Heredity and Adaptation Investigation 2 Vocabulary

An evolutionary tree diagram based on shared chracteristics

• Cladogram

• Family Tree

• Relationship Model

• Branching Model

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

An organism from the past that is related to all other organisms in the group.

• Common Ancestor

• Relative

• Great-Grand Parent

• Common Relative

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Organism related to an organism that lived earlier.

• Descendant

• Ascendant

• Nephew

• Child

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Variations of Genes that determine traits in organisms; A and a for Larkey appendages

• Alleles

• Genes

• Chromosomes

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A trait that helps identify an organism

• Characteristic

• Trait

• Feature

• Gene

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A structure of coiled DNA that transfers hereditary information to the next generation

• Chromosome

• DNA

• Nucleus

• Cell

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A form of a gene that is expressed as the trait when at least one allele is present

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Super

• Mutant

A structure, characteristic or behavior of an organism that all individuals have.

• Feature

• Characteristic

• Trait

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The basic unit of heredity carried by the chromosomes, codes for proteins on a certain part of the DNA

• Genes

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

• Traits

An organisms particular genetic makeup

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Genome

• Phenome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1