Word Walls Words #5

7. A specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through its genes.
9. An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele combinations. (the letters)
11. a cell or organism having two sets of homologous chromosomes.
12. The condition in which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.
13. Any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus, or membrane bound organelles.
14. The series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells.
17. The likelihood that something will happen
18. A sequence of DNA that determines a trait and is passed from parent to offspring.
19. An organism’s reproductive cells containing a haploid number of chromosomes.

1. The combination of ideas or parts to form a theory or system.
2. The number and variety of different species in an area.
3. a cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
4. An organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits. (a photo)
5. a person with a genetic difference in one copy of a gene in their DNA but doesn't have that trait or disease
6. The complete set of genetic information that an organism carries in its DNA.
8. To suggest a conclusion by looking at information.
10. A threadlike structure within a cell’s nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next.
15. Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.
16. A different form of a gene.
20. Adenosine triphosphate; the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level.