Biology students can use these science flash cards to study hereditary traits
There are 12 flash cards in this set (2 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Genotype | An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination's. |
| Phenotype | An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits. |
| Homozygous | Having two identical alleles for a trait. |
| Heterozygous | Having two diffrent alleles for a trait. |
| Gregor Mendel | Experimented with thousands of pea plants to understand the process of heredity. |
| Meiosis | The process by which that occurs in the formation of sex cells(sperm and egg)by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half. |
| Dominant Allele | An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. |
| Recessive Allele | An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present. |
| Messenger RNA | RNA that copies the coded message from DNA in the nucleus and carries the message into the cytoplasm. |
| Transfer RNA | RNA in the cytoplasm that carries an aminco acid to the ribosome and adds it to the growing protein chain. |
| Punnet Square | A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. |
| Probability | A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur. |
