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| What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring? |
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| Who used plants to study the way traits are passed from parents to offspring? |
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| When and where was George Mendel born? |
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| What kind of plants was George Mendel famous for using for experiments? |
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| Why did George Mendel use pea plants? |
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| They grow quickly, are self-pollinating and have many varieties |
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| What is the male part of a plant? |
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| What is the female part of a plant? |
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| What is it called when pollen from one flower can fertilize the eggs of the same flower or another flower on the same plant? |
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| How many characteristics did Mendel chose to study at a time? |
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| What kind plants will always produce offspring with the same trait as that of the parents? |
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| What is it called when you cross 2 plants that have a different form of a single trait? |
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| What kind of trait is always visible? |
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| What kind of trait is not visible? |
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| What did Mendel’s first experiment do? |
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| He crossed 2 character traits |
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| What did Mendel’s do for his second experiment? |
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| He allowed the first generation to self-pollinate |
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| What happened to Mendel’s second experiment? |
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| The recessive trait reappeared |
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| How did Mendel get an accurate finding? |
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| He used a very large number of plants |
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| What carries the entire hereditary trait? |
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| Where are the Genes located? |
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| Where are the Genes located? |
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| What are 2 forms of genes called? |
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| What did Mendel realize he could explain about each plant? |
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| That is had 2 sets of instructions or genes |
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| What is a chart used to visualize all of the possible combinations of alleles from the parents? |
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| How are dominant alleles symbolized? |
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| How are recessive alleles symbolized? |
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| What is the inherited combination of alleles called? |
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| What is the physical appearance of an organism called? |
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| In Mendel’s second experiment, what was the ratio of the dominant and recessive traits? |
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| Was the 3:1 ratio of Mendel’s experiment the same as he calculated from his data? |
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| What is important to realize about offspring and their parents? |
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| It is equally likely to inherit either alleles from either parent |
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| What is the mathematical chance that an event will happen called? |
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| How do we normally express probability? |
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| Fraction, percent or ratio form |
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| How do you express probability as a percentage? |
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| Divide the numerator by the denominator and then multiply by 100 |
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| How many years after Mendel published his findings did the science community notice him? |
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| What door did Mendel open? |
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| What door did Mendel open? |
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Know the parts of a flower:
Stigma
Anther
Petal
Ovary
Ovule |
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