Vocabulary
Characteristic that an organism develops after it is born:
A. Learned B. Acquired Trait C. DNA D. Heredity
What is an acquired trait?
A change in the genes of an organism.
A. Learned B. Nucleotide C. Mutation D. Camouflage
What is a mutation?
Organism that has two different genes for the same trait.
A. Hybridization B. Hybrid C. Selective Breeding D. Inbreeding
What is a hybrid?
The three examples of Adaptations.
A. Camouflage, Warning Coloration, Acquired Trait
B. Camouflage, Warning Coloration, Mimicry
C. Mimicry, Inherited Traits, Acquired Traits
D. Warning Coloration, Mutagens, Desirable Traits
What is camouflage, warning coloration, and mimicry?
Cystic Fibrosis is an example of what?
A. Inherited Trait B. Acquired Trait C. Inherited Disease D. Selective Breeding
What is an inherited disease?
Short, thick coil of DNA:
A. Mutation B. Adaptation C. Chromosome D. Mimicry
What is a chromosome?
A basic structural unit of DNA.
A. Nucleotide B. Dominant C. Recessive D. Hybrid
What is a nucleotide?
Describes a trait that is not expressed when an organism receives genes for two different forms of a trait.
A. Recessive B. Dominant C. Gene D. Acquired trait
What is recessive?
The ability to blend into their surroundings.
A. Warning Coloration B. Camouflage C. Mimicry D. Adaptation
What is camouflage?
One trait that an organism can acquire.
A. eye color B. hair color C. freckles D. learning how to talk
learning how to talk
A molecule found in the nucleus of a cell and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transfer of genetic information
A. Asexual reproduction B. Sexual reproduction C. gene D. DNA
What is DNA?
A change in a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment.
A. Mimicry B. Adaptation C. Camouflage D. Mimicry
What is an adaptation?
Practice of breeding organism to get offspring with useful traits.
What is selective breeding?
Bright colors often indicate that an organism is poisonous.
A. Warning coloration B. Mutation C. Adaptation D. Camouflage
What is warning coloration?
One trait an organism can inherit.
A. Learning how to play a sport B. Dimples C. Learning how to read D. Learning how to talk
What are dimples?
A short segment of DNA that determines an organism's inherited traits.
A. Warning Coloration B. Selective Breeding C. Gene D. Hybridization
What is a gene?
Describes a trait that is expressed when an organism receives genes for two different forms of a trait.
A. Recessive B. Dominant C. Pollen D. Cystic Fibrosis
What is dominant?
Production of offspring by the union of male and female gametes.
A. Muscular Dystrophy B. Sexual Reproduction C. Inherited Traits D. Acquired Traits
What is sexual reproduction?
The ability to look like another species.
A. Adaptations B. Mutations. C. Mimicry D. Warning coloration
What is mimicry?
One example of selective breeding.
A. Adaptation B. Hybridization C. Hybrid D. Gene
Hybridization
Genetic transfer of characteristics from parent to offspring.
A. Heredity B. Inbreeding C. Environmental D. Manipulated
What is heredity?
Production of offspring from only one parent cell.
A. Sexual Reproduction B. Sickle Cell Anemia C. Asexual Reproduction D. Hemophilia
What is asexual reproduction?
An example of an environmental trait.
A. learning how to ride a bike B. learning how to talk C. A flamingo is pink because it eats pink food. D. controlling the shape and design of a plant
A flamingo is pink because it eats pink food.
This is a type of an adaptation.
A. The king snake mimicking the poisonous snake. B. Resulting in a desirable trait C. Decrease an organism's chances for survival. D. Learning how to ride a bike
The king snake mimicking the poisonous snake.
An example of a manipulated trait.
A. Learning how to ride a bike B. Controlling the shape and design of a plant C. A flamingo is pink because it eats pink food D. Learning how to walk
Controlling the shape and design of a plant