offspring inherited traits 1 culture species 9 genetics population 2 10 3 acquired traits 11 similar individual unique 4 DNA 20 13 6 14 natural 21 Physical characteristics 22 nurtured 15 7 trait 8 19 recessive reproduce genes variety 12 5 environmental factors 18 transmit dominant alleles 17 23 heredity 16 24 characteristics that an organism get from its parents 1 a population of the same kind of organism (100 deer) 9 everyday life shared by people in a particular place or time scientific study of heredity 10 2 a behavior that is taught or learned having characteristics in common a new organism produced by parents (seedling, child, kitten) 17 all the individuals of the same kind, living in the same environment 18 being different or diverse 19 3 11 a single or separate organism 4 a characteristic that makes an organism different from others 12 to pass on from one place or person to another 20 holds the code for every cell in your body 5 a factor that will determine whether a trait is shown 13 a factor not shown when one of a pair is dominant 21 Pairs that give us traits and make us unique xy = boy xx = girl 6 to generate or make offspring 14 traits or features of an organism’s physical structure 22 caused by nature to support and encourage during development natural elements in an environment that affect the survival of an organism 15 23 7 factors that control traits 8 specific characteristics that vary from one individual to another 16 the passing of traits from parents to offspring 24