| A | B |
| HEREDITY | THE PASSING OF TRAITS FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING |
| DOMINANT TRAIT | A TRAIT OBSERVED WHEN AT LEAST ONE DONIMANT ALLELE FOR A CHARACTERISTIC IS INHERITED |
| RECESSIVE TRAIT | A TRAIT THAT IS APPARENT ONLY WHEN TWO RECESSIVE ALLELES FOR THE CHARACTERISTIC ARE INHERITED |
| GENES | SEGMENTS OF KNA THAT CARRY HEREDITARY INSTRUCTIONS LOCATED ON CHROMOSOMES AND PASSED FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING |
| PUNNETT SQUARE | A TOOL USED TO VISUALIZE ALL THE POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS OF ALLELES FROM PARENTS |
| ALLELES | ALTERNATIVE FROMS OF A GENE TAHT GOVERN THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS |
| GENOTYPE | THE INHERITED COMBINATION OF ALLELES |
| PHENOTYPE | AN ORGANISM'S INHERITED APPEARANCE |
| PROBABILITY | THE MATHEMATICAL CHANCE THAT AN EVENT WILL OCCUR |
| HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES | CHROMOSOMES WITH MATCHING INFORMATION |
| MEIOSIS | CELL DIVISION THAT PRODUCES SEX CELLS |
| DNA | HEREDITY INFORMATION |
| GREGOR MENDEL | FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER GENETICS |
| SEX CELLS | CARRIES HALF THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES FOUND IN THER BODY CELLS |
| SEX CHROMOSOMES | CHROMOSOMES THAT CARRY GENES THAT DETERMINE TH ESEX OF OFFSPRING |
| TRUE-BREEDING PLANTS | A PLANT THAT PRODUCES OFFSPRING WITH THE EXACT SAME TRAITS AS THE PARENT |
| DOMINATE TRAIT | THE TRAIT YOU CAN SEE |
| SELF-POLLINATING PLANTS | WHEN A PLANT HAS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE PARTS |
| GENOTYPE | THE DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF ALLELES THAT ARE INHERITED |
| PHENOTYPE | THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE THAT WAS INHERITED |
| PROBABITLITY | THE CHANCES THAT AN EVENT WILL OCCUR USING MATH |
| HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES | CHROMOSOMES WITH MATCHING INFROMATION |