Nat Geo Vocabulary (Animal Unit)

Define LIFE CYCLE

• the stages all matter goes through

• the stages a living thing goes through

• a butterfly at the egg stage

• the stages our earth's water cycles through

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

Define INHERITED TRAITS

• things children pass to their parents

• life cycle stages

• characteristics an organism learns

• characteristics or traits passed down from parents

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Define ACQUIRED TRAITS

• traits gained from the environment

• traits passed down from parents

• characteristics of a life cycle

• traits that animals have at birth

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NGSS.3-LS3-2

Define TRAIT

• cycles

• characteristics

• variation

• inherited

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Define PHYSICAL TRAIT

• the stages that living things go through

• what someone or something does

• something you learn from your parents

• what someone or something looks like

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Define BEHAVIOR

• how an animal acts

• bird beaks can look different from species to species

• the same type of organisms can look different

• what an animal looks like

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Define VARIATION

• how an animal acts

• behaviors learned from other animals

• The same type of organisms can look different.

• All organisms of the same species look exactly the same.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4