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Joe Sci 7 Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chromosomes | cell part that determines what traits a living thing will have |
| Dominant | gene whose trait always shows itself |
| genotype | describes the actual genes you have in your DNA |
| Gregor Medel | 1st to study genetics and is known as the Father of Modern Genetics |
| inbreeding | mating closely related organisms to get desirable traits (racehorses, gene splicing) |
| meiosis | type of cell division that produces gametes |
| mitosis | division of the nucleus |
| phenotpe | describes the physical characteristics displayed by your genes (eye color, hair color) |
| pure strain | same like traits same as homozygous example BB, bb |
| recessive | gene of a trait that is hidden when the dominate gene is present |
| adaptations | trait that helps an organism survive in its environmetn |
| Charles Darwin | founder of modern theory of modern evolution |
| evolution | process by which organisms change over time. |
| fossils | remains of traces of a once living organism |
| natural selection | survival of offspring that have favorable traits |
| animals | one of the Five Kingdoms |
| autotroph | organism that can MAKE ITS OWN FOOD |
| binomial nomenclature | a 2 name naming stem to identify an organism. Uses the Genus and Species |
| class | one of the seven classification made pup of related orders |
| classificaiton | grouping things according to similarities |
| family | one of the 7 classification levels mad up of related geneses |
| Fungi | plantlike organisms that lacks chlorophyll |
| genus | made up of two or more species that are very much alike |
| heterotroph | organism that can not makes its own food |
| how are organisms classified | based on how they are alike |
| kingdom | classification group made up of relate phyla |
| kings play cards on fat green stools | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order Family, and Genus |
| Monera | single celled organism that does not have a true nucleus |
| order | the 4/7 classification system it has carnivora species in order |
| phylum | classification group made up of related classes |
| plants | a living thing that grows and produces photosynthesis |
| Protists | simple organism that has cells with nuclei |
| Scientific name | made up of genus and species names of an organism |
| species | group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves |
| algae | plant like protists that contain chlorophyll that make their own food through photosynthesis |
| budding | the growth of a new organism front eh parent organism |
| cilia | tiny hairline structures that help organisms move and move food |
| contractile vacuole | space in the cytoplasm of algae euglena that stores water. |
| Euglena | a ptotista that has a chloroplast and can make its own food |
| fission | the separation of cells |
| flagellum | whip like structure on a cell that helps with movement |
| mold | common type of fungi that grows on bread and food |
| oral groove | a mouth like structure in a paramecium that collects food particles |
| pseudopods | fingerlike extension of cytoplasm |
| spore cases | structure that contains spores |
| spores | reproductive structure found in fungi and some plants |
| sporulation | kind of asexual reproduction in which a new organism forms from species released from a parent |
| yeast | colorless, unicellular fungi used to make bread rise |
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