Inheritance and traits crossword

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Across
  1. 4. A living thing, such as a plant or animal
  2. 5. Instructions for making a living thing that are in cells passes down from parents to offspring
  3. 7. To get something that is passed down
  4. 9. Something we observe to be similar over and over again
  5. 12. Difference in traits
  6. 13. A group of organisms that are closely related to each other
Down
  1. 1. A description of how something works or why it happens
  2. 2. To try to learn more about something
  3. 3. All the living and nonliving things in an area
  4. 4. Living things that come from parents
  5. 6. To use any five senses to gather information about something
  6. 8. Observations and measurements recorded in investigation
  7. 10. Something that can be observed about an organism, such as color and size
  8. 11. To make offspring