Natural selection vocab

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A short DNA section coding for 1 trait

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gene

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DNA wound around proteins, found in the nucleus during cell division

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chromosome

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A long molecule containing the genetic code for traits.

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DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Change made to DNA

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mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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If...then...because statement predicting experiment outcome

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hypothesis

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

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Scientist's test in an experiment; manipulated variable.

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independent variable

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Scientist measures in an experiment; outcome affected by manipulated variable.

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Dependent variable

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Breeding plants/animals for specific traits.

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Selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

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Scientific process of separating, altering, and reinserting DNA into an organism.

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genetic engineering

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Process where beneficial traits aid survival and are passed to offspring, eliminating less-beneficial traits.

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natural selection

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4