GENETICS
The structure of DNA
What is a DOUBLE HELIX?
Near the equator, 80-100 inches of rain per year, greatest biodiversity of any biome
What is TROPICAL RAINFOREST?
Site of photosynthesis
What is CHLOROPLASTS?
Results in 2 identical daughter cells
What is MITISOS?
All living things are composed of these
What are CELLS?
The genetic characteristics of an organism
What is GENOTYPE?
Interiors of continents, rich topsoil, cool in winter, hot in summer, mostly grasses and shrubs
What is GRASSLAND?
Pigment responsible for the green color of leaves and reflecting green light back at us
What is CHLOROPHYLL?
Results in 4 genetically different daughter cells
What is MEIOSIS?
Living cells come from
What are LIVING CELLS?
Will only show if the individual has two copies of the allele
What is a RECESSIVE ALLELE?
Midlatitudes, very hot days, cool nights, less than 10 inches of rain a year
What is DESERT?
Photosynthesis converts solar energy to
What is CHEMICAL ENERGY?
The PHYSICAL expression of your genes
What is PHENOTYPE?
Two of the 4 basic life functions
What are RESPIRATION, EXCRETION, GROWTH, & REPRODUCTION?
Always shows even if the individual only has one copy of the allele
What is a DOMINANT ALLELE?
Mid to high latitudes, very cold winters, cool summers, less than 20 inches of rain per year, soil is acidic & mineral poor, evergreens
What is TIAGA?
The gas that is used by the plant to form glucose
What is CARBON DIOXIDE?
In MITOSIS the daughter cells contain this number of chromosomes when compared to the parent cells
What is the SAME number?
Process by which water moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
What is OSMOSIS?
I am the father of modern day genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
High northern latitudes, very cold, harsh and long winters, short and cool summers, 4 - 10 inches of rain a year
What is TUNDRA?
The gas which is given off as a byproduct of photosynthesis
What is OXYGEN?
In MEIOSIS the daughter cells have this many chromosomes when compared to the parent cell
What is 1/2 the number of chromosomes?
When plants respond to light by growing toward it or away from it
What is PHOTOTROPISM?