Amplify Science Unit 2 Vocabulary

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What is data?

Back

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

Front

All the living and nonliving things in an area is referred to as what?

Back

environment

Front

What is a description of how something works or why something happens?

Back

explanation

Front

What are the instructions for making a living thing; they are in cells and passed from parents to offspring?

Back

genes

Front

inherit

Back

to get something that is passed down

Front

Investigate

Back

to try to learn more about something

Front

What do we do when we use any of the five senses to gather information about something?

Back

observe

Front

What do we call living things that come from parents?

Back

offspring

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Organism

Back

a living thing, such as a plant or an animal

Front

What is a pattern?

Back

something we observe to be similar over and over again