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A physical characteristic of a person that can be passed down from generation to generation, like from a parent to a child.

• personality

• characteristic

• inherited trait

• humor

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a chemical reaction within a human cell that travels along a nerve cell to the brain

• chemical reaction

• signal

• neuron

• transport

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

This is the chemical that makes food spicy

• capsaicin

• resiniferatoxin

• cryogenic

• thaisicin

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A detectable change in the environment. For example, light, sounds, touch, chemicals etc.

• Location

• Stimulus

• Signal

• Response

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Molecules attached to our cells that can sense a stimulus and start a signal that can travel to the brain

• Signals

• Stimulus

• Receptors

• Responders

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

These molecules are so tiny, they can’t even be seen with a microscope

• Standard

• Variable

• Special

• Unique

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• traiting

• heredity

• signaling

• pathology

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do all proteins have in common?

• They travel through nerves to the brain.

• Their shape affects how they work.

• They are all built exactly the same way.

• They are only found in foods, like meat and eggs.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Special structures of tightly wound genes that are visible when the genes are outside of the nucleus.

• chromosomes

• nucleus

• DNA

• cells

How is the hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein) in a person with typical skin tones different from that of the Fugate Family's hemoglobin?

• The shape of the hemoglobin is different.

• The number of hemoglobin is greater.

• The Fugate Family's hemoglobin has spots to carry more oxygen molecules.

• There are no differences between the two types of hemoglobin.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1