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Event Rules
Key Vocabulary
Core Concepts
Application or Reasoning
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What type of test is this event? 

It is a written test. 
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Genes

The basic and functional unit of heredity. 

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How many columns can a Punnett square have? 

As many as needed. 

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What happens if brown eyes are the dominant gene and green eyes are the recessive genes, what color eyes will the child have?

The child will have brown eyes, as it is the dominant gene. 

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How much time do you have on the test?

50 minutes

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Heredity

The process of passing physical, mental, or behavioral traits and DNA from parents to their offspring.  

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Dominant vs. Recessive, which is capitalized and which is lowercase?

Dominant genes are capitalized, and recessive genes are lowercase. 

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A tall plant (Tt) is crossed with a short plant (tt). What percent of the offspring will be short? 

50% (the dominant gene T will cover the recessive gene t, leaving it as t50%) 

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How Does Scoring Work? 

Whichever team gets the most questions right on the test (the highest scorer) wins. 
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Alleles 

A variant form of a specific gene.

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X vs. Y chromosomes, which is longer? 

X Chromosomes. 

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If a trait appears in every generation, what type of inheretance is it? 

Dominant

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What Can You Bring To the Event?

Writing Utensils (pencil, pen, etc.), Class 2 Calculator, 8' by 11' page of notes

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Recessive Genes

A gene that is only passed down if both parents have that gene. 

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What is the law of Segregation? 

The law of segregation means that alleles will segregate, and offspring will acquire one allele from each parent. 

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If both alleles are expressed equally (like an AB blood type), what is this called? 

Codominance. 

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Phenotype 

The observable trait.