Task Cards

5. An exchange of one outcome or another
8. a measure of how many successful offspring an individual organism has
10. involves intentionally mating two organisms to see what offspring they produce
12. a gene that is passed from a parent to an offspring
13. Exact copies are called...
16. Different version of the same gene
17. information that supports or refutes a claim

1. The union of the sperm cell and the egg
2. something that happens in a repeated and predictable way
3. a representation of a system that scientists use to help one understand and communicate how the system works
4. The part of the cell that contains the genes
6. The study of genes
7. a diagram you can use to show the likelihood of each outcome of a breeding experiment
9. The breeding process is also often referred to as...
11. ___________ is necessary for the organism to grow to adulthood and to replace injured and worn out cell
14. the transmission of genes
15. carries information that is passed from parents to offspring
18. deoxyribonucleic acid