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Genetics & Heredity
Vocab
Cell Division & DNA
Punnet Squares
Riddles
100

What is condensed DNA called?

Chromosomes

100

The physical appearance of a trait

Phenotype

100

What is another term for cloning?

Asexual reproduction

100
A black chicken (BB) is crossed with a black chicken (BB). What percentage of offspring will be black?
100%
100

What has a face, but is not alive?

A watch (or clock)

200

True or False: Broken bones, sun burns, and learning how to read are all inherited from your parents

False (these are acquired from the environment)

200

The letters that make up a the genes

Genotype

200
How many total cells are made during meiosis?

4

200
Some genes can be hidden or covered up by another. These are considered to be-
Recessive
200

What has holes, but still holds water?

A sponge

300
How many chromosomes do humans have?

23 pairs (or 46)

300

Versions of a trait

Alleles
300

This process creates genetically different offspring

Sexual Reproduction

300
Long ears are dominant (E) in rabbits. If one parent is homozygous dominant for the long ear trait and the other homozygours reccessive (e), what is the only possible genotype of the offspring?
Ee
300

What travels all over the world, but stays in the same corner?

A stamp

400

Where are genes located?

In your DNA

400

This gene is only expressed in the homozygous form (when two copies are present)

Recessive

400

What letters match together in DNA?

A- T 

C- G

400
What is the punnet square used for?
To determine the outcome of genetic crossings.
400

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or coat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. How?

He was bald

500
How can traits skip a generation?

Could be recessive and carried in one generation, hidden in the next, than pop up again

500

What do we call the genotype FF - be specific 

Homozygous Dominant

500

What determines how one gene is different from another?

The combination of letters (A, C, T, G)

500
Having dimples is dominant (D). Not having dimples is recessive. (d) Both parents are heterozygous for the dominant trait. What percentage of the children will NOT have dimples?
25%
500

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Darkness