Quiz Review

Adaptations

100

A change in an animals behavior

What is a Behavioral Adaptation?

200

A change in the structure of an organism

What is a structural adaptation?

300

Penguins huddling together to stay warm

Behavioral Adaptation

400

Giraffes long necks reach more food

Structural Adaptation

500

Give me Three (3) examples of behavioral adaptations

I want to see your whiteboards! Lets see those answers :)

Genetics

100

The most basic genetic structure

What is DNA

200

How many chromosomes do humans have?

23 pairs, 46 total

300

Genes are lengths of _____

DNA

400

What does DNA stand for? (Spell it mostly correctly)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

500

What are chromosomes made out of?

DNA wrapped around protein called Histones

Punnett Squares

100

Give me an example of a homozygous dominant genotype

Two capital letters- BB, GG, HH, or any other two capital letters

200

Give me an example of a heterozygous genotype

One capital, one lowercase letter: Pp, Bb, Dd, Rr, 

or any other letter

300

What is the definition of Phenotype?

The physical trait you can see!

400

If Brown eyes are dominant, and Blue eyes are recessive, what color eyes would someone with the genotype bb have?

Blue! bb is homozygous recessive, and blue eyes are recessive.

500

If five fingers are dominant, and four fingers recessive, what color eyes would someone with the genotype Ff have?

Five fingers! If the dominant genotype is present, it will show up in the phenotype

4 Parts of Natural Selection

100

Name one of the 4 parts of natural selection

1. Variation 2. Reproduction 3. Inheritance of Traits 4. Change in Population

200

Which part of natural selection is this:

Birds have different sized beaks

Part 1- variation in species

300

Which part of natural selection is this:

Giraffes with long necks become more common over time

Part 4: variation in species

400

Which part of natural selection is this:

Penguins that huddle for warmth are able to mate and have offspring

Part 2: reproduction- some do and some don't

500

Which part of natural selection is this:

Dolphins that are smart pass on their intelligence to their offspring 

Part 3: Inheritance of traits

Mitosis vs Meiosis

100

How many stages of Meiosis are there?

8- PMAT twice

200

What is stage 2 of mitosis?

Metaphase

300

In what stage do the chromosomes move to the middle?

Metaphase- (M=middle)

400

In which step do the chromosomes form up and solidify?

Prophase! The first step of Mitosis.

500

In which phase does the cell split apart? (double points if you can also tell me what it is called when they split apart fully- that one starts with a c)

Telophase (cytokinesis)