Heredity/Nutrition

appetite

• desire for food

• a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

• Elements found in food that are used by the body

mineral

• a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

• to receive genes from a parent

• with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

• Elements found in food that are used by the body

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

nutrients

• a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

• a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

• with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

moderation

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

• A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

• Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait.

generation

• Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait.

• to receive genes from a parent

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

• a group of people born and living during the same time

refined

• with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

• Elements found in food that are used by the body

• meat without fat on it

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

lean meat

• meat without fat on it

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

• with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

• desire for food

dominant

• desire for food

• Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait.

• trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait

• a group of people born and living during the same time

recessive

• trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait

• a group of people born and living during the same time

• Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait.

• A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

offspring

• A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• children

• Not too much or too little of something; not going to an extreme in your pursuit of a goal.

• a group of people born and living during the same time

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2