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Genetics & Heredity Crossword Puzzle for Middle School
Practice basic genetics and heredity vocabulary in this easy crossword puzzle designed for middle school students. Covers key terms related to DNA, genes, and traits.
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- 1. What genes do for traits, instructions or _
- 2. A unit of heredity passed from parent to child
- 4. Genetic makeup of an organism
- 6. A characteristic passed from parents to offspring
- 7. Observable traits of an organism
- 9. Cell division that creates sex cells
- 10. Short for chromosome, carries DNA (plural: chromosomes)
- 14. Short for homozygous, having two identical alleles
- 16. Molecule that carries genetic instructions
- 18. To change or alter genes
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- 3. Short for dominant, trait that shows over recessive
- 5. Short for recessive, a trait hidden by dominant one
- 8. Different forms of a gene
- 11. Children or young of parents
- 12. Passing traits from parents to children
- 13. An organism with two different alleles for a trait
- 15. Short for heterozygous, having two different alleles
- 17. Group of related individuals with shared genes
- 19. Organism with changed genes
- 20. Mother or father in genetics
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