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Jeopardy
Mendel
Hetero/
Heredity
Vocabulary
Homozygous
WOWEE!
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Final Jeopardy
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What step did Mendel take to make sure his pea
plants cross-pollinated?
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He removed the anthers.
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What is self-pollination mean?
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When a plant pollinates itself.
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Asexual reproduction relates to humans in that…
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Meiosis occurs.
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How are sex cells different from other human
cells?
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Sex cells have half as many chromosomes.
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What did Mendel discover about recessive traits?
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Recessive traits reappear in the second
generation.
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What are the instructions called for an inherited
trait?
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Genes
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What are the different forms of a gene called
that describe a characteristic?
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Alleles
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What is a trait?
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Different forms of a characteristic.
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When there is incomplete dominance…
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Each allele has its own degree of influence.
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What do you call one set of instructions for an
inherited trait?
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Genes
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A plant with two dominant OR two recessive
alleles is said to be…
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Homozygous
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What are homologous chromosomes?
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Chromosomes that carry the same set of genes.
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What are chromosomes that carry the same set
of genes?
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Homologous chromosomes
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Two forms of a gene, one from each parent, are
called…
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Alleles
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What is a plant that has two dominant or two
recessive genes called?
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Homozygous
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What is heredity?
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Passing of traits from parents to offspring
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What is a phenotype?
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The way an organism looks – its’ PHYSICAL
appearance.
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What is it called when cells are copied with half
the number of chromosomes?
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Meiosis
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What is Mendel’s ratio for dominant to recessive
traits?
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3 to 1
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What ratio explains the gray flowers and white
flower in the second generation?
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3 to 1
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What is it called when one trait is NOT
completely dominant over another?
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Incomplete dominance
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What is a way to organize possible offspring?
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Punnett Square
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What is the entire make up of an organism?
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Genotype
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What is it called when each allele has its own
degree of dominance?
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Incomplete dominance
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When all offspring have the same traits as the
parent?
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True breeding plants
Final Jeopardy
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What is made during Meiosis?
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Sex cells