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Animal Growth
Traits
Migration
Behavior
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100
The stages an organism passes through make up its _________.
What is life cycle?
100
This is the part of a chromosome that contains the DNA code for a trait.
What is a gene?
100
Elephants migrate to places that have _______.
What is food?
100
This is what inherited behaviors are called.
What are instincts?
100
Describe the expected results of a cross between 2 brown eyed parents
If both parents are dominant for brown eyes or one parent has a recessive gene for blue eyes - all children will have brown eyes. If both parents have a recessive gene for blue eyes - there is a 25% chance for each child to have blue eyes
200
Body cells divide during ________.
What is mitosis?
200
A strong characteristic that always appears when there is a gene for it is called a ___________ trait.
What is a dominant trait?
200
The green sea turtle travels this many miles during its migration.
What is 2000 miles?
200
Of the following behaviors, this one is NOT inherited. A. eating B. reading C. seeking shelter D. sleeping
What is reading?
200
Does a person learn an inherited behavior?
If a behavior is inherited, it does not have to be learned. But learning can modify an inherited behavior
300
A threadlike structure found in the nucleus of the cell is a ________.
What is a chromosome?
300
This is what the scientist Mendel used to study traits in living things.
What are pea plants?
300
This type of fish travels from fresh water streams and rivers into the salt water of the Pacific Ocean and then back to its home in fresh waters again.
What is salmon?
300
Explain how hunting is both learned and instinctive in animals.
Animals have the instinct to hunt but must learn hunting skills.
300
Explain how instincts can help an animal survive.
Instincts help animals meet their basic needs. For example, by leading them to hunt, seek shelter, and take care of their young
400
This is the part of the cell where changes first take place during mitosis. A. cell membrane B. cell wall C. chloroplasts D. nucleus
What is (D) nucleus
400
During mitosis, this is what a new cell gets an exact copy of. A. cell wall B. chromosomes C. dominant traits D. gametes
What are (B) chromosomes?
400
This type of bird gains 25% to 40% of their body weight before they start migration.
What is a hummingbird?
400
Of the following behaviors, this is an example of a learned behavior. A. a snow hare turning white in the winter B. a deer standing still in headlight beams C. a coyote eating new kinds of prey D. a person rolling his tongue
What is (C) a coyote eating new kinds of prey
400
Give an example of learning that improves an instinct
animals have a hunting instinct...but learn skills to hunt better.
500
If an organism has 46 chromosomes in each body cell, it has this many in each zygote. A. 18 B. 23 C. 46 D. 92
What is (C) 46?
500
Put the steps of mitosis in the correct order. A. chromosomes are copied chromosomes are separate cell membrane pinches B. cell membrane pinches chromosomes are copied chromosomes separate C. chromosomes separate chromosomes are copied cell membrane pinches D. cell membrane pinches chromosomes separate chromosomes are copied
What is (A) chromosomes are copied, chromosomes separate, cell membrane pinches
500
Predators follow this animals migration through the plains of Africa closely, waiting for an opportunity to strike weak prey as they make their way into different territories.
What is the wildebeest?
500
All the living and nonliving things that affect an organisms behavior make up its ________.
What is environment?