It's the graphic representation tool that scientists use to find the likelihood of a trait being passed down and offspring possible outcomes.
What is a Punnett Square
100
Where are the chromosomes and genetic information such as genes for eye color, hair color, etc located in a cell?
Nucleus
100
In sexual reproduction, how many genes does an offspring receive for each trait?
What is two
100
You would use this word to describe the genotype "BB" (hint it means same)
What is homozygous
100
In asexual reproduction, the organism will be genetically _________ to the parent cell.
What is a identical
200
If more people in the world have a specific trait, it would be considered a _____________ trait.
What is Dominant
200
An organisms inherits its genetic instructions from their -
parents
200
Sexual Reproduction results in genetic _______________ in offspring such as a variety of hair color in a dog liter.
variation
200
You would use this big word to describe the genotype "Dd" Hint: it means different
What is heterozygous
200
The total number of chromosomes pairs in a normal human cell
What is 23
300
It's the percentage chance of each box in a Punnett Square.
What is 25%
300
"Daughter" cells during asexual reproduction will have the ____________ number of genes as the each other and the parent cell.
same
300
Budding (hydra) and binary fission (amoeba) go through what type of reproduction
asexual
300
Characteristics passed down from parent to offspring are considered to be.
Inherited traits
300
He is known as the father of modern genetics and heredity
Who is Gregor Mendel
400
What percent chance would the offspring have of having brown eyes(B) if the parents genotypes are as follows:
Mother: BB Father: Bb
What is 100%
400
Which 3 cell components are most involved in determining the basic shape of a person's face?
Cytoplasm, genes, vacuoles, chromosomes, nucleus, cholorplasts
genes, chromosomes, nucleus
400
The two types of sexual reproduction
Fertilization (humans and animals)
Pollination (flower)
400
The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as
What is a heredity
400
Which type of reproduction will have the most diverse offspring?
sexual reproduction
500
If brown eyes (B) is dominant over green eyes (b) and a female has brown eyes while the male has green eyes, what are the genotypes for both the female and male?
Female: BB, or Bb
Male: bb
500
Put these cell parts that determine genetic information in order from largest to smallest:
Gene, Nucleus, chromosome, Allele
Nucleus, Chromosome, Gene, Allele
500
What is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?
Low genetic variation
500
Another word for gene, we use letters to represent them, we have two of these for each trait.
Alleles
500
What does it mean when genetic information randomly copies incorrectly and there is a change in the gene pair?