Vocabulary
_____ means to grow from a seed to a young plant
germinate
Where do we find pollen in a plant?
Flower
True or false
All plants grow at the same speed.
False
What plants were used to discover traits?
Pea plants
How do we determine if plants are related?
Compare their parts.
To ________ means to make more of an organism's own kind.
reproduce
What do plants need to survive? (name three things)
sunlight, water, nutrients, and space
A rose has a different color flower than it's parent plants. This is a ________.
Variation
Where do offspring get their inherited traits?
from their parents.
Inherited traits or not?
Thorns on a rose.
Yes
traits that come from parents are called?
Inherited traits
studies insects
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called?
heredity
What is a dominant trait?
A trait that appears in the first generation.
Inherited traits come from ___________
1. both parents
2. one parent
1
carry pollen from the male parts of one flower to the female parts of another flower is called?
Pollination
Where do the seeds of pine tree form?
They form inside cones.
Blue eyes are a recessive trait. Brown eyes are a dominant trait.
If Chloe has blue eyes, which trait did she inherit?
The recessive trait
What is a recessive trait?
A trait the reappears in the second generation.
Inherited traits or not?
The grass has snow on it during a snowy morning.
No
______ means appearance of an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same family.
Variation
Say three ways to move pollen from one place to another?
Wind, water, animals..etc.
What are the stages of a flowering plant life cycle? From 1-5
Seed, seeding, flower form, adult plant, death
Who discovered the idea of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
Name three inherited traits.
type of root, flower color, leaf shape