Heredity
Punnett Squares
Natural/Artificial Selection
Geologic Time
Misc.
100

Who is the father of Genetics?

Gregor Mendel

100

What do capital and lower case letters represent?

Dominant and recessive alleles

100

Who came up with the theory of natural selection?

Charles Darwin

100

What are fossils?

Preserved remains or
traces of ancient organisms.

100

If an organism has a genotype of TT, we would call them?

Homozygous Dominant.

200

What did Mendel label the offspring generation in his work?

F1

200

If something is a hybrid, what term have we used to describe that?

Heterozygeous

200

T/F: Survival of the fittest is referring to the strength of the organism.

False

200

T/F: We can always determine the age of a fossil to the year that the organisms was fossilized.

False

200

Changing the genetic makeup/traits of a child is known as what?

Designer Babies

300

Recessive traits are only expressed if...

The dominant trait is not present.

300

What is the genotype ratio of the following cross: 

Tt x Tt

Result in a 1:2:1 

(TT,Tt,Tt,tt)

300

Is this artificial or natural selection?

Peppered Moths: During the
Industrial Revolution in England,
darker moths became more common
due to soot-covered trees.

Natural selection

300

What are body parts that have lost their original function through evolution but still exist.

Vestigial Organs

300

What items do you need to bring to class on Tuesday for computer inspection?

Computer

Case

Charger brick

Charger cord

Duckhead

400

What states, some alleles are dominant and some alleles are recessive?

The principle of dominance

400

If a dog with brown fur is crossed with a dog with white fur, and the offspring has white and brown fur, what is that called?

Codominance

400

Is the following artificial or natural selection?

Crops: Corn has been bred
from wild grasses for size and
sweetness.

Artificial Selection

400

What are fossils that reveal steps between major groups, such as fish to amphibians. (Bonus if you can name the organism that was the step between fish to amphibians)

Transition Fossils (Tiktaalik)

400

What era of geologic time was dominated by dinosaurs?

Mesozoic Era

500

Chemical factors that determine traits are called?

Genes

500

What is it called when one allele is not completely dominant over another?

Incomplete Dominance

500

Darwin was looking at finches with different beak sizes. Why did they have different sized beaks? (Be specific)

Natural selection due to the size of food (seeds) they need to open to eat.

500

What era are we currently in?

Cenozoic Era

500

What are the 4 chunks that scientists divide time into?

Eons, Eras, Periods, Epochs

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