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Thursday 1/3
WOTD accolade n any honor, award or expression
of approval
Bellringer What is mitosis (in your own words)
Vocabulary DNA
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WOTD hyperbole n a figure of speech in which
one says more than one means, overstating and
exaggerating
Friday 1/4
Bellringer How many daughter cells are made in
mitosis? Meiosis?
Vocabulary DNA-molecule that stores genetic info
in ALL organisms!
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Monday 1/7
WOTD adj jejune- devoid of significance or
interest dull
Bellringer List 3 differences between DNA RNA
Vocabulary RNA nucleic acid molecule that
allows for the transmission of genetic info
protein synthesis
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Tuesday 1/8
WOTD corpulent adj excessively bulky fat
Bellringer When does DNA replication occur in
Meiosis?
V Homologous chromosomes chromosomes containing
same information (one from mom, one from dad!)
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Wed 1/9
WOTD corpus na body or collection of writings.
Bellringer Describe what happens in EACH phase
of Meoisis (I II)
V Crossing over occurs when tetrads forms
genetic information is exchanged
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Thurs 1/10
WOTD concordance n a state of agreement
HARMONY
Bellringer DNA is made up of a monomer called
_______. Which includes 3 parts which are
V Gametogenesis formation of gametes by the
process of meiosis
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Friday 1/11
WOTD Kowtow v to show attentive deference
FAWN
Bellringer If your strand of DNA is
ACGTGCCATAAG, what is the complementary mRNA
sequence?
V Frameshift mutation single base is added or
deleted from DNA
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Monday 1/14
WOTD juxtaposition
Bellringer What are the steps to DNA replication?
V Somatic cell-body cells/make up most of your
body tissues and organs
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Tuesday 1/15
WOTDdossier n a set of documents containing
info about a person or event.
Bellringer Describe the steps to protein
synthesis.
V transcription- process of copying a nucleotide
sequence of DNA to from a complementary strand of
mRNA.
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Wednesday 1/16
WOTD lugubrious adj mournfus, dismal
Bellringer What is the building block of protein
and what kind of bond holds them together?
Vtranslation process by which mRNA is decoded
and a protein is produced.
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Thursday 1/17
WOTD perdition n eternal damnation
Bellringer How do ribosomes know when to begin
and end translating an mRNA strand?
Vtransfer RNA(tRNA)-brings amino acids from the
cytoplasm to the ribosome to help make a growing
protein chain
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Friday 1/18
WOTD moiety n HALF
Bellringer Summarize Mendels Law of
Segregation
V trait a distinguishing characteristic that is
inherited such as eye color, leaf shape, etc.
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Tuesday 1/22
WOTD enervate v To deprive of strength TO
WEAKEN
Bellringer Why did Mendel use pea plants in his
experiments?
V allele the different versions of a trait,
blue, green, and hazel eyes.
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Wednesday 1/23
WOTD sanguine adj Cheerful hopeful
Bellringer Describe the difference between
heterozygous and homozygous alleles.
V hereditary passed from one generation to the
next
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Thursday 1/24
WOTD nanotechnology n Science on an atomic or
molecular scale
Bellringer What is the difference between true
breeding and hybrid?
V heterozygous having two different alleles (one
dominant, one recessive)
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Friday 1/25
WOTD assiduous adj Unceasingly attentive
devoted
Bellringer What goes on the outside of a
punnett square? The inside?
V dihybrid cross- examines the inheritance of 2
different traits.
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Monday 1/28
WOTD dissident adj Dissenting differing
DISAGREEING
Bellringer do a test cross for a Homozygous
recessive mom with a heterozygous dad, what is
the phenotype ratio of curly (C) to striaght
hair? (c)
V Law of Independent Assortment alleles for
different traits segregate independently of one
another
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Tuesday 1/29
WOTD paradox n A seemingly contradictory or
absurd statement that is actually well-founded
Bellringer Describe Mendels 3 laws?
V incomplete dominance neither allele is
dominant to the other, both are expressed
equally, often a blending of the two traits
occurs
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Wednesday 1/30
WOTD supersede v To take the place of TO
REPLACE
Bellringer What are all of the possible
genotypes for blood?
V codominance two or more alleles are expressed
at the same time, both are expressed in patches
on the organism
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Thursday 1/31
WOTD nihilism n Idea that existence is
senseless and useless
Bellringer Describe why sex-linked traits have a
unique inheritance pattern.
Vsex linked traits-traits that are found on
either the x or y chromosome.
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Friday 2/1
WOTD manacle n a device for confining the
hands HANDCUFFS
Bellringer Why is a karyotype important?
Vnon-disjunction failure of chromosomes to
separate during meiosis.
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Monday 2/4
WOTD mandate n a formal order from a higher
court an authoritative command, order, or
injunction
Bellringer what are some common sex linked
disorders?
Vmultiple alleles refer to a trait (one gene)
which is coded for by more than two alleles.
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Tuesday 2/5
WOTD nonsectarian adj not affiliated with a
particular religious group
Bellringer What does gel electrophoresis do to
DNA?
Vrestriction enzymes enzymes that cut DNA
molecules at specific nucleotide sequences
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Wednesday 2/6
WOTD dexterity n skill in the use of the hands
or body ADROITNESS
Bellringer If a man with blood type A and a
womna with blood type B oroduce an offspring,
what are the possible blood types for the
offspring?
Vpolygenic Traits that are controlled by many
genes
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Thursday 2/7
WOTD notarize v to show that a document is
authentic
Bellringer It what ways is genetic engineering
useful to you?
V restriction enzymes-used to cut fragments of
DNA
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Friday 2/8
WOTD rapacious adj excessively grasping or
greedy
Bellringer How are animals genetically
engineered?
V autosomes-all non-sex chromosomes (humans have
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Monday 2/11
WOTD obsequious adj marked by a fawning
attentiveness
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Tuesday 2/12
WOTD surreptitious adj done secretly, without
approval
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V
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Wednesday 2/13
WOTD complicity n participation with another
in an act that is or seems to be deceitful
Bellringer what have you heard about evolution?
VEvolution- the process of biological change by
which descendants come to differ from their
ancestors.
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Thursday 2/14
WOTD duplicity n deceitfulness in speech or
conduct double-dealing
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Tuesday 2/19
WOTD theme n a focal idea that controls the
place of writing and provides its central insight
Bellringer What are the steps to Natural
Selection? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Vradiometric dating technique that uses the
natural decay rate of isotopes to calculate the
age of material.,
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Wednesday 2/20
WOTD orthography v HANDWRITING
Bellringer In what era and period are we
currently in?
Vfossil traces of plants/animals from the past.
Found in sedimentary rocks.
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Thursday 2/21
WOTD supplicate v to ask humbly or earnestly
for, as in praying TO BESEECH
Bellringer What are at least 5 pieces of
evidence for evolution?
Vhomologous structure-structural features with a
common origin.
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Friday 2/22
WOTD oxydize v to combine with oxygen
Bellringer difference between homologous and
analagous?
V antibiotic resistance- process by which
bacteria mutate so they are no longer affected by
medicine.
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Monday 2/25
WOTD paradigm n outstandingly clear example
ARCHETYPE EXAMPLE
Bellringer What is difference between mimicry
camoflauge?

• reproductive isolation
• groups can no longer sexually reproduce

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Tuesday 2/26
WOTD reprisal n an action or act of
retaliation against someone for injuries received
Bellringer What are the mechanisms for change in
a population?

• allele frequency
• number of times an allele appears in a gene pool

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Wednesday 2/27
WOTD expedite v to help or hurry the progress
of something
Bellringer What are the 3 types of selection- by
Dominique Kinsey

• genetic equilibrium
• gene pool which is not changing in allele
  frequencies

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Thursday 2/28
WOTD impede v to block the way of TO HINDER
Bellringer What leads to a new species?
V convergent evolution- different species
develop the same traits.
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Friday 3/1
WOTD pecuniary adj relating to money FISCAL
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Monday 3/4
WOTD alliteration n the repetition of initial
consonant sounds
Bellringer What is the order of Darwins Natural
Selection?
V population-group of the same species living in
an area.
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Tuesday 3/5
WOTD precipitous adj very sleep or
perpendicular
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Wednesday 3/6
WOTD quotidian adj occuring everyday, DAILY
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Thursday 3/7
WOTD recapitulate v SUMMARIZE
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Friday 3/8
WOTD recalcitrant adj stubbornly resistant to
authority or guidance
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Tuesday 3/12
WOTD interstice n intervening space a chink
a crevice
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Wednesday 3/13
WOTD anaphora n a rhetorical device of
repeating the same word or words at the start of
two or more lines of poetry
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Thursday 3/14
WOTD restitution n restoration of a thing to
its proper owner or its original state
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Friday 3/15
WOTD restive adj uneasy RESTLESS
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Monday 3/18
WOTD reparation n the act of making amends
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