Genetics
He is considered the "godfather" of genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
What is the phoelm?
The scientific name of the study of animals
What is zoology?
This is the "powerhouse" of the cell
What is the mitochondrion?
This vegetable is good for your eyesight
What is the carrot?
This diagram is used to predict the probability of offspring inheriting a certain trait
What is a punnett square?
This green pigment allows plants to absorb light energy for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
This animal has three hearts and one brain
What is the octopus?
This theory indicates that only the organisms best suited to survive and reproduce get to pass on their traits
What is natural selection?
Humans share about 60% of their DNA with this fruit
What is the banana?
The number of cells resulting from meiosis
What is four?
This is tallest grass in the world
What is bamboo?
This animal sleeps up to 20 hours a day
What is koala?
The hardest substance in the human body
What is tooth enamel?
This disease wiped out half of Europe in the 1300s
What is the Black Plague?
Genes are carried from parent to offspring through these structures.
What are chromosomes?
The plant that is used in tequila
What is agave?
What is the bat?
This bacteria naturally occurs on 30% of humans
What is staph?
Jonas Salk created a vaccine for this disease
What is polio?
This term describes the failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate during meiosis, leading to conditions like trisomy 21.
What is nondisjunction?
This flower symbolizes purity and enlightenment in many cultures
What is the lotus flower?
A group of this animal is known as a flamboyance
This pathway converts glucose into pyruvate, creating a net gain of two ATP even without oxygen
What is glycolysis?
The only planet in the solar system that spins clockwise
What is venus?