Nerd Gerl's Sample Drill Bit
Through which cells of the human body does reproduction occur?
sex
What are organisms produced from sexual reproduction called?
offspring
What does the prefix [bi] mean?
2
In which kind of reproduction is there only one kind of parent cell?
asexual
What is the offspring produced by asexual reproduction called?
clone
What tells cells how to grow, reproduce, and perform in life?
instructions
What part of the cell contains its instructions?
chromosomes
What part of the cell contains chromosomes?
nucleus
What are cells with chromosome pairs called?
diploid cells
What are cells with single chromosomes called?
haploid cells
What is the process of cell division called?
mitosis
During mitosis, which parts of the cell duplicate themselves?
chromosomes
What kind of cell is a sex cell [haploid or diploid]?
haploid
How many sex cells must join together to form a new organism?
2
In asexual and sexual reproduction, what does the offspring receive from its parents?
traits
What is another name for the instruction-carrying material: deoxyribonucleic acid?
dna
What are DNA codes called?
genes
What is the study of how traits are inherited called?
genetics
Which trait (in a pair) is stronger than the other?
dominant
Which trait (in a pair) is weaker than the other?
recessive
Who is known as the Father of Modern Genetics?
gregor mendel
What does the Latin word [albus] mean?
white
What occurs when a gene copies itself inexactly and creates a new trait?
mutation
What does the Latin word [mutare] mean?
to change
What does the Greek word [symbiosis] mean?
living together
When a whole species dies out, what has the organism become?
extinct
What are most extinctions caused by today?
human intervention