offspring will have hh genotype?
What is 25%?
True or false: mutations can be neutral, beneficial or negative?
What is True?
Diversity is so important! What percentage of Excel Academy identify as Latinx?
What is 79%?