Amplify Traits and Reproduction

allele or gene version

• a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule

• a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of

• a long piece of DNA that contains many genes

• an instruction for making a protein molecule

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

chromosome

• how something works

• a long piece of DNA that contains many genes

• having gene versions that are different

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

claim

• information about the natural world that is used to support or go against a claim

• a characteristic that all member of a species have

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• a claim supported by evidence

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

DNA

• how something works

• an instruction for making a protein molecule

• having gene versions that are different

• a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

evidence

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• information that is used to support or go against a claim

• how something works

• a claim supported by evidence

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

feature

• how something works

• having gene versions that are different

• a characteristic that all members of a species have

• an instruction for making a protein molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

fertilization

• when a male and a female reproductive cell combine to create an offspring

• a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait

• to receive genes from a parent

• the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

function

• an instruction for making a protein molecule

• having gene versions that are the same

• the part of a cell where genes are found

• how something works

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

gene

• an instruction for making a protein molecule

• a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of

• how something works

• having gene versions that are the same

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

heterozygous

• having gene versions that are the same

• a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait

• the parts of the cell that build protein molecules based on instruction from genes

• having gene versions that are different

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2