Q3 Seventh

01/12/09•What is a trait and how is it passed between generations?

01/13/09•HOW IS PHENOTYPE DIFFERENT THAN GENOTYPE?

01/15/09

•Define these terms:–Homozygous–Heterozygous

01/16/09•Draw a punnett square showing RrxRR. What is the probability that offspring will be heterozygous?

01/19/09•Draw a punnett square showing Tt x Tt. What is the probability that offspring will be homozygous?

01/20/09•An organism who has a genotype of RR is ____zygous and has a phenotype showing _____ traits.

01/21/09•Use 3 of our 6 V.I.W. to describe tt

01/22/09• Create an incomplete dominance problem and solve it. Use 3 V.I.W.

01/26/09

• What are the four nucleotides of DNA?

01/27/09

• Describe the symptoms of Marfan Syndrome.

01/28/09• What is the likelyhood of being a carrier of Fragile X? Of Cystic Fibrosis?

02/02/09• What do genes contain the instructions for?

02/03/09

• What is the function of a protein?

02/04/09

• What three components make a nucleotide?

02/05/09• What is meant when DNA is described as semi-conservative?

02/06/09• What is the purpose of RNA?

02/10/09• What is special about the purines; adenine and guanine?

02/11/09

• Where do transcription and translation each occur?

02/18/09

• What is the definition of a scientific theory?

02/19/09

•What two forces affect male guppy coloration?

02/20/09•List four ways that scientists answer questions.

02/23/09•What are the criteria to be considered a species?

02/24/09

•How is the age of a fossil determined?

02/25/09

•What is a vestigial structure?

02/26/09

•Explain why an adaptation is not a “choice.”

03/05/09

•Outline the four steps of Natural Selection.

03/24/09

•What is taxonomy?

03/25/09

•What are two reasons to classify organisms?

03/26/09•What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?

03/27/09•What tool is used to determine the species name of an organism?