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| the passing of traits from parent to offspring |
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| the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles |
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| a tool to predict the probability of certain traits in the offspring |
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| an alternate form a gene may for a single trait |
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| the genetic makeup of a organism |
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| outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype |
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| describes an organism with two alleles that are the same trait |
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| describes a organism with two diffrent alleles for a trait |
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| any permanent change in a gene of chromosome |
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| in protist short threadlike structures that expand from the cell membrane to the ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly |
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| temporary cytoplasmic extension used by some protists to move and trap food |
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| organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for the other organism |
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| waxy protective layer that covers the stem leaves and flowers and helps prevent water loss |
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chemical compound made out of sugar forms tangled fibers in cell wall of plants
provides structure and support |
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| plant with tubelike structures that move minerals water and other substances throughout the plant |
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| plant that absorbes water and other substances directly through its cell walls instead of through tubelike structures |
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| threadlike structre that anchor the nonvasucular plant to the ground |
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| first organism to grow in new or disturbed areas break down rock and build up decaying plant material so that other plants can grow. |
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| tiny openings in plants epidermis through which water vapor, and carbon dioxide and oxygen enter and exit |
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