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Unit 12- Mitosis and Meiosis

Vocabulary

  1. Mitosis

  2. Interphase

  3. Prophase

  4. Metaphase

  5. Anaphase

  6. Telophase

  7. Cytokinesis

  8. Chromosomes

  9. Sister Chromatid

  10. Centriole

  11. Spindle fiber

  12. Centromere

  13. Diploid

  14. Haploid

  15. Meiosis

  16. Replicate/Duplicate

  17. Cell Cycle

  18. Daughter Cell

Student Resources

Ah'Ha Questions

  1. What is mitosis?

  2. What are the phases of mitosis in order?

  3. What occurs during interphase?

  4. What occurs during prophase?

  5. What occurs during metaphase?

  6. What occurs during anaphase?

  7. What occurs during telophase?

  8. How many chromosomes do humans have?

  9. What is the final process actually splits the animal cell in half?

  10. Draw a picture of interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

  11. What is the name of the DNA in a non-dividing cell (thin)?

  12. What is the name of DNA in a dividing cell (condensed)?

  13. How many chromosomes will the two daughter cells have compared to the parent cell?

  14. What process creates gametes?

  15. How many chromosomes does each human gamete contain?

Unit 13- Heredity

Vocabulary

  1. Heredity

  2. Trait

  3. Dominant

  4. Recessive

  5. Phenotype

  6. Genotyoe

  7. DNA

  8. Nucleotide

  9. Homozygous

  10. Heterozygous

  11. Allele

  12. Genetic Engineering

  13. Selective Breeding

  14. Punnett Square

  15. Probability

  16. Mutation

Student Resources

Ah'Ha Questions

  1. What is heredity?

  2. What is a dominant trait?

  3. What is a recessive trait?

  4. What is a genotype?

  5. What is a phenotype?

  6. What are the four nucleotide bases?

  7. What are the nucleotide base pairs?

  8. What is a homozygous genotype?

  9. What is a heterozygous genotype?

  10. What is a Punnett Square?

  11. How many possibilities of inherited traits does a Punnett Square present?

  12. What are the possible genotype outcomes when you cross a black bear (BB) with a brown bear (bb)?

  13. A green pea plant (Gg) is crossed with a yellow pea plant (gg). What are the chances that the offspring will be green? Create a Punnett Square.

  14. A red flower (Rr) is crossed with a white flower (rr). What are the chances the offspring will be white? Create a Punnett Square. 

  15. A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a tall plant (Tt). What are the chances the offspring will be short? Create a Punnett Square.

  16. Two heterozygous white (brown is recessive) rabbits are crossed. What are the possible phenotypes of the offspring? Create a Punnett Square.

  17. A homozygous brown mouse (gray is recessive) is crossed with a heterozygous brown mouse. What are the possible genotypes of the offspring?Create a Punnett Square. 

  18. What are sex-linked traits?

  19. What is codominance?

  20. What is incomplete dominance?

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