Genetics and Heredity Video: The Blueprint of Life – Flashcards
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What is the name of the monk who developed the Genetic Theory?
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Gregor Mendel
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Traits are passed from parents to offspring by what hereditary material?
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Genes
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What is the basic molecule that makes up genes?
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DNA
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How many different types of nucleotides or "building blocks" are found in the strands of DNA that make up all living things?
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4
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What is the major component of most cells other than water?
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Protein
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Most cells in an organism contain exactly the same genes. True or False?
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True
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The coiled and folded strands that contain the arrangement of genes is called?
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Chromosomes
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What are the two types of cell division.
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Meiosis and Mitosis
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What is the main thing that happens to a cell in interphase?
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Replication
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What are the four phases of Mitosis?
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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
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Matching paired strands of chromosomes are joined together in a region called the nucleotide. True or False?
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False
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What is the name of the small fibers that attach to each chromosome strand during metaphase?
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Spindle Fibers
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What is the phase of mitosis when chromosomes pull apart?
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Anaphase
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What are the two stages of meiosis?
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Meiosis 1 and 2
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Maternal and paternal chromosomes switch some of their genes during meiosis. True or False?
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True
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During what phase of mitosis does the cell's cytoplasm divide?
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Cytokinesis
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What is the final phase of meiosis?
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Telophase 2
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The genes that make up chromosomes are responsible for defining an individual's what?
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Traits
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What is the name for two traits in a gene pair being the same; what is the name if the pair is different?
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Pure and Hybrid
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What is the name of the tool used by genetics to diagram the likely offspring of a particular parental cross?
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Punnet Square
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One set of genes can control thousands of traits. True or False?
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True
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What is the process geneticists use to alter genetic material?
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Genetic Engineering
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What is the name given to a spontaneous change in the genes of an organism?
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Mutagen
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Genetic engineering will impact what field of study the most?
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Medication
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Give the name of two genetic diseases?
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Sickle Cell Anemia and Huntington's Disease
