Genes
Rods and Cones
Chromosomes
Punnett Sqaure
Vocab
100

Riding a bike is an inherited trait        True/False

False

100

What helps you see better in the dark    Rods or Cones

Rods

100

The chromosomes are located in...

DNA

100

What goes on the outside of Punnett sqaures?

The parents alleles 

100

What is a physical characteristic that parents can pass down called?

Inherited traits

200

Genes are the building blocks of...

Proteins

200

What helps you see color      Rods or Cones

Cones

200

how many chromosomes do we have in total?

46
200

In pea plants, purple flowers P are dominant over white flowers p What is the phenotype of a plant with the genotype Pp 

Purple

200

What are structures on the tounge that contain receptor cells called?

Taste Buds

300

Alleles are...

Different variations of genes

300

What makes you colorblind? 

When your Cones are to similarly shaped

300

How many chromosomes do the parents pass down?

23 or half

300

Brown eyes B are dominant over blue eyes b. Two heterozygous parents BbxBb have a child. What are the chances of the child having blue eyes?

25%

300

What is the nerve that sends signals to the brain from the face called?

Facial nerve

400

What shape is DNA?

A double helix

400

Humans have 3 colors they see what are they

Red Blue and Green

400

What chromosome does only the father have? 

Y chromosome

400

If you cross a homozygous dominant parent TT with a homozygous recessive parent tt, what percentage of the offspring will be heterozygous?

100%

400

What is the chemical reaction with a human cell that travels along a nerve cell to the brain?

Signal

500

What is a carrier?

Someone who doesn't have the trait but passes it down.Always a woman.

500

Rods help us best see what colors

Black Grey and White
500

What is the chromosomes do both parents have

X chromosomes

500

In seals, long whiskers W are dominant over short whiskers w. If one parent is homozygous dominant WW and the other is heterozygous Ww, what is the probability of producing a short-whiskered offspring?

0%

500

What is the nerve that carries a signal from the rods and cones to the brain?

Optic Nerve