Inheritance
The offspring of two organisms that have different forms of a gene.
Hybrid
An organism's genetic material.
DNA
Behaviors that are not learned; instinct.
This dispersal method is useful for seeds with winged or helicopter-like attachments.
Wind
Behavior carried out by horses, elephants, and other animals to help offspring survive in groups.
Herding
The young of an animal or plant.
Offspring
The process by which living things create new living things.
Reproduction
A group of organisms that share common characteristics and that can reproduce with one another.
Species
Anchoring part of a plant that uptakes nutrients.
Roots
Crows know to use traffic to help crack hard nuts in order to get to what is inside. This is an example of a ______ behavior.
Learned
A section of a chromosome that code for a particular trait or traits.
Gene
Random genetic variation in organisms.
Mutation
A change in an organism's environment that cause a response.
Stimulus
A small bundle of cells that are released as a form of reproduction.
Spore
Genotype
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
Heredity
When an offspring forms from a piece of its parent.
Regeneration
Budding also works
Behaviors that organisms participate in to attract a mate.
Courtship Behaviors
The effect of a plant growing toward or away from a stimulus.
Tropism
This is a description of the physical traits reflected in an organism.
Phenotype
A fish has the recessive, small fin phenotype(ww) and it breeds with a dominant, large fin phenotype (W-). If all of the offspring have wide fins, what must the second parent's genotype be?
WW
The first cell formed after fertilization - grows into an embryo.
Zygote
Chemical substances released by organisms, often to attract a mate.
Pheromones
Type of tropism where plants respond to light.
Phototropism
Name the male and female reproductive organs of a flower (just name the main two).
Stamen - Male
Pistil - Female