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Science Vocab #4
Vocabulary words for 7th Grade Science - List #4
Question | Answer |
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Offspring | children or young of a particular parent |
Interdependent | depending on each other; unable to exist or survive without each other |
Diversity | a point of difference |
Acquired | to come into possession or ownership of |
Duplication | a copy |
Gamete | reproductive cells in humans; male gametes are sperm and female gametes are eggs |
Adaptations | a feature that is important for an organism's survival (feathers, webbed feet, fur, etc) |
Resemble | to be like or similar to |
Variations | differences of characteristics in species |
Exposure | subjecting to the action or influence of something |
Stunting | to stop, slow down, or hinder the growth or development of |
Ethics | rules that enable people to know right from wrong |
Palentologist | the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants |
Ancestor | the actual or hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended |
Descended | to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors |
Sustain | to give support or relief, to keep up or going, as an action or process |
Dissipate | to scatter in various; disperse; dispel |
Disintegrate | to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate |