Across
- 3. Relating to genes or heredity
- 4. The molecule that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function
- 8. A skill that is learned after birth
- 10. A bundle of DNA. Most humans have 23 pairs.
- 12. A “built-in” pattern of behavior in response to certain stimuli
- 13. Quality or characteristic of a living thing
- 14. A characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents through genetic material (ex. eye color, roll tongue, height, blood type)
Down
- 1. The complete set of instructions, or genes, in an organism
- 2. Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell. Can be a mistake in copying the DNA, or caused by a DNA-damaging chemical
- 3. A set of instructions that code for one protein or molecule
- 5. Alternate forms of a gene that is found on the same place in a chromosome. (ex: dimples or not, attached or detached earlobe)
- 6. The process by which traits are transferred from parent to offspring
- 7. The male and female parents who have provided the genetic material to create offspring
- 9. A trait that a living thing is NOT born with, a trait that is learned from experience or environment (ex. reading a book, riding a bike, liking Taylor Swift)
- 11. The young of a person, animal, or plant