Traits and Reproduction

a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of

• DNA

• feature

• gene

• chromosome

a long piece of DNA that contains many genes

• DNA

• feature

• gene

• chromosome

having gene versions that are different

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• variation

• protein molecule

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

an instruction for making a protein molecule

• DNA

• feature

• gene

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

having gene versions that are the same

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• variation

• protein molecule

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• variation

• protein molecule

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

a specific characteristic of an individual organism

• ribosome

• trait

• feature

• function

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a characteristic that all members of a species have

• DNA

• feature

• trait

• gene

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

an organism produced as a result of reproduction

• offspring

• messenger RNA

• nucleus

• nonfunctional protein

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

the way something is shaped

• ribosome

• structure

• mutation

• function

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2