Cells & DNA
Sexual & Asexual Reproduction
Punnett Squares & Trait Variation
Natural & Artificial Selection
Excel Chelsea
400

What job do the ribosomes perform in the cell?

What is ribosomes read genetic material and build proteins?

400

What are the two main sources of genetic variation?

What is sexual reproduction and mutation?

400

In grasshoppers, the allele for long legs is dominant to the allele for short legs. Ms. Bourque's pet grasshopper has the heterozygous genotype for leg length. What will her pet grasshoppers leg length be?

What is long legs?

400

True or false: Humans breeding of dogs is a type of selective pressure.

What is false?
400

What state is Excel expanding to next year?

What is Rhode Island?

800

What is the part of the plant cell that is responsible for producing sugar

What is Mitochondria?

800

What percentage of parent's chromosomes are inherited by offspring?

What is half (50%) of chromosomes?

800

What do Punnett Squares help us determine?

What is the probability that offspring will have certain combinations of alleles?

800

What is natural selection?

What is organisms that better adapt to their environment tend to survive and reproduce?

800

What is the full address for Excel Chelsea?

What is 180 2nd Street, Chelsea, MA 02150?

1200

What are the two body systems that are involved in getting the nutrients from the banana to different parts of the runner's body?

What is Digestive and Circulatory system?

1200

What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?

What is asexual reproduction only requires ONE parent while sexual reproduction requires TWO?

1200

What is an allele?

What is one of two or more versions of a particular gene?

1200
What is artificial selection?

What is The selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of traits that are useful to humans?

1200

What are the names of the TWO Science teachers at Excel Chelsea?

What is Ms. Cabral and Ms. Shameem?

1600

What are genes?

What is a segment of DNA?

1600

What is ONE advantage of asexual reproduction?

What is ... 

  • The population can increase rapidly when the conditions are favorable.
  • only one parent is needed.
  • faster than sexual reproduction.
1600

Each box of a Punnett Square represents the probability of an offspring inheriting a trait?

What is 25%?

1600

The modern development of different dog breeds is an example of ...

What is artificial selection?

1600

What are the three Science units that we cover in 8th grade Science (Hint: Look at your Course Syllabus in Google Classroom)

What is Physical Science, Biology and Earth Science?

2000

What is a chromosome?

What is the x-shaped structure of coiled DNA?

2000

What is ONE advantage of sexual reproduction?

What is ...

- it produces variation in the offspring

- the species can adapt to new environments due to variation, which gives them a survival advantage

2000

Two pea plants are crossed. Each parent has Hh genotype. What is the likelihood that the offspring will have hh genotype?

What is 25%?

2000

True or false: mutations can be neutral, beneficial or negative?

What is True?

2000

Diversity is so important! What percentage of Excel Academy identify as Latinx?

What is 79%?