3rd Nine Weeks Exam Flashcards

1
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Father of genetics

A

Gregor Mendel

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2
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Process of a plant fertilizing itself, pollination

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Self-fertilization

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3
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Fertilizing a flower with pollen from another flower

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Cross-fertilization

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4
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Both alleles of an organism are not the same

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Heterozygous

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5
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Both alleles in an organism are the same

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Homozygous

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6
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Trait that is expressed when factors for two opposing traits are present

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Dominance

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7
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Trait that is hidden when two genes for opposing traits are present

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Recessive

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8
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Diagram used to determine the probability of the offsprings phenotype and genotype

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Punnett square

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9
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When two alleles are both expressed resulting in a blending

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Incomplete dominance

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10
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Expression of both alleles in a heterozygous offspring

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Codominance

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11
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Doesn’t exhibit the characteristic but has the gene for that trait

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Carrier

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12
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The genetic makeup of an individual organism

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Genotype

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13
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Physical characteristics

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Phenotype

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14
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Several different alleles at a given locus ex. Blood types

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Multiple alleles

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15
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Mating an organism that has the dominant phenotype but unknown genotype with another organism that has the homozygous recessive phenotype

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Test cross

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16
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Chart used to find presence or absence of a trait in a number of generations

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Pedigree

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17
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A cross between individuals that deals with only one set of alleles, short and tall pea plant

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Monohybrid cross

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18
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Cross dealing with two traits

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Dihybrid cross

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19
Q

Know the genotypes for blood types

A

AA Ao BB Bo oo AB

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20
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Person with 2 X chromosomes

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Female

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21
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Has an x and a Y chromosome

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Males

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22
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Sex cells

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Gametes

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23
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Starting with one cell the final results of meiosis are __ __ cells

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4, haploid

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24
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Cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced from diploid to haploid

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Meiosis

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25
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Trait carried only on the x sex chromosome is

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X/sex linked

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26
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Any chromosome other than the sex Chromosomes

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Autosomes

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27
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Reproduction that Produces identical offspring

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Asexual

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28
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A genetic change involving either the number of chromosomes or arrangement of genes on a chromosome

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Chromosomal changes

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29
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Changing of the gene itself, alters the sequence of nucleotides

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Gene mutations

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30
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Chromosome number is exact multiple of the haploid number

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Euploidy

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31
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Having two or more sets of chromosomes

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Polyploidy

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32
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Having 3 complete sets of chromosomes

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Triploidy

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33
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Either lack chromosomes or have extra ones

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Aneuploids

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34
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The failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes to separate during meiosis

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Nondisjunction

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35
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Down syndrome is caused by a human __ condition

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Aneuploid

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36
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2 nonhomologous chromosomes exchange genetic information

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Translocation

37
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The complete loss of a segment of a chromosome

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Deletion

38
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Segment breaks off and reattaches at the same position but in reverse order

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Inversion

39
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When only one or a few nucleotides are changed

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Point mutation

40
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Nucleotide is removed and replaced with a different nucleotide in the DNA sequence

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Substitution

41
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An extra nucleotide is placed in the DNA sequence

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Nucleotide addition

42
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A nucleotide is removed from the DNA sequence

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Nucleotide deletion

43
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Moving of the whole codon chain

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Frame shift

44
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Frame shift mutations are caused by __ or __

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Addition, deletion

45
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Mutation least likely to cause severe problems

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Substitution

46
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Anything that causes a mutation to occur

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Mutagen

47
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A mutation that occurs in the body cells

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Somatic mutation

48
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Mutation in the sex/gamete cells

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Germ mutation

49
Q

Abnormal mass of cells made by abnormal cell division

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Tumor

50
Q

Non-cancerous

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Benign

51
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Cancerous

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Malignant

52
Q

Spreading of cancer

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Metastasize

53
Q

Any substance that increases the risk of cancer

A

Carcinogen

54
Q

A break in the cell cycle causing abnormal cell division

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Cancer

55
Q

An overall perspective enabling a person to see and interpret the world

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Worldview

56
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Components of a Christian worldview

A
  1. God made the world and placed humans at its center to glorify him
  2. The world has fallen into a broken condition because of sin
  3. God is working to redeem this world to himself
57
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Components of evolutionary theory

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  1. Cosmological beginnings
  2. Biological evolution
  3. Philosophy of evolution
58
Q

Lamarck theory of evolution

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  1. Theory of need
  2. Theory of use and disuse
  3. Inheritance of acquired characteristics
59
Q

Age of the earth from a biblical perspective

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6000-7000 years old

60
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Age of the earth to an evolutionist

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4.5-4.6 billion years old

61
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Published origin of species

A

Charles Darwin

62
Q

Survival of the fittest

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Natural selection

63
Q

All living things descended from a single life form called what

A

A common ancestor

64
Q

Greek scientist and philosopher who attempted at a classification system

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Aristotle

65
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Classification system based on observable characteristics

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Artificial classification system

66
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Binomial nomenclature is a method of

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Naming organisms

67
Q

Created binomial nomenclature

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Carolus Linnaeus

68
Q

What language is used for Linnaeus’s classification system

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Latin

69
Q

List the 3 domains

A
  1. Archae
  2. Bacteria
  3. Eukaria
70
Q

List the six kingdoms

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Kingdom phylum class order family genus species

71
Q

Examples of organisms belonging to kingdom fungi

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Mushrooms, molds

72
Q

Examples of animals in kingdom protista

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Amoebas and paramecium

73
Q

Biological keys are used to ___ organisms

A

Identify

74
Q

Organisms described as extremophiles

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Kingdom Archaebacteria

75
Q

Mold growing on bread is in what kingdom

A

Kingdom fungi

76
Q

Multicellular organisms that are eukaryotic and photosynthetic are in what kingdom

A

Plantae

77
Q

2 kingdoms of bacteria

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Eubacteria and archaebacteria

78
Q

How are bacteria beneficial

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Medicine food and digestion

79
Q

Person who studies microscopic organisms

A

Microbiologist

80
Q

The shapes of bacteria

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Coccus, bacillus, and spirillum

81
Q

How are bacteria classified

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Unicellular, prokaryotic organisms

82
Q

Complex of carbohydrates and proteins in the cell wall

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Peptidoglycan

83
Q

How do bacteria reproduce

A

Binary fission

84
Q

Type of asexual reproduction bacteria use

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Binary fission

85
Q

Transduction, transformation and conjugation

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3 ways bacteria transfer genetic material to

86
Q

3 types of RNA

A

mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA

87
Q

DNA to mRNA is

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Transcription

88
Q

mRNA to protein is

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Translation