Word Wall Words #4 2025-26

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Across
  1. 5. A sequence that determines a trait and is passed from parent to offspring.
  2. 7. A threadlike structure within a cell's nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next.
  3. 8. To make less severe, serious, or painful or to actively work against something.
  4. 9. A specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through its genes.
  5. 10. The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.
Down
  1. 1. Principles or standards by which something may be judged or decided. (singular-criterion)
  2. 2. The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
  3. 3. The complete set of genetic information that an organism carries in its DNA.
  4. 4. To suggest a conclusion by looking at information
  5. 6. Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.