5/2/22

Question 1

True or False: unlike DNA, RNA has the nitrogen base uracil

Answer 1

true

Question 2

True or False: chromosomes are made up of proteins joined together like beads on a string

Answer 2

false

Question 3

True or False: each time a coin is tossed there is a 75% chance the coin will land heads up

Answer 3

false

Question 4

True or False: probability is a number that describes how likely it is that an event will happen

Answer 4

true

Question 5

True or False: the passing of traits from parents to the offspring is called codominance

Answer 5

false

Question 6

a change in a gene or chromosome is called a

Answer 6

mutation

Question 7

__ is the process by which the numbers of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells

Answer 7

meiosis

Question 8

according to the chromosome theory of inheritance __ are carried from the parent to their offspring

Answer 8

genes

Question 9

__ is an organism that has 2 different trait

Answer 9

heterozygous

Question 10

the different forms of a gene are called

Answer 10

alleles

Question 11

an allele whose trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present is

Answer 11

dominant

Question 12

when a plant has 2 dominant alleles for tall stems how is it written

Answer 12

2 capital T’s (TT)