unit 2 vision and light vocab

all the living and nonliving things in an area

• explanation

• evidence

• environment

• function

a description of how something works or why

• explanation

• evidence

• environment

• function

information that supports an answer to a question

• explanation

• evidence

• environment

• function

what something can do

• explanation

• evidence

• environment

• function

an attempt to find out about something

• predator

• model

• observe

• investigate

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• predator

• model

• observe

• investigate

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

• predator

• model

• observe

• investigate

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

• predator

• model

• observe

• investigate

an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals

• process

• prey

• receptor

• reflect

to change information from one form to another

• process

• prey

• receptor

• reflect