Twins in Space Vocabulary

The substance in cells that determines the characteristics of a living thing

• DNA

• Plants

• Identical

• Chromosomes

Pop Quiz! Can you tell us the term used for twins who are an exact copy of each other?

• Identical Twins

• Two Peas in a Pod Twins

• Copycat Twins

• Mirror Image Twins

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Energy traveling in the form of waves from a source like the sun. What would you call this?

• Radiation

• Duplicate

• Identical

• Space

Let's play a game of True or False!

Does 'Duplicate' mean exactly the same as another?

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Not everything you've heard about chromosomes in the story 'Twins in Space' is true. Can you guess which one is NOT true about CHROMOSOMES?

• They're parts of a DNA in cells that contains genes.

• They're part of DNA.

• They appear to be exactly the same. Or do they?

• Scientist Baily had a mission: to study the Kelly twins' DNA and chromosomes and understand how living in space affects the human body versus living on earth.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A