Inheritance and Traits Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

___________ is observations or measurements recorded in an investigation.

• data

• investigation

• trait

• variation

___________all the living and nonliving things in an area.

• species

• reproduce

• environment

• organism

___________a description of how something works or why something happens.

• species

• reproduce

• environment

• explanation

___________ instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parent to offspring.

• species

• reproduce

• genes

• explanation

___________ to get something that is passed down. (example: a sparrow gets its beak color from its mother)

• trait

• reproduce

• inherit

• explanation

___________ to try to learn more about something.

• trait

• pattern

• investigate

• explanation

___________ to use any of the 5 senses to gather information.

• variation

• observe

• investigate

• pattern

___________ a living thing, such as a plant or animal.

• species

• observe

• organism

• pattern

___________ living things that come from parents.

• species

• offspring

• organism

• reproduce

___________ something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• variation

• pattern

• organism

• reproduce