Question | Answer |
When traits are passed on from one generation to the next is known as what | Heredity |
A trait that has three possible outcomes has more _________ than a trait that has only two outcomes. | Variations |
A person who is born with two arms loses one of them in an accident, will they pass on this new, one arm trait to their children. | No |
Where do children get the dna that they inherit | Their parents'dominant or recessive traits |
The _______ is the male part of the flower that contains _____, known as the male sex cell | Anther, pollen |
The ______ is the female part of the flower that contains the _____, known as the female sex cell | Ovary, ovules |
Are there traits that are connected and work together like smell and taste | Yes |
A monk who discovered the passing on of traits from one generation to the next in pea plants | Gregor Mendel |
A pedigree | A diagram showing traits being passed down from generation to generation |
Dominant trait | The gene that is stronger |
Recessive trait | The gene that is weaker |
Since humans share the same traits | There are variations in some of the traits that they share |
Some people only have __________? | Only 2 variations |
What cells are made of | Molecules |
DNA is | It is physical because it's a molecule |
P | Parent generation |
F1 | First filial generation |
F2 | 2nd filial generation |
Species | A group of individuals |
Genetics | The study of how heredity takes place in different species |
The top part of the pistil | The stigma |
The process of plant reproduction | 1. Pollination
2. Fertilization
3. Germination |
Where our genetic instructions for traits are found | The brain, the blood, and the cells |
The order from largest to smallest | Cell, nucleus, chromosomes, genes, dna |
A karyotype | A diagram showing each chromosome pair |
A inherited blood disorder causing irregularly shaped blood cells | Sickle Cell Anemia |
By a child iheriting both recessive traits | A child can have a trait neither of the parents have |
Mitosis | The process that makes 2 new body cells |
Meiosis | The process that makes 4 new sex cells |
Stomatic Cell | A scientific word for body cell |
Gamete | A scientific word for sex cell |
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