The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called ____________________.

A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor is _____________________________.

A genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor is called __________________.

Plants that always produce the same traits as their parent when they are self-pollinated are ____________________ plants.

When pollen from one plant reaches the pistil of a flower on a different plant, _________________ occurs.

When pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of a flower on the same plant, ____________________ occurs.

Why did Mendel use cross pollination in his experiments?

What are examples of conclusions Mendel reached about inherited traits after completing his experiments with pea plants?

____________ are made of DNA. They are found on pairs of _______________ inside each _____________________.

The different forms of a gene are known as _______________. For example, the two forms of the gene for flower color of the pea plants are purple or white; human eye color: blue, green, brown and hazel

Sexually reproduced organisms inherit a gene for each trait from each parent (genotype). One gene may be expressed (phenotype) while the other is not.

If an organism's phenotype is a known recessive trait, what do we know about its genotype?

Which plant is homozygous for recessive traits?

Which plant is homozygous for recessive traits?

Which organism is heterozygous purple?

How many offspring will be purple with a cross between (P,p) and (p,p) parents? use scratch paper to draw punnett square

Cross a homozygous tall plant with a homozygous short plant. What percentage of offspring will be heterozygous?

When both allelles or forms of a trait are expressed in the phenotype, this is known as ______________ example: (White cow+red cow= white and red calf)

White camelias and red camelias blend phenotypes to make pink camelias

In humans, it is now known that many genes may influence such traits as height, weight, skin tone, and intelligence. This is known as

What does homozygous mean?

What is a gene?

The alleles that control how a trait is expressed are its_________.

The actual expression of a trait is its ____________________.

A(n) ___________________ is a model that is used to predict the possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring.

_____________________ occurs when multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait.

In _________________________, both alleles can be observed in a phenotype.

______________________ occurs when the phenotype is a blend or combination of the parents' phenotypes.

A(n) ____________________ shows the phenotypes of genetically related family members.

________________are threadlike structures in a cell's nucleus that contain the genetic information that controls traits.

Which of the following is a homozygous genotype?

What does it mean to be homozygous?

Compare and Contrast a chromosome and a gene?

An organism that is heterozygous for a trait mates with another organism that is also heterozygous for that trait. What would be the percentage of offspring that would be homozygous recessive?

An organism that is heterozygous for a trait mates with another organism that is also heterozygous for that trait. What would be the ratio of offspring that show the dominant and recessive phenotypes?

If you cross a purple flowered pea plant that is homozygous with a white flowered pea plant, what percentage of the offspring would be purple and what percentage would be white?

What symbols would you use when showing crosses between round pea seed which are dominant and wrinkled seeds which are recessive.

An organism that is homozygous dominant for a trait mates with another organism that is heterozygous for that trait. What would be the percentage of offspring that would be homozygous recessive?

Which blood type is an example of codominance?

The nucleic acid that carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is called ___________________________________.

The nucleic acid that contains an organism's genetic material is called _________________________.

A molecule made up of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group is a(n) _____________________________.

A genetic ______________________ can result from a defect or mutation in an individual's genes.

The process of making a copy of DNA to make another DNA molecule is called ________________________.

The process of making a protein from RNA is called_____________________________.

Transcription is the process of making

A change is a nucleotide sequence of a gene is a _____________________.

A condition that results from a defect or mutation in an individual's genes is a(n) ___________________________.

Which of the following are examples of genetic mutations?

What is the role of mRNA in protein synthesis?

What is the role of tRNA in protein synthesis?

What is the role of rRNA in protein synthesis?

There are 3 types of genetic mutations. Deletion, insertion and substitution. Which of the following is the best description of a deletion mutation?

There are 3 types of genetic mutations. Deletion, insertion and substitution. Which of the following is the best description of a substitution mutation?

Offspring from parents with different forms of the same trait are called____________________.

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called ____________________.

A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor is _____________________________.

A genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor is called __________________.

An organism that is heterozygous for a trait mates with another organism that is also heterozygous for that trait. What would be the ratio of offspring that show the dominant and recessive phenotypes?

There are 3 types of genetic mutations. Deletion, insertion and substitution. Which of the following is the best description of a insertion mutation?

Using one or more senses to gather information and take note of what occurs is called _________________________.

A logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge and experience is called a(n) _____________________.

Comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it is called ______________________.

A possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations is called a(n)________________________.

The practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use is called _________________.

The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations ________________________.

Chemical reactions, gravity, and atoms are topics in the field of _______________________________.

A(n) ________________ is an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigation.

The field of ___________________ includes the topics of cells and the interactions of living things.

A(n) _______________________ is a rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature.

A spoken or written summary of observations is called a(n) __________________.

An interpretation of observations is called a(n) _____________________________.

A method of writing or displaying very small or very large numbers is known as a(n)

An internationally accepted system of measurement is known as ____________________.

The expression of error as a percentage of the accepted value is known as __________________________________.

All measurements have some degree of certainty

The SI prefix kilo- means 1,000.

International System of Units refers to the number of digits in a measurement that are known with a certain degree of reliability.

The SI base unit for length is the meter.

Thermometers are used to measure the mass of a substance.

How many centimeters are in 1 meter?

A description of how similar or close a measurement is to an accepted value is called __________________.

A description of how similar or close measurements are to each other is called __________________.

In the SI system, factors of ten are represented by ____________________ such as Milli.

Cameron estimated a mass to be 275 grams, but upon carefully measuring it, found the actual mass to be 260 g. What is the percent error? page NOS 21 in book

How would the number 3,629,000 be expressed using scientific notation?

A student's experimental value for density if 33 g/cm^3. The accepted density is 30 g/cm^3. What is the percent error?

Which phase occurs first ?

Which process is NOT a type of asexual reproduction?

Which process is a step in sexual reproduction?

A cell containing one chromosome from each pair is ______________________.

A cell containing two pairs of chromosomes is ______________________.

______________________ produces sex cells.

___________________________ separate during meiosis I

Cell division in prokaryotes that forms two genetically identical cells is called __________________________.

Cell division in one-celled eukaryotes is called _______________________________.

When offspring grow on the body of its parent, it is called_____________________.

The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell is called ____________________________.

When genetically identical organisms are produced in a laboratory it is called __________________________.

Why is meiosis important?

What is the difference between meiosis I and meiosis II?

The process in which in which one parent produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization is called ____________________________.

What is one advantage of asexual reproduction?

The body cells of a cat have 38 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would be in the cells of normal kittens?

The body cells of a cat have 38 chromosomes. Calculate the number of chromosomes in a cat's normal sex cells.

Define animal regeneration.

Name an example of an organism that uses asexual reproduction.

Which kind of reproduction is shown in the diagram?

What would be the correct label for letter a in the diagram

What would be the correct label for letter b in the diagram?

What would be the correct label for letter c in the diagram?

What would be the correct label for letter d in the diagram?

What is a major cause of extinctions?

What can be learned about a fossil using relative-age dating?

The impression of an organism in a rock is called a ____________.

The fossil copy of an organism in a rock is called a(n) __________________________.

The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism is called _________________.

The preserved tissue of an organism is a(n) _______________________.

All the fossils ever discovered on Earth are part of the ___________________________.

The change over time in populations of related organisms is _________________________.

A chart that divides Earth's history into units is called the _____________________________________.

Can you contrast the relative-age dating and absolute dating?

Can you explain the cause-and-effect relationship between extinction and environmental change?

What is gradual change in a species over time

What is the process by which individuals are better adapted to their environment and are more likely to survive

Who is the British naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection

What are any difference between organisms of the same species

The variety of organisms that inhabit the Earth

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics is called _____________________________________.

How did Charles Darwin study plants and animals?

Mutations in genes cause _______________________.

According to Darwin's theory, what process causes populations to change as their environment changes?

There are 3 types of genetic mutations. Deletion, insertion and substitution. Which of the following is the best description of a insertion mutation?