Amplify Science Unit 2 Vocabulary

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What are genes?

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Instructions for making a living thing; they are in cells and passed from parents to offspring.

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What does investigate mean?

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To try to learn more about something.

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What are differences?

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Variation.

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What does inherit mean?

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To get something that is passed down.

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What is a pattern?

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Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

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What is an organism?

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A living thing, such as a plant or an animal.

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What is offspring?

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Living things that come from parents.

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What does observe mean?

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To watch carefully and notice something.

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What is variation?

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Differences among individuals in a population.

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What is a cell?

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The basic unit of life that makes up all living things.