1
A capital letter is used to represent a ____ allele.
What is dominant?
xy represents a
What is a boy?
Two identical alleles for a trait
What is homozygous?
The cell organelle that controls the cell.
What is the nucleus?
The powerhouse of the cell. It produces energy for the cell.
What is a mitochondria?
The organelle that stores water, food, and waste for the cell.
What is a vacuole?
A plant cell has a larger vacuole than an animal cell.
What is true?
The organelle that controls what goes into and out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
The genetic disorder in which the person has abnormally thick mucus in their lungs is
What is Cystic fibrosis?
A characteristic that makes an individual better suited to its environment may eventually become common in that species through a process called:
What is natural selection?
If a plant is heterozygous for tall, the genotype is
What is Tt?
Straight hair is dominant to curly hair. If the genotype is SS, the phenotype is
What is straight hair?
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
What is an adaptation?
The father of genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The organsim's physical appearance or visible traits are called
What is the phenotype?
A fossil found near the top of a canyon is ______ than a fossil found near the bottom.
What is younger?
The preserved remains of an organism that lived long ago
What are fossils?
The gradual change in a species over time
What is evolution?
The recessive allele is ________ when a dominant allele is present.
What is hidden?
The scientific study of heredity
What is genetics?
A lion eating a gazelle
What is predator-prey?
The relationship when one organism is benefited, and the other organism is harmed
What is parasitism?
Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis are called
What are producers?
The scientist who worked with natural selection and evolution.
What is Charles Darwin?
If no members of a species are still alive, then the species is ________.
What is extinct?