8th Grade SSA Vocab Life Science Part 2

A different form of a gene.

• allele

• gene

• dominant

• recessive

A type of reproduction in which one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization.

• mitosis

• meiosis

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

Cell division that forms two genetically identical cells.

• budding

• binary fission

• cloning

• regeneration

The process during which a new organism grown by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent.

• budding

• regeneration

• binary fission

• cloning

Molecule of DNA the contains genes.

• allele

• gene

• chromosome

• nucleus

An organism's genetic material.

• chromosome

• DNA

• nucleus

• cell

A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.

• weak

• strong

• dominant

• recessive

A genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor.

• weak

• strong

• dominant

• recessive

A section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.

• allele

• gene

• DNA

• nucleus

The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

• genetics

• heredity

• biology

• anthropology