Unit 2: Week 3: Investigations

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  1. behavior
    manner of acting or controlling yourself
    Even at home the sisters continued their scientific behaviors.
  2. conservation
    careful management of the environment and natural resources
    Lucy's work in conservation, the protection of nature, may help scientists prevent its disappearance.
  3. disappearance
    the event of ceasing to exist
    Lucy’s work in conservation, the protection of nature, may help scientists prevent its disappearance.
  4. energetic
    possessing or displaying forceful exertion
    She often joined her older sister Annette and their parents on energetic walks through the nearby woods.
  5. flurry
    a light brief snowfall
    Annette studied the moths that fluttered in a flurry of wings around lights outside.
  6. migrate
    move periodically or seasonally
    Lucy believed that plant life in some areas had been able to migrate over time.
  7. observation
    the act of noticing or paying attention
    Lucy’s mother taught her to develop her powers of observation.
  8. specimen
    an example regarded as typical of its class
    Lucy and her mother gathered specimens for their herbarium, a collection of dried plants.
  9. theory
    a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world
    Fellow ecologists helped her test an important theory.
  10. transform
    change or alter in appearance or nature
    Her work with geologists transformed how she looked at the natural world.
Created on Tue Jul 07 13:57:15 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Jul 09 14:00:57 EDT 2020)

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