Vocabulary Unit 8 A&B

The passing of physical characteristics, or traits, from parent to offspring.

• Genetics

• Phenotype

• Heredity

• Hybrid

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The scientific study of heredity.

• Genetics

• Genes

• Inheritance

• Allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

When an egg and a sperm cell join and a new organism begins to form.

• Fertilization

• Zygote

• Haploid

• F1

An organism that is the offspring of many generations that show the same form of a trait.

• Biotechnology

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Purebred

The different forms of a gene.

• Phenotype

• Allele

• Genotype

• Angeosperm

A chart that shows all the possible ways alleles can combine in a genetic cross.

• Hybridization

• Heterozygote

• Punnett Square

• Pedigree

A chart or a family tree that shows the presence or absence of a trait according to the relationships within a family across several generations.

• Punnett Square

• Pedigree

• Purebred

• Heterozygote

Physical appearance or physical trait.

• Dominant

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An organism's genetic makeup or allele.

• Heterozygous

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Characteristic

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait.

• Crossbred

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Characteristic