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Chapter 6: Part 2.Test Review Flashcards

1
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What does RNA stand for?

A

Ribonucleic acid

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2
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What is heredity?

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

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3
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What is a trait?

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Something that passes through generations

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4
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We receive how many copies of our genes from each of our parents?

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23

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5
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What is a homozygote?

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6
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What is a heterozygote?

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7
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What is a dominant trait?

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8
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What is a recessive trait?

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What is a genotype?

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10
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What a phenotype?

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11
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What is a Punnet square?

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12
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What is complete dominance?

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13
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What is incomplete dominance?

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14
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What is a blended phenotype?

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15
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What is the flow of genetic information in a cell?

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16
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What features do DNA and RNA share in common?

17
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How is RNA different from DNA?

18
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What is a messenger RNA and where is it made?

19
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What is the complimentary mRNA sequence for this DNA sequence?
ACTGCCAATGGCCTGCTATAGACCCG

A

ACTGCCAATGGCCTGCTATAGACCCG

20
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mRNA contains the information from what? To be a template to make what?

21
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Where does mRNA go after it is made?

22
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What do ribosomes do?

23
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What is a condon?

A

the genetic coding in humans.

24
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How many different types of amino acids do we use to make proteins?

25
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What are our sources of amino acids?

A

golgi bodies.

26
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How do amino acids get to the ribosome?

27
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How does the ribosome know what amino acid to add to the growing protein chain?

28
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What is an anticodon?

29
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How does a ribosome know when to stop adding amino acids to a protein chain?

30
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AAA or AAG=serine, CCC or CCU=glycine, UUU=phenylalanine, UAG=stop
Write the amino acid sequence for this mRNA

31
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What is the process of making proteins called?

32
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What are some functions carried out by proteins?

A

golgi bodies, ribosomes, genomes.

33
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Can you do a two trait Punnet Square? Do some practice 2 trait Punnet Squares.

34
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You see 3 blue molds for every 1 yellow on your sandwich.
What type of dominance is this?
What genotypes would be blue (BB, Bb and bb)?
What genotypes would be yellow (BB, Bb, bb)?
Fill in the Punnett square below crossing Bb with Bb. List genotype and phenotypes for you cross.

35
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You see 1 blue mold for every 2 purple molds for every 1 red mold on your sandwich.
What type of dominance is this?
What genotypes would be blue (BB, Bb or bb)?
What genotypes would be purple (BB, Bb or bb)?
What genotypes would be red (BB, Bb or bb)?
Fill in the Punnett square below crossing BB with Bb. List the genotype an phenotypes for you cross.

A

incomplete
BB
Bb
bb

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