Environments and Survival Vocabulary Chapter 1

A person who uses science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem.

• trait

• survive

• engineer

• data

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A group of the same kind of organism living in the same area.

• trait

• population

• data

• environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

To create a plan.

• design

• data

• inference

• reproduce

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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

• survive

• data

• environment

• trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A living thing, such as a plant or an animal.

• environment

• organism

• population

• engineer

Getting ideas by observing the traits of living organisms.

• inference

• engineer

• biomimicry

• explanation

A description of how something works or why something happens.

• explanation

• design

• data

• inference

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

To stay alive.

• data

• predator

• population

• survive

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation.

• design

• explanation

• data

• inference

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Something you figure out based on observations and what you already know.

• explanation

• inference

• data

• design