Vocabulary
What is a threadlike structure in the nucleus, made up of DNA ?
Chromosome
All living organisms start life as a ____________?
single cell
True or False:
Genes can skip a generation
True
What is an example of a learned behavior?
Cheetahs learn how to hunt from their parents in order to survive on their own as adults.
What is Mrs. Brady's favorite sport
basketball
What is a trait that appears if an organism has only one factor for the trait?
Dominant Trait
As living things grow and develop, most pass through several stages. These stages make up an organism's ____________________.
Life Cycle
A feature or behavior that living things develop over time is known as what?
Adaptation
True or False:
An instinct is a behavior that an organism inherits.
What was the final score of the Students vs. Teachers basketball game?
72-72
What is a trait that appears only if an organism has two factors for the trait?
Recessive Trait
The process of cell division is known as what?
Mitosis
Name an example of a trait that is inherited and passed from parents to offspring.
Migration
Eye color
Height
Hair color
What is an environmental influence?
The water, land, air, weather, or landforms that may affect a living things' characteristics or behavior.
Last week in the 2023 March Madness NCAA basketball tournament, who upset Arizona?
Princeton
What is a behavior that an organism inherits?
Instinct
Metamorphosis
If both parents pass along the recessive trait, the child will show that trait.
ex. if both parents pass down the recessive trait for left-handedness, the child will be left-handed.
What is the difference between a learned behavior and an instinct?
a learned behavior is one the organism is not born knowing, but an instinct is skill that the organism has from birth.
Where did Mrs. Brady play basketball at in college?
Mount Aloysius
What is a behavior that an animal acquires through experience?
Learned Behavior
What is the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis ?
Mitosis - cell division that only requires 1 parent cell.
Meiosis - cell division that requires 2 parent cells.
There are 3 kinds of adaptations. Name 2 of them
1. Physical
2. Behavioral
3. Life Processes
Identify an instinct humans are born with.
Breathing
Sleeping
Where did Mr. D play basketball at in college?
Saint Francis University