Genetics Micro-world Cell Division More Cells Potpourri
Two identical alleles for a given trait
What is homozygous?
Tall (T) is dominant and short (t) is recessive. The genotype for short plants
What is tt?
According to the biological definition of a species, which organisms listed below would belong to the same species? A)Plant that have flowers with the same structures that attract the same pollinators. B)Protists that are the same shape and have the same structures for movement. C)Animals that can breed and produce fertile offspring. D)Mushrooms that are the same color and can grow on trees.
Animals that can breed and produce fertile offspring?
A Heterozygous organism contains what type of alleles?
Contains dominant and recessive alleles?
These are used to study a family genetic history
What is a pedigree?
These are common shapes of bacteria EXCEPT A)Rod B)Spiral C)Square D)Spherical
What is square?
Which of the following came first in the scientific study of living things? A)Light microscope B)Cell theory C)Electron microscope D)Model of DNA
What is the Light Microscope?
An organism that causes infections in plants and animals, but cannot be seen with a light microscope similar to that used in a high school biology course, is most likely a- A)Virus B)Bacterium C)Fungus D)Protozoans
What is a Virus?
Which characteristic of prokaryotic organisms makes them different from eukaryotes? A)Prokaryotic cells do not have membrane bound organelles. B)Prokaryotes do not have chromosomes. C)Prokaryotes are made of cells D)Prokaryotes have DNA
What is Prokaryotic cells do not have membrane bound organelles?
Which of these could be successfully treated with antibiotics A)Common Cold B)Influenza C)HIV D)Strep Throat
What is Strep Throat?
Division of body cells
What is mitosis?
Rule of base pairing
What is A binds with T and G binds with C?
What is the significance of the number 23
What is the number of chromosome pairs in humans?
The structure responsible for guiding the movement of chromatids during cell division.
What are spindle fibers?
The process by which a cells cytoplasm is divided.
What is cytokinesis?
Synthesizes lipids and moves supplies around the cell
What is Smooth ER?
Modifies, sorts, and ships proteins
What is the golgi apparatus?
Only eukaryotic cells have these
What are nucleus and membrane bound organelles?
Proteins are synthesized here
What is the ribosome
Stores water, minerals, salts, proteins and carbohydrates
What are vacuoles?
Movement from high concentration to low concentration
What is diffusion?
The fusion of egg and sperm is called
What is fertilization?
In order to maintain homeostasis it is important for an animal to: A)Respond to its environment B)Hide from its predators C)Increase its prey population D)Change its habitat
What is respond to its environment?
A testable possible explanation of an observation
What is a hypothesis?
Factor being tested in an experiment
What is a variable?