Across
- 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.
Down
- 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