vocabulary
DNA
meiosis/mitosis
asexual/sexual
100
One long strand of coiled up DNA
What is chromosome
100
smallest unit of DNA
What is base pair
100
How many cells are produced in mitosis
What is 2 identical daughter cells
100
what is one benefit of asexual reproduction
What is do not need to find a mate and can produce a lot of offspring quickly
200
section of DNA that codes for a specific trait
What is gene
200
what would the complimentary sequence be to the following: TTAGCCAT
What is AATCGGTA
200
how many cells are produced in meiosis
What is 4 different daughter cells
200
what is one benefit of sexual reproduction
What is genetic variation
300
pairs with adenine
What is thymine
300
What is the shape of DNA
What is double helix or twisted ladder
300
what is the difference between the type of cells mitosis creates and the type of cells meiosis creates?
What is mitosis makes body cells, meiosis makes sex cells
300
what is one disadvantage of asexual reproduction
What is DNA is the same
400
pairs with guanine
What is cytosine
400
What makes your traits unique?
What is order of bases in a gene
400
What is the difference between the number of cell divisions in mitosis and meiosis
What is mitosis has 1 cell division and meiosis has 2
400
What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction?
What is Need to find a mate and offspring take longer to develop
500
what is the backbone of DNA made out of
What is sugar and phosphate
500
Put the following in order from largest to smallest: DNA strand, base pair, nucleus, gene, cell, chromosome
What is cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA strand, gene, base pair
500
What is one similarity between mitosis and meiosis
What is they go through 1 DNA replication and they are both types of cell division
500
Of the following which one is an example of sexual reproduction: A) A starfish breaks off a piece of its arm and a new organism grows B) A butterfly lands on a flower with pollen on its feet from a different flower C) A female shark reproduces on her own when a male is not present D) A worm is able to produce offspring on its own because it has both male and female parts
What is B pollination happens when pollen(tree or flower sperm) fertilize the ovum of another plant or flower.
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