Inheritance
Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
Plant Reproduction and Growth
Animal Reproduction and Growth
Miscellaneous
100
Name the scientist who studied peas to help understand genetics.
Gregor Mendel
100
What type of reproduction involves two parents?
Sexual Reproduction
100
These specialized plant structures are often brightly colored and produce sweet nectar.
Flowers
100
This is defined as the ability to produce healthy offspring
Reproductive Success
100
Binary fission is an example of what type of reproduction?
Asexual Reproduction
200
What is a gene?
A segment of DNA that codes for a trait
200
What is the largest advantage of sexual reproduction?
Genetic Variation
200
In seed plants, this contains sperm.
Pollen
200
This type of animal behavior, such as singing or dancing helps them attract mates.
Courtship Behavior
200
What do you call an allele that hides or masks the presence of another allele?
Dominant
300
Consider the Punnett Square.
What is the percent likelihood of a genotype of bb
50%
300
What is an advantage of asexual reproduction?
Fast reproduction
Does not require a mate
Produce a large number of offspring
300
The female structure of the flower; contains the stigma, style, and ovary
Pistil
300
A cuckoo bird abandons its egg in a different species of bird's nest. When the baby hatches it pushes out the other eggs. This takes advantage of what type of behavior?
Parenting Behavior
300
What is the purpose of a "burr" ?
To disperse a seed by attaching it to an animal.
400
What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
Genotype is the allele combination (dominant or recessive traits), while the phenotype is the observable trait. A-red, a-blue (Aa creates red phenotype)
400
Give one examples of a gamete cell.
A sperm or egg
400
The process of fertilizing flowers by transferring sperm from the male to female parts.
Pollination
400
This specific type of reproduction is how Komodo Dragons can reproduce without a male.
Parthenogenesis
400
Is this an environmental or genetic factor?
Only one elm tree survives a disease that wipes out the rest of the population.
Genetic factor
500
Which is the only nucleotide that pairs with Thymine?
Adenine
500
What's a Hybrid?
An offspring resulting from the crossbreeding of two different varieties, species or groups
500
Give an example of a non-seed bearing plant with a stem
Ferns
Horsetails
Club mosses
500
What is the term for showing a new generation new skills that are not innate?
Teaching Behavior
500
What is the scientific name for domesticated dogs?
Canis familiaris