Mendel & His Peas
The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
Heredity
What is the difference between phenotype and genotype?
Phenotype-physical appearance
Genotype-Control traits
What is DNA?
An organism's genetic material
What is the longest river in the world?
The amazon
Which pop singer sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl 50?
Lady Gaga
What is a true-breeding plant?
A plant that self-pollinates
An individual that has an allele sequence of Rr would be known as what?
Heterozygous
What is it called when DNA is turned into RNA?
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Codominance
Cross a homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive individual
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What did Mendel discover when crossing purple true-breeding plants with white true-breeding plant?
Hybrids
What is a section of a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait?
A gene
RNA is a __________ stranded item.
Single
What is a nucleotide?
A molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate
A change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene is called a ______________.
Mutation
What does a dominant trait do to a recessive trait?
The dominant trait masks the recessive trait
Cross a heterozygous male with a homozygous dominant female.
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What does our body use proteins for?
Energy, building muscle
What is polygenic inheritance?
When multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait
Which planet is closest to Earth?
Venus
Predict the offspring of a cross between two true-breeding plants with smooth seeds.
All offspring would produce smooth seeds.
Brown hair is dominant. Blonde hair is recessive. Cross a homozygous recessive male with a heterozygous female. What percentage of offspring would have brown hair?
50%
How many base pairs code for a protein?
3
Which fast food chain experimented with bubble gum broccoli as a children's menu item?
McDonalds
What fictional city is the home of Batman?
Gotham City