Species Diversity

Having differences and unique properties

• Diversity

• Adaptation

• Variety

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Physical or behavioral characteristics.

• Gene

• Trait

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Naturally occurring differences in a species.

• Diveristy

• Variation

• Adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A beneficial trait that helps an organism survive and pass on its traits (these can be physical or behavioral).

• Diversity

• Variation

• Adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A living thing (includes both plants and animals and other categories like bacteria)

• Organism

• Species

A group of organisms that are similar enough to be in the same category that can reproduce together to pass on their genes.

• Organism

• Species

• Breed

A part of the body that a living thing has that it no longer uses or needs.

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigal Structure

A part of the body that a living thing has that it no longer uses or needs.

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigal Structure

When all individuals within a species die and they can never come back.

• Environment Change

• Extinction

• Climate Change

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Related to the location of something.

• Ancestor

• Geographic

• Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2