Science Vocab | Vocab (Harder) | Organisms | Key Concepts |
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What is an organism?
a living thing, such as a plant or an animal.
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What does the word evidence mean?
information supporting a claim.
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Give an example of an organism?
etc.
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What species are we studying?
wolves
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What is a species?
a group of organisms that are very similar.
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What does the word reproduction mean?
when parents make offspring.
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Give an example of a living thing and a non-living things.
etc.
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What is the name of the place we are studying?
Yellowstone National Park
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What does the word variation mean?
differences.
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What does the word life cycle mean?
the process and changes each organism goes through as they are born, grow, change, reproduce, and eventually die.
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What is a biologist?
a scientist who studies living things.
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Are all organisms the same, why or why not?
no, etc.
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What does the word environment mean?
all the living and nonliving things in an area.
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What does the word larva mean?
life cycle stage for insects when they are small, before it is a pupa.
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What four things do all living things have in common?
grow change reproduce die
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Name three traits that you have.
etc.
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What is a trait?
a characteristic of an organism that you can see, such as color or size.
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What does the word pupa mean?
life cycle stage for insects when they transform, for example in the pupa stage of a caterpillar, it is busy transforming into a butterfly.
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Where would a biologist work?
zoo, aquarium, wild
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Give an example of a species, and two examples of variation in their traits.
etc.
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