Unit 2 Lesson 1-3 Vocabulary Quiz

a living thing, such as a plant or an animal

• investigate

• species

• organism

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

to use any of the five senses to gather information

about something

• pattern

• variation

• data

• observe

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

differences

• data

• variation

• offspring

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• variation

• data

• organism

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

a description of how something works or why something happens

• trait

• explanation

• observe

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a description of how something works or why something happens

• investigate

• pattern

• offspring

• inherit

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A specific characteristic of an organism. Traits can be determined by genes or the environment, or more commonly by interactions between them.

• species

• trait

• reproduce

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

• observe

• species

• offspring

• group

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A pattern is a when data repeats in a predictable way

• environment

• explanation

• data

• pattern

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1