Environments and Survival Vocab and Key Concepts

A person who uses science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem.

• engineer

• scientist

• student

• astraunut

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

to stay alive

• organism

• live

• survive

• predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

organism

• a nonliving thing such as a rock or a table

• a nonliving and living thing

• a living thing such as a plant or animal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

inference

• something that you figure out based on observations and what you already know

• when you enter a place

• only using prior knowledge

• only observing things

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

all the living and nonliving things in an area

• land

• environment

• habitat

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

predator

• an animal that hides from another

• an animal that mimics another

• an animal that reproduces

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals

traits

• something that can be observed about an organism, such as color and size

• An example of a trait is a pierced ear

• An example of a trait is a ladies pink hair

• An example of a trait is my freckles on my cheecks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a group of the same kind of organism living in the same area

• habitat

• organisms

• population

• groups

to make offspring

• babies

• reproduce

• organisms

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

differences

• variation

• similar

• both similar and variation

• ice cream

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4