"The Last Dog" Vocabulary

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What is a nuclear family?

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A nuclear family consists of parents and their children.

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What does it mean to be protective?

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To protect something means to keep it safe, like how gloves and helmets protect your body.

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What is an experiment?

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An experiment is a scientific procedure to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

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What are primal urges?

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Primal urges are desires to do something that is essential or basic.

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What does threatening mean?

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Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

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What is extinction?

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Extinction is the state of a species when no individuals are left.

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What is a mutation?

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A mutation is a change in the DNA sequence of an organism.

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What does anxiously mean?

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Anxiously means to do something with worry or unease.

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What is Canis Familiaris?

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Canis Familiaris is the scientific name for domestic dogs.

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What is a hypothesis?

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A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon, which can be tested through experiments.