Inheritance and traits chapter 1

When scientists want to learn more about something, they __________

• explain

• investigate

• wonder

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All the living and non-living things in an area make-up their ____________

• environment

• offspring

• data

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Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation are called _________.

• offspring

• data

• genes

• explanations

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An example of an organism is a

• rock

• turtle

• flower

• book

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Something we observe to be similar over and over again is called a _______________.

• trait

• species

• pattern

• variation

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Something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size is called a ____________.

• variation

• species

• gene

• trait

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Animals in the same species can still have many differences. Scientists call these differences _____________________.

• mistakes

• variations

• patterns

• observations

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We use our 5 senses to gather information by making __________________.

• observations

• explanations

• offspring

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Living things that come from parents are called _________________.

• genes

• species

• offspring

A group of organisms that are closely related to each other are in the same _____________.

• kingdoms

• species

• pattern

• variation