Science Ch 1 Vocabulary

To try to learn more about something

• investigate

• organism

• senses

• pattern

a living thing, such as a plant or animal

• investigate

• organism

• senses

• pattern

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• investigate

• organism

• senses

• pattern

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• explanation

• organism

• data

• pattern

things in common, or alike

• explanation

• similarities

• data

• variations

differences

• explanation

• similarities

• data

• variations

a group of organisms that are closely related to each other

• explanation

• pattern

• data

• species

sight, touch, smell, taste, hear

• senses

• pattern

• data

• species

a description of how something works or why something happens

• explanation

• pattern

• data

• species

something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size

• explanation

• trait

• data

• species