Amplify Traits and Reproduction Vocabulary Quiz

a long piece of DNA that contains many genes

• DNA

• chromosome

• function

• inherit

a characteristic that all members of a species have

• function

• mutation

• feature

• gene

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

an organism produced as a result of reproduction

• molecule

• nucleus

• gene

• offspring

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait

• mutation

• inherit

• gene

• gene version

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

to receive genes from a parent

• feature

• inherit

• trait

• homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

having gene versions that are the same

• heterozygous

• DNA

• homozygous

• inherit

a specific characteristic of an individual organism

• gene

• structure

• trait

• nucleus

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the way something is shaped or constructed

• structure

• trait

• DNA

• chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

any difference in traits between individual organisms

• trait

• variation

• function

• feature

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

how something works

• fertilization

• nucleus

• chromosome

• function