Genetics Vocabulary

3. Passing of traits from parents to offspring
4. An individual living thing
8. The activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something .
9. Physical characteristics seen in living things.
10. An interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location.
13. A group of people or animals of a particular kind that live in a place.
15. A particular society that has its own beliefs, ways of life, art, etc.
16. Traits that are passed down from your parents. Theses traits will never change and are coded in your DNA.
17. A special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others.
18. A group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants.

1. to look or be like (something or someone)
2. Related through birth
5. acid) a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.
6. The scientific study of heredity
7. Pieces of one's DNA which carry the information that determines one's traits.
11. Gotten through environmental forces; acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on.
12. Something that is similar to something else but different in some way.
14. A child or animal in relation to its parent or parents
15. Cells parts that determine what traits a living thing will have