Cell Division
The formation of a new organism as an outgrowth of an existing organism.
What is budding?
When a cell has two of each chromosome.
What is a diploid set?
Mendel discovered how traits are passed down using this plant.
What is a pea plant?
A grid used to analyze the genetics of reproduction.
What is a Punnett square?
Entymology is the study of these.
What are insects?
The process by which a eukaryotic cell replicates into 2 identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
When a cell has only one of each chromosome.
What is haploid?
After he was unsuccessful as a teacher, Mendel became this.
What is a monk?
The allele that expresses the trait whenever it is present.
What is dominant?
The shedding and replacing of an old outer covering.
What is molting?
The death of a cell that occurs as a normal, controlled event in an organism.
What is apoptosis?
Humans have this many pairs of chromosomes.
What is 23?
Mendel is known as the Father of this.
What is genetics?
What is recessive?
Organisms that can live in especially harsh conditions, such as very high or low temperature.
What are extremophiles?
Give an example of an organism that reproduces by budding.
Will accept: sponges, worms, some plants
Humans have this many chromosomes.
What is 46?
What is how traits are passed down?
The physical appearance determined by genes.
What is phenotype?
A bacteria that can get into food, and can poison you if you consume uncooked food.
What is salmonella?
All phases of the cell cycle that do not include mitosis.
What is interphase?
Chromosomes that carry the same genes, one from each parent.
What are homologous chromosomes?
The term used to describe taking pollen from a plant and putting it on another plant to change the offspring.
What is cross-pollination?
The record of ancestors for an individual showing parent/offspring relationships across generations.
What is pedigree? Will also accept family tree.
An extension of cytoplasm used by some cells to move or feed.
What is a pseudopod?