Questions
A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
What is a allele?
An instruction for making a protein molecule
What is a gene?
A random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
What is a mutation?
The parts of a cell that build protein molecules based on instructions from genes
What are ribosomes?
A proposed answer to a question about the natural world
What is a claim?
A long piece of DNA that contains many genes
What is a chromosome?
A specific form of a gene that provides Instructions for making a particular protein molecule
What is a gene version?
A protein molecule that does not perform its function, often because it does not connect to other molecules
What is nonfunctional protein?
The process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
Information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim
What is evidence?
A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
Having gene versions that are different
What is Heterozygous?
The part of the cell where genes are found
What is the Nucleus?
The way something is shaped or constructed
What is a structure?
How something works
What is a function?
A characteristic that all members of a species have
What is a feature?
Having gene versions that are the same
What is Homozygous?
An organism produced as a result of reproduction
What is an offspring?
A specific characteristic of an individual organism
What is a trait?
A claim supported by evidence
What is a scientific argument?
When a male and a female reproductive cell combine to create an offspring
What is fertilization?
To receive genes from a parent
What is to inherit?
A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
What is a protein molecule?
Any difference in traits between individual organisms
What is a variation?
What is reasoning?