The actual genetic makeup that determines an individuals traits (often written as a pair of letters).
What is a genotype?
100
The purpose of meiosis.
What is making cells for sexual reproduction?
100
If you crossed BB with bb, all of the kids would have this genotype.
What is Bb?
100
Two different alleles
What is heterozygous?
100
This type of reproduction requires two parents.
What is sexual reproduction?
200
The physical expression of traits
What is phenotype?
200
The number of times a cell divides during meiosis
What is two times.
200
Draw the correct pedigree chart symbol for a male who is heterozygous (a carrier) for a trait.
What is a Half filled in square?
200
Two of the same alleles.
What is homozygous?
200
This type of reproduction only requires one parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
300
The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
What is heredity?
300
Meiosis produces cells with this many chromosomes.
What is half-set (or 23 chromosomes for humans)?
300
A tool used to predict possible offspring.
What is Punnett Square?
300
Define vegetative fragmentation.
Small piece of a plant falls/breaks off and grows into new plant.
300
Draw a picture showing an example of "regeneration".
Part of organism breaks off and grows into new organism.
400
A version of a gene.
What is an allele?
400
The number of chromosomes in a regular human cell.
What is a full set (46 chromosomes or 23 pairs)?
400
If you cross two rabbits that each have a genotype Bb, how many possible genotypes can be found in the offspring?
What is 3 (BB, Bb, or bb)
400
Define budding.
Small bump grows off of organisms until it is big enough to fall off and live on its own.
400
Draw a picture of an organism that is reproducing using fission.
Single celled organism splitting in half.
500
The mathematical chance that an event will occur.
What is probability?
500
The number of chromosomes in a human egg or sperm cell.
What is 23?
500
In rabbits Brown fur is dominant to Black fur. If a Heterozygous rabbit mom has bunnies with a Heterozygous dad, what is the probability of them having a Brown Furred bunny?
What is 75%?
500
This part of the plant is female reproductive part of a flower and provides a pathway for the pollen to travel down to the egg cells.
What is pistil?
500
List at least three characteristics that are common traits of organisms that reproduce asexually.
Simple, small, many offspring, minimal parental care, reproduce quickly