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8th grade vocabulary words
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The environment removes organisms with traits that do not help survival and reproduction.
Selective Pressure
Artificial selection
Threatened
Genetically Modified Organisms
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Rice plants use which type of pollination?
cross-pollination
self-pollination
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Genetic material in a cell that stores/transmits genetic info from one generation to the next.
mitochondria
nucleus
DNA
cells
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What is variation?
The number of traits of an individual.
The differences among individuals of a group.
A genetic disorder.
Cellular reproduction
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What is a characteristic of an individual that can be passed to the next generation?
A gene
DNA
and egg
A trait
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There were 8/10 students with blue eyes and 2 with brown. This is an example of
Traits
sexual reproduction
Variation
Cloning
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The complete set of genes for an organism
Variation
mutation
nucleic acid
Genome
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A phenotype is
Gg
The physical characteristics of an organism
Hh
The genetic make up of an organism
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An example of an inherited trait is
Intelligence
Attached ear lobes
Being a great soccer player.
eye color
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Find the average width of the three rice grains (12 mm, 10 mm and 8 mm)?
10 cm
10 mm
30
30 mm
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The process by which individuals produce offspring with genetic traits from both parents.
cloning
asexual reproduction
sexual reproduction
budding
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Which method of pollination will generate more diversity?
cross-pollination
self-pollination
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Fusion of the cell that contains the male traits with the cell that contains the female traits.
Mitosis
Fertilization
Meiosis
Cell division
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Which allele is dominant in the gene combination Gg?
g
G
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Humans selecting for particular traits.
Natural selection
Mutation
Artificial Selection
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TT and tt is an example of traits that are
homozygous
recessive
heterozygous
Dominant
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When a pollen is transported from a male part of one plant to the female part of another.
cross pollination
fertilization
self-pollination
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The genotype is
influenced mostly by the maternal side.
The physical characteristics of an organism
influenced mostly by the paternal side.
The genetic make up of an organism
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The following is an example of a genotype
GG
Green eyes
brown hair
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The duplication and splitting apart of chromosomes during cellular division
Meiosis
Mitosis
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When an organism has two different alleles for the same trait it is called
phenotype
heterozygous
homozygous
Genotype
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When the male part of the plant pollinates the female part of the same plant.
self-pollination
cross-pollination
fertilization
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Strands of genetic material in the cell that contain info that codes for traits of an organism.
DNA
cytoplasm
chromosomes
Genes
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The descendants of a person, animal or plant
parent
eye color
offspring
sperm
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A population that is low and at risk of becoming extinct.
Threatened
Extinct
Evolution
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The passing of traits from one generation to the next.
fertilization
offspring
Sexual reproduction
Inheritance
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Which parts are part of the female reproductive parts of a plant?
sepals
Anther
pollen
Carpel (pistil)
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Which allele is recessive in the gene combination Hh?
h
H
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Mutation
Changes to the way cells divide.
Cell division of sex cells.
Cell division of body cells.
Changes to the genetic material of an organism.
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The change in the frequencies of genes in a population over time.
Variation
Mutation
Evolution
Mitosis
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Which of the flowers reproductive parts are male?
Ovule
petals
stamen
stigma
