Inheritance and Adaptations

The smallest level of organization found in living things. 

• cell
• chromosome
• DNA
• gene

Structures of DNA and protein found in the nucleus of cells; where a gene is located. 

• DNA
• Chromosome
• Gene
• Tissue

Deoxyribonucleic acid. Carries genetic information in cells. 

• DNA
• cell
• Chromosome
• Protein

A small portion of DNA that carries specific genetic information.

• Gene
• Chromosome
• DNA
• Tissue

The study of how characteristics are passed from parents to offspring.

• genetics
• inheritance
• gene
• chromosome

A group of cells with similar functions that join together to form larger structures. 

• Tissue
• Protein
• Gene
• DNA

Large biological molecules that control almost all functions of a cell. 

• Protein
• Tissue
• Cell
• DNA

Different form of the same gene containing slightly different genetic information that encodes a slight difference in a trait. 

• Allele
• Cell
• Gene
• DNA

An allele that will produce a trait that masks another trait for the same characteristic (prevents it from being expressed).

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Allele
• Gene

The passing of genetic information and traits from parents to offspring. 

• Inheritance
• Genetics
• Trait
• DNA