Cycle 3 Vocab
Across
- 2. giving a non-human object human characteristics
- 6. a word that imitates its sound
- 7. A group of organisms of one species that live in the same place at the same time
- 9. a settlement ruled by a distant country
- 10. a quick reference to a famous person, place, story, or event.
- 15. a comparison not using like or as
- 17. putting two different things side-by-side to show their differences
- 18. A mistake or a change in a living things’ DNA
- 19. a group of English Separatists who sought to practice their religion freely in the New World
- 20. The process of passing genetic traits from parents to offspring
- 24. selection The process where organisms who are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
- 25. language words that create a picture in your mind by not using their exact, literal meaning
- 27. a building where religious and sometimes private meetings take place
- 28. a religious group that wanted to reform the Church of England and settled in New England to practice their beliefs
- 30. several words in a row start with the same sound
Down
- 1. something stands for a bigger idea or meaning
- 3. a comparison using like or as
- 4. selection Process where humans are the ones who select traits in organisms that they find useful.
- 5. an extreme exaggeration
- 8. The basic unit of heredity that are passed from parents to offspring
- 11. The role a species plays in the ecosystem
- 12. An interaction between organisms or species over resources, mates, or territory, where both organisms/species are harmed
- 13. Different versions of traits that an organism could have, some being helpful and some being hurtful to an organism’s fitness.
- 14. The ability to survive to reproductive age, find a mate, and produce offspring
- 16. an object made or modified by a human, typically one of cultural or historical interest
- 21. a belief or act considered opposite of religious beliefs/teachings
- 22. freedom the right to practice whichever religion you want, or no religion at all, in public and in private
- 23. the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on social or economic status
- 26. a small community of people living in a new place
- 29. a formal document granting the right to form a colony