Genetics & Adaptations Vocabulary

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• Heredity

• Probability

• Hybrid

Who was the father of genetics

• Sagan

• Issac Newton

• Gregor Mendel

The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics

• purebred

• genetics

• meiosis

Which is heterozygous ?

• Tt

• TT

Which is homozygous ?

• Zz
• SS

The genetic makeup of an organism - the gene code

• heterozygous

• punnet square

• genotype

What predicts the outcome - all the possibilities?

• genetic engineering

• punnet square

• cloining

An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism is a ______________________.

• prey

• producer

• predator

An animal that is hunted as food

• prey

• predator

• producer

Coloring or another physical characteristic that help an organism blend in with its environment

• mimicry

• camouflage

• hibernation