Unit 2 - Inheritance and Traits Chapters 1 & 2

a person who studies animals or plants in the wild

• investigate

• wildlife biologist

• organism

• trait

a group of the same type of animal living together

• life cycles

• species

• pack

• variation

when animals are part of a group, animals often have

• an easier time finding food

• an easier time defending themselves

• an easier time surviving changes in the enviornment

• an easier time having a trait

to try to learn more about something

• life cycles

• wildlife biologist

• investigate

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

the changes that happen in the life of an organism, such as birth, growth and reproduction

• organism

• trait

• life cycles

• pack

a living thing such as a plant or animal

• variation

• related

• data

• organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

anything you can observe about an organism, including the way it looks or acts EXAMPLE: fur or feathers

• trait

• species

• observe

• wildlife biologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

a group of organisms that are closely related to each other

• variation

• observe

• species

• related

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• related

• observe

• trait

• organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

differences EXAMPLE: the sounds different birds make

• variation

• trait

• organism

• pack