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Reproduction and Inheritance Flashcards

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What is DNA?

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A long list of instructions on how to put an organism together and make it work.

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What is a genome?

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The entirety of the DNA in an organism.

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What does each separate gene do in a DNA molecule?

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A chemical instruction that codes for a particular protein.

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How do genes control our inherited characteristics?

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They control the production of proteins, meaning they control our inherited characteristics.

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What are alleles?

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Different versions of the same gene.

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Define Asexual Reproduction:

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Reproduction involving only one parent, where the offspring are genetically identical to the parent.

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Define Mitosis:

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When a cell reproduces itself by splitting to form two cells with identical sets of chromosomes.

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8
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What is mitosis used for?

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Growth and repair of damaged tissues in plants and animals
Asexual Reproduction (non-human)
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Define Sexual Reproduction:

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the fusion of male and female sex gametes. The offspring are a mixture of the parent’s genes.

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What is produced through meiosis?

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Meiosis produces four haploid cells whose chromosomes are not identical.

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What cells are created through mitosis?

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Two diploid cells are created from a single diploid cell.

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What are the human gametes?

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Sperm cell - Men

Egg cell - Women

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In humans, were are the only places that meiosis occurs?

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In the reproductive organs - Ovaries and the Testes.

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What is the male and female gamete part for a plant?

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The Stamen is the Male

The Carpel is the Female

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What is pollination?

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The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma, so that the male gamete can fertilise the female gamete.

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What are the two parts of the stamen?

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Anther and Filament
Anther contains pollen grains which produce the male gamete.
Filament is the stalk that supports the anther

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What are the three parts of the Carpel

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The Ovary, Style and Stigma
The ovary contains the female gametes inside ovules.
The style is the rod-like section that supports the stigma.
The stigma is the end bit which the pollen grains attach to.

18
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How are plants adapted for wind pollination?

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  • Small, dull petals
  • No scents
  • Many small, light pollen grains to be carried eaily by the wind.
  • Long filaments that hang outside the flower to ensure pollen gets blown away.
  • Large, feathery stigma to catch pollen floating in the wind.
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How are plants adapted for insect pollination?

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  • Bright coloured petals to attract the insects
  • Scented flowers and nectaries to attract insects
  • Big, sticky pollen grains that stick to insects as they go from plant to plant.
  • Stigma is also sticky so that any pollen will stick to the stigma.
20
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Where is the pollen tube grown?

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From the stigma, through the style, into the ovary

21
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Give an example of a plant that reproduces asexually:

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Strawberry’s

22
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What are runners?

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Fast-growing thin stems that grow out sideways, just above the ground. They plant new seeds for reproduction asexually.

23
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What happens to a plant when it is fertilized in the ovary?

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The fertalised egg forms a seed. The ovary develops a fruit around the seed

24
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What transforms the zygote into an embryo? (plants and humans)

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Mitosis cell divisions

25
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What causes a seed to lie dormant?

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A seed may lie dormant until the conditions are right for germination.

26
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What conditions are required for germination of seeds?

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  • Water, to activate enzymes that break down the food reserves.
  • Oxygen, fro respiration which produces energy for growth.
  • Temperature, varies between seeds.
27
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How many different amino acids are there in humans?

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20

28
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What determines the shape of a protein?

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The specific order of amino acids

29
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State a protein for each use
1 - Enzyme
2 - Structural
3 - Hormone

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Enzyme Protein = Amylase
Structural Protein = Collagen
Hormone Protein = Insulin

30
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What determines the order of amino acids?

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The sequence of bases in the gene for that protein.

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What is a triplet?

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three bases lined up

32
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What does each triplet of bases code for?

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a specific amino acid.

33
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Where does transcription happen?

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Nucleus

34
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What does mRNA stand for?

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Messenger RNA

35
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Is mRNA single or double stranded?

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Single Stranded

36
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What happens during transcription?

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The base sequence of the gene is copied into a complementary template molecule

37
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What are the bases used in mRNA?

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Adenine
Cytosine
Guanine
Uracil instead of Thymine

38
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Where are proteins made?

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By Ribosomes.

39
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Where does translation occur?

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In the cytoplasm

40
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What is tRNA?

A

Translation RNA

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