Genetics
What is the difference between dominant and recessive genes?
Dominant genes are always expressed even if other genes are present.
Recessive genes are hidden and will not be expressed unless with another recessive gene.
The genetic code of an organism
What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?
Asexual reproduction has one parent and sexual reproduction involves two parents.
What is the mission of the challenger center?
To locate comet Halley
What are the 4 bees?
Be kind, be caring, be respectful, be honest
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What does phenotype mean?
The physical trait of an organism.
Give me one benefit of asexual reproduction.
the population can increase rapidly when the conditions are favourable.
only one parent is needed.
it is more time and energy efficient as you don't need a mate.
it is faster than sexual reproduction.
What are the roles of Mission Control and Space Station?
Mission control is on Earth and they monitor and instruct the people at Space Station. Space Station is is located in space running tests, building, and experimenting.
What choose love pillar are we on?
Forgiveness
Define inherited traits.
Characteristics passed down from parent to offspring.
If a mother parrot has a recessive gene of green feathers and a father parrot of blue feathers, what color feather will the offspring most likely have?
Blue feathers
Lack of diversity
Since only one organism is involved, the diversity among the organisms is limited.
They are unable to adapt to the changing environment.
A single change in the environment would eliminate the entire species.
What are your instructions called during the mission?
Task cards
How many 6th graders are there?
177 students
Define acquired traits.
Characteristics that a person develops during his lifetime
If a father dog has short ears and the mother has short ears and blue eyes. What kind of ears with the offspring most likely have?
Short ears
Name the four main types of asexual reproduction
Vegetative propagation
Binary fission
Regeneration
Budding
What is the name of one of the jobs at challenger center? Share the job's role.
Teacher will confirm if correct.
How old is August Ahrens Elementary School?
99 years old
Give 2 examples of inherited traits and 2 examples of acquired traits.
Inherited: hair, eyes, skin tone, nose
Acquired: singing, dancing, playing an instrument
Create the genotype.
F = purple eyes
f = green eyes
What is the phenotype?
Genotype: Ff
Phenotype: purple eyes
What is regeneration? Give an example of an organism that can do this.
The ability of a simple organism to re-grow its lost parts.
Example: starfish
When is your mission date?
A4: March 29th
A3: April 1st
How many days of school are left?
From March 7th there are 53 days left