Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Biology Unit 1 Day 4 continued

Learning Objective:  Students will learn 

about phases of meiosis by creating a model and will 

analyze the model using technical vocabulary (crossing 

overindependent assortmentgenetic 

diversityhaploidgametes) and science 

ideas (patterns of change).


Questions:

  1. What is the outcome (final result) of meiosis? (book or brain)
  2. How are your heritable characteristics determined? (book or brain)
  3. Why does sexual reproduction result in more genetic variation in a species?


Answer Choices for number 3:
 
  • A. It mixes the chromosomes of the two parents.
  • B. It increases the chromosome number.
  • C. It produces haploid organisms.
  • D. It increases the number of genes in each organism.