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Chapter 3 Science Flashcards

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Genetics

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The study of heridy

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Heridy

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The process by which parents pass characteristics or traits onto their children

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Gregor Mendel

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Austrian monk
Called the father of genetics
Studied pea plants

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What does every organism have

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A set of genes that control a particular characteristics. Genes occur in pairs know as an allele

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Dominate

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If one allele masks the effect is the other allele

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Recessive

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The allele that is masks by the dominate allele

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What is pure

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An organism that carries out two dominate and two recessive allele for a given trait

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What is hybrid

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An organism that carries out both a dominate and a recessive allele for certain trait

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TT

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pure

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Tt

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Hybrid

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tt

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Pure

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T

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Tall

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t

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Short

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75%

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T

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25%

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Genes

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Carry out the information of the structure of the whole human body

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Mutation

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The sudden alteration of a gene

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Encephalitis…have to do with west Nile encephalitis

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Inflamation of the Brain

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Transmitted by mosquitoes

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Infected with the virus

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How do mosquitoes become infected

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By feeding on infected birds

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Bird flu

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And infection in birds caused by influenza virus

Highly contagious

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Rabies

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Virus transmitted by infected saliva through blade or wound

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How do biotic factors effect a human body

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Diseases are spread to humans from direct contact with animals being bitten by a bug that bit an infected animal or by ingesting or handling food or water content contaminated with animals feces

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Legionnaires disease

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And infection caused by bacteriam legionella pneumophilia

Common illness - pneumonia

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Diseases from household pets - cats and dogs

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Cat scratch fever
Roundworm
Tapeworm
Hookworm.

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Cat scratch fever

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Fairly common-infection caused by cat scratch or bite

Swollen lymph nodes

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Roundworm

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When humans ingest the parasite tiny worms hatch in the stomach and move through the body

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Tapeworm

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A person gets infected by swallowing an infected flea

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Hookworm

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They infest soil containing by animal feces. Human get infected by direct contact-usually walking on contaminated soil

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Lyme disease

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Transmitted by a deer tech

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What can also be inherited

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Traits for Helth

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A disorder that makes a person unable to distinguish some color

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Color blindness and blood clotting disorder

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What kind of traits are inherited but also greatly influenced by ur environment

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Height weight and shape of ur body and face

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What kind of traits are influenced by your environment

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Your diet your state of health exercise you get can change your body size

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Punnett Square

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A tablet that can be used to predict want traits an offspring will have on what traits their parents have

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Phenotype

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The characteristic that is displayed. The appearance the trait takes on

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Genotype

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The set I’d alleles an organism has for a trait

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DNA

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The chemical that makes up genetic material

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Inherited

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Traits that u r born with

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Genetic engineering

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The process of changing genetic makeup of an organism

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Chromosomes

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Small structures in cells that contain genetic material

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Acquired

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Traits that are learned and developed over time

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Allele

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Each gene in a pair

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What is another word for characteristics

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Traits

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Genes are basic units of…

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Heredity

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Pesticides are among the most…

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Extensively used chemicals in the world today and are also among the most hazardous to humans

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Pesticides

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They are chemical substances made to eliminate animals insects plants and fungal bugs.
Also kill human beings tbrought poisoning.

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Other health related illness to pesticides

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Asthma skin rashes and chronic disorders such as emphysema and cancer

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How can the sun effects the human body

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Skin cancer discoloration of the skin wrinkles the dilation of the small blood vessels under the skin

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Elastosis

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The destruction of the elastic tissue causing lines and wrinkles

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How can air pollution effect the human body

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Breathing in the chemicals can damage the body causing serious health problems such as… Asthma and copd

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Asthma

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Can be triggered by pollution

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Copd( chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

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Recurring episodes of bronchitis

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How can contaminated water and food effects the human body

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Waterborne diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms which are directly transmitted when contaminated fresh water is consumed

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Food born disease is caused by consuming contained foods or…

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Beverages. Many different disease causing microbes or pathogens can contaminate foods. Salmonella and E. Cold are viruses u may be familiar with

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Salmonella

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Bacteria that is wide spread in the intestins of birds reptiles and mammals and can be spread to humans via a variety of different foods of animal ori gins

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When does E. coli occur

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After consumption of a food or water that has been contaminated with microscopic amounts of cow feces

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Law of dominance

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Created by Gregor Mendel it states that the dominate trait masks the recessive trait.

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