Characteristics of Life
Gregor Mendel
Punnett Squares
Vocabulary
Past Science
100
What characteristic of life does this represent?
Grow and Develop
100
His job wasn't "scientist." What did he do?
He was a monk.
100
What is the likelihood of having yellow peas?
50%
100
Someone who comes before you in your family tree.
Ancestor
100
How old is the Earth?
4.5 billion years old
200
What characteristic of life does this represent?
Reproduce
200
What kind of plant did he experiment with?
Pea plants.
200
What is the likelihood of the recessive trait (r) being inherited?
25%
200
Someone who comes after you in your family tree.
Descendent.
200
Who is this?
Issac Newton
300
What characteristic of life does this represent?
Made of cells
300
What two colors were the pea plant flowers in his experiments?
Purple and White
300
What is the likelihood of white flowers?
25%
300
The molecule inside the nucleus of each cell, and which acts as a kind of "instruction book" for your body.
DNA
300
What are the three types of rocks?
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary.
400
What characteristic of life do these two images represent?
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Energy use
400
What two colors were the pea pods in his experiments?
Green and yellow
400
What is the chance the puppy will inherit the recessive allele? 
0%
400
A section of DNA coded for a particular trait.
Gene
400
What two elements make up a water molecule?
Hydrogen and Oxygen
500
What characteristic does this image represent?
Gas exchange
500
Mendel found that two expressions of a gene were passed from each parent. We now call these two sides of a gene "alleles." What did Mendel call them?
"Factors."
500
What is the chance the child will be Tall (T)?
75%
500
One of two possible expressions of a gene.
Allele
500
Who created the Periodic Table of Elements? (Hint: he had the world's most dedicated mother...)
Dmitri Mendeleev