Vocabulary
UnNatural Selection
Figure me out.
Questions Matter?
Types 5
100
The organism which the very famous Gregor Mendel studied in his garden?
What are Pea Plants?
100
A change in a gene that results in a new trait?
What is a mutation?
100
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross.
What is Punnett square?
100
The likelihood that an event will occur?
What is Probability?
100
Different versions of the same gene are known by this term.
What is an allele?
200
These are passed down from parents such as eye color or hair color or height. Write your response as a question.
What is a trait?
200
Evidence of the changes in a species' physical characteristics over long geological periods.
What is the fossil record?
200
A cross with a BB (black guinea pig) and a bb (white guinea pig) will result in what probability of a white guinea pig?
What is 0%?
200
The type of allele in whose trait always shows up in the organism if the allele is present
What is a dominant allele?
200
Name of the Genotype if an organism's is TT
What is homozygous dominant?
300
The study of heredity.
What is genetics?
300
Chromosomes are located in this organelle?
What is the Nucleus of a cell?
300
A cross with a Tt (tall) pea plant and another tt pea plant will result in what probability for a short pea plant?
50%
300
The type of allele that can be masked, or covered up
What is a recessive allele?
300
The physical appearance or trait which presents itself.
What is a phenotype?
400
Factors that control traits.
What are genes?
400
What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?
Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population decreases.
400
The monk who performed experiments on pea plants, known as the father of genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
400
The Tardigrade also known as a "Water Bear" is the most durable organism on Earth. Capable of surviving extreme temperatures, intense radiation, and crushing pressure. Its ability to survive is one of the most extreme examples of this in organisms.
What is an adaptation?
400
An organism with two identical alleles is called what?
What is a homozygous genotype?
500
The genotype if an organism is hybrid.
What is heterozygous?
500
The occurrence of hereditary or nonhereditary differences between different individuals of a population
What is variation?
500
The genotypes for each parent if 1/4 of the offspring in a punnett square is homozygous recessive.
What is 50% heterozygous?
500
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
What is a trait?
500
An organism with two different alleles for a trait is called what?
heterozygous