Non-Science Terms Required for Success in Biology

Fill in the blank: ________ means existing in large quantities or amounts.

• Abundant

• Scarce

• Tiny

• Limited

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Fill in the blank: ________ means to change or modify.

• Alter

• Ignore

• Repeat

• Destroy

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-6

Fill in the blank: ________ means to study carefully to determine patterns and relationships.

• Analyze

• Ignore

• Memorize

• Guess

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Fill in the blank: ________ means a profit or an advantage (something positive).

• Benefit

• Loss

• Burden

• Obstacle

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Fill in the blank: ________ are a mathematical representation that requires numerical resources.

• Computational representations

• Physical models

• Verbal descriptions

• Graphical illustrations

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

Fill in the blank: ________ means movement of a substance through a system.

• Circulate

• Evaporate

• Condense

• Absorb

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

Fill in the blank: ________ is an answer to a scientific question based on observations.

• Claim

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Experiment

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Fill in the blank: ________ are limitations or restrictions that define what is possible or not possible. (Examples: available resources, design or model requirements)

• Constraints

• Possibilities

• Advantages

• Inventions

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Fill in the blank: ________ means to look at two or more things and find similarities and differences between them.

• Compare

• Describe

• Imagine

• Predict

Fill in the blank: ________ is a part or piece of a larger whole.

• Component

• Surface

• Container

• Pattern

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-1