Unit 1 Vocabulary

A way of identifying or grouping living things

• kingdom

• food chain

• classification

• species

a tiny unit of living matter, the basic building block of all life

• chromosomes

• DNA

• genes

• Cell

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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the division of a cell nucleus to produce two identical cells

• mitosis

• classification

• genes

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

the natural home of a species

• ecology

• habitat

• ecosystem

• genes

the highest category into which living things are classified

• classification

• species

• habitat

• kingdom

a collection of living things and their environment

• ecosystem

• kingdom

• habitat

• chromosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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the material that forms the genes and chromosomes of all living things, short for deoxyribonucleic acid

• genes

• chromosomes

• DNA

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

a collection of interconnected food chains

• cell

• food chain

• food web

• nutrient

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

any material that is taken in by a living thing to sustain life

• cell

• nutrient

• genes

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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a process whereby energy passes along a chain of living things

• nutrient

• food web

• cell

• food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3