3rd Grade - Inheritance and heredity

An adult plant or animal that has offspring or young.

A single, self-contained living thing.

Information that supports an idea.

A single characteristic of a living thing.

Differences among objects or organisms.

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

DNA carries the genetic information that determines traits.

A segment of DNA that contains instructions for a specific trait.

Dominant traits are expressed when at least one dominant allele is present, while recessive traits are expressed only when two recessive alleles are present.

The observable characteristics or traits of an organism.