Inheritance and Traits Vocab

To use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• environment

• observe

• species

• data

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

To make offspring

• environment

• trait

• variation

• reproduce

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A group of organisms that are closely related to each other

• species

• genes

• trait

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• explanation

• investigate

• data

• environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

These are differences

• explanations

• variations

• reproduce

• environments

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parents to offspring

• environment

• species

• pattern

• genes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Something we can observe to be similar over and over again

• environment

• variation

• pattern

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All the living and nonliving things in an area

• environment

• explanation

• observe

• offspring

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A living thing, such as a plant or animal

• data

• environment

• organism

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

To get something that is passed down

• explanation

• inherit

• species

• observe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4