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A single parent cell splits to produce two identical daughter cells.
What is fission?
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Small bumps form on the parent’s body and break off to form a new
organism.
What is budding?
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A new plant is generated from a part of only one parent – the original
plant.
What is vegetative propagation?
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Buds on potatoes or “indentations” from which new potato plants sprout.
What are eyes?
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The male sex cell and the female sex cell names ( in that particular order).
What are the sperm and egg?
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The process of cell division by which the number of chromosomes in sex
cells is reduced to half the number in body cells
What is meiosis?
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A fertilized egg cell
What is a zygote?
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True or False—Different organisms have different numbers of
chromosomes.
What is True?
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String-like structures containing the genetic information for a new
organism
What are chromosomes?
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A trait that is acquired through experience
What is a learned trait?
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A special table used to show how genes pair up with dominant and
recessive traits
What is a Punnett Square?
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The process by which genes can be altered and even transferred from
one organism to another
What is genetic engineering?
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The chemical code inside your genes responsible for hair color, eye color,
etc.
What is DNA?
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Traits that are passed on from parents to their offspring
What are inherited traits?
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True or False – Musical ability is both an inherited and a learned trait
What is True?
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The expression of both genes in a pair, producing a blended effect
What is incomplete dominance?
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A monk who loved plants and did experiments with pea plants, ending with the discovery of dominant and
recessive traits
Who is Gregor Mendel?
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The mayor of Morton
Who is Norm Durflinger?
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The Vice-President of the United States
Who is Dick Cheney?
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A female scientist of genetics who worked with corn plants in the 1920’s
Who is Barbara McClintock?
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The process by which genes are removed from one organism and transferred to a
bacterium
What is gene splicing?