Evolution
Charles Darwin
Called "The Father of Modern Genetics", his experiments with pea plants led to our first understanding of how traits are passed on to offspring.
Gregor Mendel
Measurement unit used to measure distance between stars and across galaxies
Light Year
Technology that improved our ability to make observations of the universe
Telescope
Chromosome
An environmental change that makes certain adaptations become more or less favourable
Selective Pressure
Since humans began growing corn, the size of a corn cob has increased and corn has become sweeter. This is a result of...
Artificial selection
A star with a mass of 15 solar masses will end its life as this kind of star.
Neutron star
Technology where a human gene is placed into an organism like bacteria or yeast in order to produce human proteins.
Gene Cloning
The specific combination of alleles an organism has for a trait.
Genotype
In terms of genetics, evolution is defined in this way.
A change in the allele frequency of a population over time.
If a mother with Type A blood (heterozygous genotype) had a child with a father with Type AB blood, the probability of that child having Type B blood would be...
25% (1/4)
Aside from observations that the universe is expanding, another major piece of evidence for the Big Bang theory.
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation
Technology where a sperm and an egg are combined in a lab and then the resulting embryo is implanted in a woman's uterus.
In Vitro Fertilization
The path that the Sun, Moon, and planets appear to take across the sky
A population that is unable to adapt to a change in its environment will do this.
Go extinct.
A certain disease is caused by a recessive X-linked allele. If a male who has this disease has a child with a female carrier of this disease, the probability that their child would have this disease would be...
50%
The reason we know that the universe is expanding is because...
The light from distant stars is red-shifted, indicating they are moving away from us.
Technology used to determine who committed a crime or who may be the parents of a child.
DNA Fingerprinting
The apparent change in frequency / wavelength of a sound or electromagnetic wave caused by the source moving.
Doppler Effect
A major contributing factor to speciation
If fur colour of rabbits was determined by co-dominance, all of the offspring of a homozygous dominant white rabbit and a homozygous recessive black rabbit would be this colour.
Black and white.
A star with an absolute magnitude of +10 and a temperature of 15000 degrees C would likely be this kind of star.
White dwarf
Experimental technology that may be used in the future to cure genetic disorders.
Gene Therapy
The explosion of a high mass star at the end of its life.
Supernova