Vocab
Reproduction
Variation
Key Concepts
Genes & Proteins
100

This is known as instructions for proteins.

What are genes?

100

This is the arachnid that we were studying examples of there reproduction the whole unit.

What is darwin bark spiders?

100
This is the process where two organisms each give up one gene to create a new cell.

What is sexual reproduction? 

100

Organisms inherit their ____ through sexual reproduction.

What are genes?

100

The process of getting a gene from a parrent.

What is inherit?

200

This is a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait.

What is a mutation?

200

This is also referred to the child of the parent.

What is an offspring?

200

Organisms can have different proteins in their _____ for a particular feature.

What are Cells?
200

An organism has ____ copies of a gene for each feature.

What is 2?
200
The way something is physically made.

What is sturcture? 

300

A characteristic that all members of a species have.

What is a feature. 

300

A type of reproduction caused by mating.

What is sexual reproduction?

300

Differences in the structure of protein molecules affect how they connect to other protein molecules. This can result in different _______

What is traits?

300

Each gene _____ provides a unique instruction to make a specific protein molecule in an organism’s cells

What is version?

300

The process of a gene changing and producing a new kind of gene that rarely affects the trait.

What is a mutation?

400

Gene versions that are different.

What is heterozygous?

400

A type of reproduction that can happen with only 1 organism.

What is Asexual Reproduction?

400

The function of a this molecule depends on its structure and how it interacts with other protein molecules.

What is a protein molecule?

400

The two copies of a gene for each feature can be the same version (homozygous) and provide instructions for only ___ type of protein.

What is 1?

400

This is the place inside the nucleus where the genes are stored in pairs of two along a string like strand of DNA?

What are chromosomes? 

500

This is a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule.

What is an allele?

500

I am the female contribution for the offspring.

What is an egg cell?

500

This is a gene that if a cell has it the cell will always produce its trait no matter if it is heterozygous or homozygous. 

What is a dominate gene?

500

Through sexual reproduction, each offspring can inherit a different combination of gene versions. Therefore, siblings can have different traits from _______ and even from their _____.

What is each other, and their parents? 

500

Although genes give the instructions for a protein molecule _____ found inside the cells are responsible for building the protein. 

What are ribosomes?  

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