Vocabulary
Asexual or Sexual Reproduction
Increasing the Odds
Punnett Squares
Mutations
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What is Melanin?
Melanin is a natural skin pigment. Hair, skin, and eye color in people and animals mostly depends on the type and amount of melanin they have. Special skin cells called melanocytes make melanin.
some people make more melanin than others. If those cells make just a little bit of melanin, your hair, skin and the iris of your eyes can be very light. If your cells make more, then your hair, skin, and eyes will be darker.
100
How many parents are in asexual reproduction?
1
100
Two peacocks, one with a large colorful tail and one with a smaller less colorful tail are vying for a mate. Who is more likely to find one?
Large colorful tail
100
What percent of offspring will be yellow?
50%
100
Are all mutations bad?
No
200
What does “Chromosomes” mean?
A chromosome is a long DNA molecules and regulates protein production.
Contains organism's genetic information
200
How many parents are involved in Sexual Reproduction?
Two
200
Birds call out to establish territory. Would a louder or quieter bird have a larger territory?
Louder bird
200
Which one would be homozygous?
Ff or FF
FF
200
What do mutations change?
DNA
300
What is “artificial selection”?
a process in the breeding of animals and in the cultivation of plants by which the breeder chooses to perpetuate only those forms having certain desirable inheritable characteristics.
300
What is the major benefit of Asexual Reproduction?
Reproduce quickly and without having to find a mate.
300
Two caterpillars are sitting on a Green Leaf, which one would have the best chance of survival. The green caterpillar or the Brown one?
The Green Ones
300
What should be in the “??” box?
aa
300
3. Scientists learned that white fur color is fox is the result of a mutation in the gene that codes for melanin. If a fox that lives in the woods in Anne Arundel County is born with this mutation, what prediction can be made about the mutation?
A. This mutation would be beneficial because it would help the fox blend into the environment.
B. This mutation would have neutral effects because fur color will not affect the survival of the fox.
C.This mutation would be a harmful mutation because it would make the fox highly visible to predators.
D. There is no way to determine if this mutation would be beneficial, harmful or have no effect on the fox.
This mutation would be a harmful mutation because it would make the fox highly visible to predators.
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What does “self-propelled seeds” mean?
Plants that disperse their own seed in order to reproduce.
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Which of the following support that foxes are sexually reproducing organisms? Select the BEST answer.
They reproduce in the spring.
They hibernate.
Males and Females can reproduce starting at 6 months old
Their habitat is generally cold
3.
Males and Females can reproduce starting at 6 months old
400
Larger yellower bananas from a tree are eaten more and seeds are spread more as a result. Is this a positive or negative for that banana plant?
Positive
400
If the father’s genes are (Bb) green hair and the mother’s genes are (bb) blue hair what chance does the offspring have of getting blue hair?
½ or 50%
400
Which of the following can increase the rate of mutation?
A. UV Radiation
B. Viruses
C. toxic chemicals
D. All of the above
All of the above
500
What does Variation Mean
a different or distinct form or version of something.
500
Which type of Reproduction introduces Genetic Variation?
Sexual Reproduction
500
If an animal moves to a more suitable environment as seasons change it is called
Migration
500
Draw a Punnett square with a Yy and yy cross. Show the probability of a Yy offspring.
500
Mutations can occur naturally or be induced by environmental factors such as radiation or chemicals.
True or False
True