Heredity Vocabulary


offspring
the young or babies of an organism.


inherited

when a trait is passed from the parents to their offspring it is said to be an__ trait.


behaviors

the particular ways in which an organism acts or reacts are its__.


instincts

behaviors that are inborn or inherited from the parent organism.


organism

any individual life form.


population

the number and type of organisms in a particular area.


trait

a characteristic that determines how an organism looks, acts, or functions.


learned behavior

actions. that are learned through the environment or trial and error

heredity

when traits are passed from parents to their offspring.

instincts

behaviors that are inborn or inherited from the parent organism.

dominant trait

a trait that appears even if an organism has only one factor for the trait

DNA

deoxybonucleic acid - the hereditary material in living organisms

chromosome

a threadlike structure in the nucleus made up of DNA

recessive trait

a trait that appears only if an organism has 2 factors for the trait

gene

the part of a chromosome that contains the DNA code for an inherited trait

learned behavior

actions and behaviors that are learned through trial and error or environment

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