STAAR Review Vocabulary Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Alleles are always expressed (BB)
  2. 4. Crosses on trait on a punnet square
  3. 6. A requirement for DNA (Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine)
  4. 7. Phase in the cell cycle where the nucleus begins to disappear and the chromosomes become visible
  5. 9. Different alleles are expressed (Bb)
  6. 10. The building blocks of DNA
  7. 11. Ribo Nucleic Acid
  8. 13. DNA-mRNA-Amino Acids
  9. 14. Phase in the cell cycle where chromosomes attach to spindle fibers and line up in the middle of the cell
  10. 17. The process of using DNA to create a complementary mRNA strand
  11. 18. The process of decoding mRNA to create an amino acid chain
  12. 19. Pairs with Guanine
  13. 22. Same alleles (BB) (bb)
  14. 24. Pairs with Cytosine
  15. 25. Alleles are only expressed if both alleles are present (bb)
  16. 26. Crosses two traits on a punnet square
Down
  1. 1. Phase in the cell cycle where cells form a cleavage furrow that deepens until the cell is pinched in two
  2. 2. Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
  3. 3. Pairs with Thymine
  4. 4. A random change in the sequence of the gene
  5. 5. Phase in the cell cycle in which the cell divides into 2 identical cells
  6. 7. A requirement for DNA alongside nitrogenous bases and deoxyribose sugar
  7. 8. A property shared between two DNA or RNA sequences (Adenine to Uracil)
  8. 12. Phase in the cell cycle where chromatids are pulled to the opposite poles of the cell
  9. 15. The shape a DNA ladder is twisted into
  10. 16. Phase in the cell cycle where chromosomes unwind and spindles break down
  11. 20. Pairs with Adenine
  12. 21. The longest phase in the cell cycle
  13. 23. Phases where cells grow and perform normal cell functions