| Question | Answer |
| Are the building blocks of life. Every living thing is made up of one or more | |
| When chromosmes get pulled all the way to the poles and you start to see two cells. | |
| Spindle fibers move chromosomes to middle of the cell | |
| Characteristics of the way one acts. A sheepdogs herding instinct and a retrievers desire to fetch are good examples | |
| The study of inherited traits | |
| The gene or allele that is expressed (seen) in an organism’s genotype. This trait masks the recessive trait | |
| Characteristics of one’s physical makeup. These include hair colour, eye colour and height | |
| When you can see the chromosomes (the string has condensed and become thick enough to see) | |
| A coiled thread-like structure that contains the DNA | |
| Pictorial family trees where individuals showing a particular trait are marked. | |
| The center of the cell, the ‘brain’ of the cell | |
| Dividing of the chromosomes (including the DNA) | |
| The nucleic acid that contains the genetic information for cell growth, division, and function | |
| Hereditary unit that controls a particular characteristic or trait | |
| Different parts of the cell that have specialized functions | |
| People with two of the same allele for a trait | |
| Gender that a square represents on a pedigree | |