MiStar 7.6 Inheritance Terminology

A physical characteristic of a person that can be passed down from generation to generation, like from a parent to a child.

• personality

• characteristic

• inherited trait

• humor

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a chemical reaction within a human cell that travels along a nerve cell to the brain

• chemical reaction

• signal

• neuron

• transport

This is the chemical that makes food spicy

• capsaicin

• resiniferatoxin

• cryogenic

• thaisicin

A detectable change in the environment. For example, light, sounds, touch, chemicals etc.

• Location

• Stimulus

• Signal

• Response

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Molecules attached to our cells that can sense a stimulus and start a signal that can travel to the brain

• Signals

• Stimulus

• Receptors

• Responders

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

These molecules are so tiny, they can’t even be seen with a microscope

• Standard

• Variable

• Special

• Unique

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• traiting

• heredity

• signaling

• pathology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2