Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Unit 4 Vocabulary

• Genetics

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What the offspring looks like.its photo

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Recessive trait
• Dominant trait

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A physical characteristic.

• Heredity
• Nucleus
• Trait
• Gene

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Is weak and can be covered up by the dominant
trait (dd)

• Recessive trait
• Chromosome
• Trait
• Adapt/adaptation

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The letters or genes inherited from each parent

• Dominant trait
• Recessive trait
• Phenotype
• Genotype

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The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• Gene
• Chromosome
• Selective breeding
• Heredity

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Structure in the DNA that contains the genes

• Genotype
• Gene
• Phenotype
• Chromosome

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Process of passing traits from TWO parents to the
offspring

• Natural selection
• Asexual reproduction
• Sexual reproduction
• Selective breeding

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Is strong and WILL show up in the offspring (DD
OR Dd)

• Recessive trait
• Trait
• Dominant trait
• Heredity

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A section of the chromosome that carries the
information of a single trait

• Heredity
• Gene
• Chromosome
• Trait

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Deoxyribonucleic acid.a molecule that contains
the genetic code

• Gene
• DNA
• Trait
• Nucleus

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Process of passing traits from ONE parent to the
offspring

• Asexual reproduction
• Sexual reproduction
• Natural selection
• Selective breeding

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Part of the cell that contains the DNA and
controls the cell activity

• Mitochondria
• Cytoplasm
• Nucleus
• Vacuole

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Survival of the fittest, plants and animals that
are best adapted and reproduce

• Adapt/adaptation
• Natural selection
• Selective breeding
• Chromosome

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A method of breeding for specific traits in
plants and animals

• Natural selection
• Asexual reproduction
• Sexual reproduction
• Selective breeding

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When plants or animals adjust to changes in their
environment

• Adapt/adaptation
• Natural selection
• Selective breeding
• Sexual reproduction