5.L.1.3 Vocab Flashcard

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Trait

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Quality or characteristic of a living thing.

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Physical Trait

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A characteristic that describes how something looks.

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Inherited Trait

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A characteristic inherited from parents through genetics.

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Acquired trait

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A trait not present at birth, learned from experience or environment.

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Learned behavior

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A skill learned after birth.

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biological parents

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male and female parents providing genetic material for offspring

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offspring

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the young of a person, animal, or plant

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Heredity

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The process by which traits are transferred from parent to offspring.

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DNA

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the molecule that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function

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gene

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a section of DNA transferred from parent to offspring