q3 seventh
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Journal questions for 3rd Quarter seventh grade.TRANSCRIPT
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?