Vocab
A proposed answer to a question about the natural world
What is a claim
The way something is shaped or constructed
An organism has ___ copies of a gene for each feature
Two
Name a feature in the SIM
The answers will vary (silk flexibility, silk stickiness, bristle, venom, body color, stripe color, etc.)
Body color is an example of a _______
Feature
The process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim
What is reasoning
The part of a cell where genes are found
What is nucleus
_____ are instructions for proteins
Genes
Comb
Heterozygous is when the genes are ________
Different
A claim supported by evidence
What is scientific argument
A protein molecule that does not perform its function, often because it does not connect to other molecules
What is nonfunctional protein
Organisms can have different _____ in their cells for a particular feature
Proteins
The protein shape of F2
Field goal
The optimal silk flexibility is __________
Medium
The parts of the cell that build protein molecules based on instructions from genes
What is ribosomes
A specific characteristic of an individual organism
What is trait
The function of a protein molecule depends on its _______ and how it interacts with other protein molecules
The protein shape of F3
Pancake
People who don't have the blood clotting factor protein will have _____________
Hemophilia
When a male and a female reproductive cell combine to create an offspring
What is fertilization
A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
What is allele AND gene version
The structure of molecules determines how they function at a ___________ scale, which determines the properties of the object they make up
Molecular
Changing the gene version (black boxes) may change the _______
Trait
The possible offspring gene versions of parents with F1F2 and F2F3 genes
F1F2, F1F3, F2F2, F2F3