VOCABULARY
CELL-SPLITTING
TRAITS
Miscellaneous
100
_____________ is when an organism's body shape and form changes during its' life cycle.
Metamorphosis
100
Cell-splitting process is called ___________.
Mitosis
100
All the traits (brown hair, blue eyes) that parents pass down are "___________."
inherited
100
To make an exact copy of a cell, it needs a copy of each parents' ______________.
chromosomes
200
___________ is the process when the amount of chromosomes in a cell are reduced.
Meiosis
200
True or False: During mitosis, cells duplicate (copy each other)
True
200
The ________ on a chromosome has a special code for traits, like brown eyes or blue eyes.
genes
200
Blue eyes is a _______ trait. That means an offspring must get this gene from both parents.
recessive?
300
The stages of life an organism experiences is called a ______________.
life cycle
300
These tell a cell when to split.
"genes"
300
Brown hair is a dominant or recessive trait. Meaning the offspring only needs 1 of these genes from their parents.
dominant
300
When an organisism is in the adult stage of its ________ _________, it can reproduce.
life cycle
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