Probabilities
Vocabulary
Asexual vs. Sexual
Genetic, Behavioral, or Environmental
Random
100

What is the probability that two homozygous dominant (TT & TT) parents will have a homozygous recessive (tt) offspring?

0%

100

What type of genotype must a purebred have?

homozygous

100

Which type of reproduction results in less genetic variation?

asexual

100

Not wearing sunscreen

behavioral

100

What 16th seed beat Purdue in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament this year?

FDU

200

What is the probability that a homozygous dominant parent (TT) & heterozygous parent (Tt) will have a heterozygous recessive offspring?

50%

200

The characteristics of an organisms are their ________.

Traits

200

What type of reproduction generally involves more parental care?

sexual

200

Parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent all had Type 1 diabetes

genetic

200

What is the fastest animal?

Peregrine Falcon

300

What is the probability that two heterozygous parents will have a homozygous recessive (tt) offspring?

25%

300

What is the term describing how traits are passed from parents to offspring?

heredity
300

Which type of reproduction usually involves less energy and is faster?

asexual

300

Contaminated groundwater

Environmental

300

How many World Cups has Brazil won?

5

400

If baldness is recessive in cats, what is the probability that two bald parents will have a furry offspring?

0%

400

This type of allele always expresses itself over a recessive allele.

dominant

400

What are two reasons that human body cells replicate through mitosis?

growth and repair

400

Not exercising because your parents don't exercise

behavioral

400

What is the tallest lighthouse in North Carolina?

Cape Hatteras lighthouse

500

Blue eyes are recessive and brown eyes are dominant in dogs. If a blue-eyed puppy was born to a brown-eyed mother and blue-eyed father, what do you know about the genotype of the mother?

Mother must be heterozygous

500

What is the expression of a genotype.

phenotype

500

If a human body cell contains 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes would a new egg cell contain after meiosis?

23

500

Living in the same house as someone who is a heavy smoker

Environmental

500

How old was the oldest living person ever?

122