Experiments
In an experiment testing how water affects seedling growth, plant A received 0 mL of water a day. What is the amount of growth seen in Plant A? (write in cm.)
In a pine tree, this specific organ is responsible for capturing sunlight to make food.
Leaves
The word used to describe the physical appearance or observable trait of an organism, such as having "double muscles" or "yellow seeds."
Phenotype
A gardener notices her pumpkins grew to drastically different sizes. Name two specific factors that could have cause of the size variety.
Answers may vary. Must be related to genetic and environmental conditions
This is the name of the diagram that shows how alleles are passed from parents to offspring across multiple generations
Punnett Square
In the seedling water experiment, Plant C (received 20 mL of water) grew more than Plant D (received 30 mL of water), proving that giving a plant too much water can actually hinder growth. Is this an environmental or genetic factor?
Genetic
Asexual plants use what structures to reproduce?
Spore, Tubers, Runners
The two-letter code that represents an organism's internal genetic makeup, such as "Yy" or "DD."
Genotype
If a gardener wanted to ensure that water did not cause a difference in pumpkin size, she would do this for every single plant.
Water every single plant with the exact same amount of water
In a Punnett Square tracking flower petal color, if blue (B) is dominant and white (b) is recessive, a white flower must have this genotype
bb
A gardener compared "Variety A" and "Variety B" marigolds. Because she gave them the exact same water, sunlight, and fertilizer, the difference in blooms must be due to this type of factor
Genetic Factor
Plants that reproduce sexually use what organs to reproduce?
flowers, cones, seeds.
The vocabulary term for a genetic trait, like the white-spotted coat in cattle, that remains completely hidden unless an offspring inherits two identical copies of it (rr).
Recessive Trait
Is it environmental or genetic factors that explain why siblings from the same parents look similar, but not exactly alike.
Genetic Factors
The dominant allele is visually represented by this type of letter... (uppercase or lowercase)
Uppercase letter.
A gardener wants to test ONLY how environmental factors affect pumpkin growth; She used a variety of pumpkin seeds and planted them in different locations in her yard. What mistake did she make?
she would have needed to use pumpkin seeds that had the exact samegenes
Why are bees beneficial for plant reproduction?
Bees can transport pollen from one plant to another.
The specific academic vocabulary word used in Question 8 to describe an organism that has two different alleles for a single trait, like a pea plant with the genotype "Yy."
Heterozygous
Planting all seeds on the exact same day of the year or using the exact same fertilizer are examples of what?
Environmental factors.
If a parent strawberry plant has the genotype "RR," what genotype will its asexually reproduced offspring have?
RR