Cells
DNA
Evolution
Inheritance
100
The center of a cell where the DNA is kept.
What is the nucleus.
100
The full name for DNA.
What is DeoxyriboNucleic Acid?
100
Definition of the verb "evolve"
"To develop gradually from a simple to a complex form"
100
A trait that is displayed if a person has AT LEAST ONE copy of the allele (ex: Brown eyes)
What is a dominant trait?
200
Plants cells have this while animal cells do not.
What is a cell wall OR What is a chloroplast?
200
Name at least two of the four DNA bases
Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine, Adenine
200
When a population or species has many different traits.
What is variation?
200
A trait that is displayed only if a person has BOTH copies of the allele.
What is a recessive trait.
300
A cell structure that produces energy.
What is the mitochondria?
300
This process produces two exact copies of the original cell.
What is mitosis?
300
The process where organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive.
What is natural selection?
300
The word for a person's genetic makeup (ex: Bb or BB)
What is a genotype?
400
A cell structure that produces proteins.
What is the ribosomes?
400
DNA structures that appear during mitosis/meiosis (humans have 23 pairs).
What are chromosomes?
400
The father of the Theory of Evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
400
The word for a person's physical characteristics.
What is phenotype?
500
Name as many cell structures as you can think of. The team with the most cell structures wins the points!
Have teacher check list.
500
The name given to the two copies of chromosomes during mitosis.
What is "sister chromatids"?
500
The animal Darwin studied to come up with his theory.
What are Finches?
500
If a mother has Brown eyes (Bb) and the father has blue eyes (bb), what are the chance that their child will have blue eyes? Use a Punnett Square.
2/4 or 50%
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