Inheritance and Traits Vocabulary- Amplify Grade 3

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What are genes?

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Instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parents to offspring.

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What is a pattern?

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Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

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What is a trait?

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Something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size.

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What is variation?

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Differences among individuals in a population.

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What are offspring?

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Living things that come from parents.

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What is heredity?

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The passing of traits from parents to their offspring.

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What is a characteristic?

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A feature or quality that helps to identify an organism.

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What is a species?

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A group of organisms that can reproduce and have similar traits.

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What is a dominant trait?

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A trait that is expressed when at least one allele is present.

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What is a recessive trait?

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A trait that is only expressed when two alleles are present.