Part Four

Question 0

Transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring is called?

Answer 0

Heredity

Question 1

When 2 alleles don’t blend but both show together like in A B blood type, it is called _________

Answer 1

Codominance

Question 2

_______= An allele that is masked by the presence of another allele

Answer 2

Recessive

Question 3

The appearance of an organism is it?

Answer 3

Phenotype

Question 4

Another name for heterozygous?

Answer 4

Hybrid

Question 5

_______= an allele that masks the presence of another allele

Answer 5

Dominant

Question 6

Red and White flowers producing pink offspring is an example of?

Answer 6

Incomplete dominance

Question 7

Change in population over time?

Answer 7

Evolution

Question 8

Differences among individuals within a species?

Answer 8

Variation

Question 9

What did Darwin notice in his travels that inspired his work?

Answer 9

Plants and animals were well adapted to their environments.

Question 10

What causes variation among individuals?

Answer 10

Mutations

Question 11

How often do beneficial mutations occur?

Answer 11

Very rarely

Question 12

Structures that develop from the same embryonic tissues but have different mature forms?

Answer 12

Homologous structures

Question 13

Organ with little or no function?

Answer 13

Vestigial organ

Question 14

Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in an specific environment?

Answer 14

Fitness

Question 15

Inherited characteristic that increase and organisms chances for survival?

Answer 15

Adaptation

Question 16

Preserves remains of an ancient organism?

Answer 16

Fossil

Question 17

Measuring Liam beans and finding beans come in different sizes is an example of?

Answer 17

Natural variation

Question 18

The practice of breeding dogs to produce offspring with specific traits is an example of?

Answer 18

Artificial selection

Question 19

Changes in the allele frequency in a small population that are due to random chance and don’t follow the laws of probability?

Answer 19

Genetic drift

Question 20

What is genetic variation?

Answer 20

All individuals are different

Question 21

The theory that individuals best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce is called?

Answer 21

Natural selection

Question 22

Many species look very similar throughout their developmental stages and share structures such as gill slits?

Answer 22

Embryological evidence