Spells, Cells and Alleles
What molecule carries genetic instructions in living things?
DNA
What orange Halloween decoration grows from a plant and is commonly carved into a jack-o'-lantern?
A pumpkin
What tool do scientists use to predict possible offspring genotypes?
Punnett Squares
When a new student walks into the room and you notice they have Brown hair and brown eyes you have just observed their phenotype or genotype?
Phenotype
The traits that get passed down from our parents are our ____________ traits
Inherited
What type of living organism is a pumpkin, and what larger group does it belong to?
A plant
A dominant allele can mask the effect of what type of allele?
A recessive Allele
This character from the wizard of Oz really wanted a brain (probably so it could learn everything about genetics)
A scarecrow
What is the term for an organism's genetic makeup, such as Bb?
Genotype
1
What are sections of DNA that help determine traits called?
Genes
What do we call an organism with two identical alleles, such as BB or bb?
Homozygous
Two monsters have genotypes Bb and Bb. If B is dominant black fur and b is recessive white fur, what percentage of offspring is expected to have white fur?
25%
Two monsters have the same phenotype of black fur, but one has BB and the other has Bb. Why can both have black fur?
Both have the dominant trait present
How many Chromosomes do humans have?
46
What animal is traditionally associated with Halloween and uses echolocation to navigate?
A bat
If a monster has one dominant allele for horns (H) and one recessive allele for no horns (h), which trait appears?
Horns
Cross Aa × aa. What percentage of offspring is expected to show the recessive trait?
50%
A witch liking to wear the color black is what kind of trait?
Learned/Acquired trait
This creature's DNA mutates, causing it to transform from a human into a beast during a full moon.
Werewolf
What is the biological passing of traits from parents to offspring called?
Heredity
What do we call an organism with two different alleles, such as Hh?
Heterozygous
This fruit can grow next to a pumpkin in the same field, but they are unable to cross pollinate but are both members of the Cucurbitaceae family
A watermelon
Frankenstein and Mrs. Frankenstein were both born with bolts in their neck but their son Franky Frankenstein has no bolts in his neck. How is this possible?
They both carry the recessive allele of no bolts in neck
Two werewolves have the genotypes Ww and Ww. If W = sharp claws (dominant) and w = blunt claws (recessive), what is the probability their offspring will have sharp claws, and what is the probability it will have the genotype Ww?
75% for sharp claws and 50% for Ww?