3rd Grade - Inheritance and heredity

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What is a parent in the context of inheritance and heredity?

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An adult plant or animal that has offspring or young.

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What is evidence in scientific terms?

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Information that supports an idea.

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What is a trait?

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A single characteristic of a living thing.

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Define an organism.

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A single, self-contained living thing.

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What does it mean to perform an experiment?

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To carry out a test to investigate a hypothesis.

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What is heredity?

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

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What is a gene?

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A segment of DNA that determines a specific trait.

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What is the role of DNA in inheritance?

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DNA carries the genetic information that is passed from parents to offspring.

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What is a phenotype?

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The observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic constitution of an individual organism.