Genetics is the study of DNA and heredity.

Heredity is the passing of traits from one/two parent organisms to a new one.

Characteristics are features that all organisms of a species share.

Traits are the different variations of a certain characteristic.

These are combinations of traits owned by the parent(s)of the new organism.

These are traits that were obtained from the environment.

Deoxyribon(N)ucleic a(A)cid is a type of acid that controls all of an organism's bodily functions.

These are specific strands of D.N.A that arrange in pairs.

A unit of heredity that makes up a portion of a chromosome.

A mutated alteration of a gene that is placed on the same portion of a chromosome.