GENETICS
HEREDITY
YOU KNOW, TH"E" STANDARD STUFF
THE MYSTERIES OF BABIES
PUBERTY
200

THESE ARE THE 4 MOLECULES IN DNA

WHAT ARE ADENINE, CYTOSINE, GUANINE, AND THYMINE?

200

THIS HELPS DETERMINE WHAT GENOTYPE, OR THE TWO PAIRS OF GENES YOU GET FROM YOUR PARENTS, YOU AND/OR YOUR SIBLINGS WILL GET

WHAT IS A PUNNETT SQUARE?

200

THIS ORGAN CAN CAUSE A PAINFUL CONDITION IN THE TUMMY AREA, WHICH 7% OF ALL HUMANS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE

WHAT IS APPENDIX?

200

WHEN TWO IDENTICAL BABIES ARE CONNECTED BY SOME BODY PART, THEY ARE CALLED THIS

WHAT ARE CONJOINED TWINS?

200

THIS IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED A NORMAL PART OF PUBERTY, ALTHOUGH IT FREAKS SOME PEOPLE OUT

WHAT IS ACNE? ("WHAT ARE PIMPLES?" would be acceptable too)

400
A MISTAKE IN THE DNA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THIS

WHAT IS A MUTATION?

400
IN YOUR GENES, THE GENOTYPE DETERMINES THIS, AKA THE VISIBLE TRAIT SHOWN BY YOUR ALLELES

WHAT IS A PHENOTYPE?

400
A WAY TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF SUGAR IN YOUR BLOOD

WHAT ARE BLOOD GLUCOSE METERS?

400

THIS IS THE FIRST MEAL OF MOST BABIES

WHAT IS BREAST MILK?

400
THIS IS THE MINIMUM AGE MOST BOYS CAN START GOING THROUGH PUBERTY

WHAT IS 9?

600

A TRAIT THAT IS PRESENT IN MANY ANIMALS BECAUSE OF A GENETIC MUTATION

WHAT IS ALBINISM?

600

____ THERAPY ALLOWS YOU TO TURN A DEFECTIVE ____ OFF, SWAP A HEALTHY ____ IN ITS PLACE, OR ADD ENTIRELY NEW ____(S) INTO OUR DNA.

WHAT IS GENE?

600

A MEMORY DISEASE THAT OCCURS IN AGE 65 AND OLDER

WHAT IS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?

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THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS AFTER BEING BORN, A BABY IS IN THIS PERIOD, WHICH IS THE FIRST STAGE OF LIFE OUTSIDE THE UTERUS

WHAT IS THE NEONATAL PERIOD?

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DAILY DOUBLE

THESE ARE TWO HORMONES GIRLS PRODUCE DURING PUBERTY

WHAT ARE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE?
800

A GENETIC CHANGE IN A SPECIFIC SPECIES WORLDWIDE, ALSO KNOWN AS THIS ADVENTUROUS-SOUNDING WORD

WHAT IS EVOLUTION?

800

A BLOOD DISEASE CAUSED BY A SMALL MUTATION IN A PROTEIN-ENCODING GENE

WHAT IS SICKLE-CELL ANEMIA?

800

A MUSCLE DISORDER THAT AFFECTS 1 IN 2,000 BOYS

WHAT IS DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY? ("WHAT IS DMD?" would also be acceptable)

800

IN PLANTS, IN ORDER TO FERTILIZE OVA TO MAKE SEEDS, THEY DON'T USE SPERMS, BUT INSTEAD THEY USE THIS

WHAT IS POLLEN?

800

THE AVERAGE MALE PRODUCES OVER THIS MANY SPERM CELLS EVERY DAY

WHAT IS 250 MILLION?

1000

THIS REPLACES THYMINE IN RNA

WHAT IS URACIL?

1000

DAILY DOUBLE

A PHENOTYPE WHERE NO TRAIT IS DOMINANT OVER THE OTHER

WHAT IS CO-DOMINANCE?

1000

A DISORDER THAT MAKES CHILDREN SEE WORDS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS

WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?

1000

BABIES LIKE LOOKING AT THINGS IN THESE, BECAUSE OF THE CONTRASTING COLORS

WHAT ARE BLACK, RED, AND WHITE?

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GETTING INFLUENCED BY YOUR FRIENDS DURING PUBERTY IS KNOWN AS THIS

WHAT IS PEER PRESSURE?

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