Traits and Reproduction Vocabulary

a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule

• claim

• allele

• inherit

• function

Which of the following would be an example of a trait?

• Hair color

• Venom that kills

• Eye Lash Length

• Feather color

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What does the prefix hetero- in heterozygous mean?

• same
• different
• dating
• human

The following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT...

• long hair
• blue eyes
• long eyelashes
• small dimples

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

• fertilization

• evidence

• inherit

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule

• gene version

• evidence

• function

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

having gene versions that are different

• offspring

• homozygous

• function

• heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of

• gene

• chromosome

• DNA

• heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

a characteristic that all members of a species have

• claim

• feature

• trait

• function

how something works

• function

• fertilization

• trait

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2