NUCLEAR ENERGY
Every second of every day our Sun converts about 4.2 million metric tons (4,200,000,000 kilograms) of hydrogen into helium using a nuclear <span>fusion </span>process. During this nuclear reaction, a small portion of matter is converted to an enormous amount of energy. It is this output that provides the energy for photosynthesis and for heating our atmosphere and oceans.
In this lesson, you will learn the details of the nuclear fusion process. You will also learn about another important nuclear reaction called fission and some useful applications of it.
OBJECTIVES<span>Describe the process of nuclear fusion.Describe the process of nuclear fission.Identify some applications for nuclear reactions.List positive and negative factors associated with nuclear reactions.</span><span>VOCABULARY</span>
Answer:
When two heterozygous short haired rabbits are crossed, the short hair being dominant and the long hair recessive, the phenotypes in the offspring will be 75% short hair and 25% long hair, with a short hair:long hair ratio of 3:1.
Explanation:
The crossing of two hybrid individuals for a trait has the probability of producing <u>offspring that exhibit the dominant trait at 75% and the recessive trait at 25%, with the ratio of the dominant trait to the recessive trait being 3:1</u>.
Considering the hair length trait, in rabbits the short hair (L) is the dominant trait and the long hair (L) is recessive, two heterozygous hybrid individuals Ll are crossed:
<em><u>Genotype of the parents</u></em>:
Ll X Ll
<u>Punnett Square
</u>
Alleles L l
L LL Ll
l Ll ll
Where the offspring have a genotype:
<em>Ll 50%
</em>
<em>LL 25%
</em>
<em>ll 25%
</em>
With a ratio Ll:LL:ll of 3:1:1.
Phenotype:
<em>Short hair 75%.
</em>
<em>Long hair 25%.
</em>
Phenotypic ratio short hair: 3:1 long hair.
In the crossing of two heterozygous short-haired rabbits, taking into account the dominance of the short hair, phenotypes in the offspring will be 75% short hair and 25% long hair, with a short hair:long hair ratio of 3:1
I believe the answer is the first one. Hope this helps.
Correct me if I'm wrong though.
