What are characteristics that are passed from parent to offspring known as?

If a set of instructions that determines all of the charactersitics of an organism is comparedto a book,and a chromosme is compared to chaper in the book,then what might be compared to a paragraph in the book?

Which of the following occurs after a natural or unnatural disturbance in an ecosystem

What is the function of the somatic nervous system? connects the brain and the spinal cord to the rest of the body carry signals to the muscles and glands includes all nerves controlling the muscular system and external sensory receptors controls internal organs like the heart and bladder