Unit 3 Vocabulary

What does structure mean?

• what something does for an organism

• Physical shape

• Steady state

• Something that is alive

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is function?

• what a structure does for an organism

• physical shape

• a group of organs in an organism that performs a specific function

• group of cells that work together in an organism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is a group of cells that work together?

• tissue

• organ system

• organ

• homeostasis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is a group of tissues in an organism that performs a specific function?

• tissue

• organ system

• organ

• organism

What is a group of organs in an organism that performs a specific function?

• organ

• tissue

• organism

• organ system

What is something that is alive or was once alive

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is something that is not alive?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

What system of the body that carries blood to all the organs

• excretory

• digestive

• muscular

• circulatory

What system of the body that breaks down and absorbs food?

• Digestive

• Excretory

• Muscular

• Circulatory

What system of the body that eliminates waste

• Muscular

• Excretory

• Respiratory

• Digestive