| Gregor Mendel | ||
| #1 | What did Gregor Mendel do? | Studied heredity in the monastery garden. |
| #2 | What did Mendel notice about flowers? | They can self and cross pollinate. |
| #3 | What did Mendel do to make sure that the plants cross pollinated? | He removed the anthers. |
| #4 | What did Mendel get when he crossed purple flowers with white flowers? | All purple flowers. |
| #5 | What did Mendel get when he crossed the flowers again? | The white flower - recessive gene - appeared. |
| Vocab Wow! | ||
| #1 | What is a gene? | One set of instructions for an inherited trait. |
| #2 | What is heredity? | Passing down of traits from parents to offspring. |
| #3 | What is genotype? | Genetic makeup of organism |
| #4 | What is phenotype? | Physical appearance of organism |
| #5 | What is an allele? | Alternative form of a gene. |
| Punnett Square Madness | ||
| #1 | What is a Punnett Square? | Shows what traits offspring will have? |
| #2 | What is PP, pp? | Homozygous |
| #3 | What is Pp? | Heterozygous |
| #4 | What happened with the white tiger? | He received white fur and blue eyes from 1 gene. |
| #5 | If you cross red and white snapdragons, what happens? | You get pink because both are dominate - incomplete dominance. |
| Mitosis and Meiosis | ||
| #1 | When does mitosis take place? | During asexual reproduction. |
| #2 | When does meiosis take place? | During sexual reproduction. |
| #3 | What chromosomes do girls have? | XX |
| #4 | What chromosomes do boys have? | XY |
| #5 | Why are boys more likely to get sex linked disorders? | They only have 1 X chromosome so they do not have a backup like girls do. |
| Potpourri of Phenotypes | ||
| #1 | What is a pedigree? | Diagram that shows occurrences of a genetic trait. |
| #2 | Why do people use selective breeding? | To breed the best traits. |
| #3 | What did Walter Sutton discover? | Genes are located on chromosomes. |
| #4 | What are the female reproductive organs in a flower? | The ovary and ovule |
| #5 | What are the male reproductive organs in a flower? | The anther and the stamen |
| Final Question | |
| What is difference between self and cross pollination? | Self only fertilizes itself where cross pollination goes to different flowers. |