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Genetics Grade5
Genetics Vocabulary/Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Heredity | Passing of traits from parent to offspring |
Inherited traits | Traits that are passed from parents to their offspring |
Trait | A characteristic that determines how an organism looks, acts, or functions. |
Offspring | Children or young of a person, animal, or plant |
Parent organism | A producer of offspring |
Organism | Any living thing that can carry out its life activities on its own |
Life cycle | The stages a living organism will go through during its life time |
Variations | Differences in the appearance of an inherited trait among the members of a group |
Environment | The surroundings in which the organism lives |
Species | A certain group of plants or animals that can only reproduce among themselves |
Specialized structure | Body parts which help organism survive |
Population | Number and kind of an organism in an area |
Instinct | Behaviors that are inherited from the parent organism |
Learned behaviors | Actions and behaviors that are learned through trial and error or are brought about by environment |
Survival | The process of staying alive |
Gene | Chemical factors that determine traits |
DNA | A complex chemical within the nucleus that makes up a gene and determines what traits an organism will have |