MyView Unit 1 Week 3 Vocabulary

radiation

• energy waves

• solid particles

• liquid forms

• gaseous emissions

DNA

• the substance that determines the characteristics of a living thing

• a type of protein found in cells

• a molecule that carries oxygen in the blood

• a carbohydrate that provides energy

identical

• similar

• same

• different

• unique

long vowel VCe pattern

• a word that ends in silent /e/ and has a long sound. Example: maple

• a word that ends in a consonant and has a short sound. Example: cat

• a word that has no silent letters and has a long sound. Example: tree

• a word that ends in a vowel and has a short sound. Example: dog

duplicate

• copy

• original

• replicate

• remove

comparison

• how things are similar

• how things are different

• how things are measured

• how things are categorized

chromosomes

• the part of DNA in cells that contains the genes

• the structure that carries oxygen in the blood

• the organelle responsible for energy production

• the fluid that surrounds the cell nucleus