Inheritance and Genetics Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• dna : a double helix structure that contains adenine, cytosine, thymine, and guanine
• chromosome : how dna is stored inside cells
• environmental : when a characteristic doesn't come from genetics, e.g. scars or tattoos
• inherited: when a characteristic comes from parents and is inherited by offspring e.g. hair colour/eye colour
• continuous : a characteristic that has a range of values e.g. height/weight
• discontinuous: a characteristic that can be put into specific groups e.g. blood group/eye colour
• binomial: the name given to each organism that is formed of 2 words.
• kingdom: there are 5 of them to sort all living beings into
• latin: the language that species names are written in
• rattusrattus: the binomial name for a black rat
• nucleus: the place in a cell where dna is stored.
• chordata: the phylum that all creatures with backbones fit into
• carnivora: an order that cats, leopards, and bears would fit into
• hominidae: the family that includes primates like humans, apes, and some monkeys