Heredity

is a material found in chromosomes. Chromosomes are located in the nucleus of every cell in the human body.

• RNA

• Protein

• DNA

• Lipids

a natural behavior that an animal or person is born knowing how to do, without needing to learn it.

• Instinct (innate behavior)

• Learned behavior

• Reflex action

• Conditioned response

What is heredity?

• The process of evolution over generations.

• The passing of traits from biological parents to their offspring.

• The study of genetic mutations in organisms.

• The influence of environment on an organism's traits.

Personal characteristics or the things about you, such as how you look or what you like.

• Traits

• Habits

• Preferences

• Skills

characteristics that you are not born with but developed during life (things you learn/learned behavior)

• Acquired trait

• Inherited trait

• Genetic trait

• Physical trait

How is heredity similar to a family recipe?

• Both are passed down through generations.

• Both can be changed at any time.

• Both are only relevant to cooking.

• Both are unique to each individual.

characteristics passed down to you by your parents through genes and chromosome which are made up of DNA

• Inherited trait

• Acquired characteristic

• Environmental influence

• Genetic mutation

one's natural parent : the woman who gave birth to a child or the man who is related by birth to a child

• Biological Parent

• Adoptive Parent

• Foster Parent

• Step Parent

are tiny, threadlike structures inside most cells of every organism, or living thing. They carry information about the organism in units called genes. When living things reproduce, they pass their genes along to their offspring

• Chromosome

• Mitochondria

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

a small section of DNA that is passed down from parents to their children and determines their traits

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Allele

• Trait