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Vocab List 6
Words about science and geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Data | Information |
| Classify | Putting objects into groups based on their characteristics |
| Experiment | Test of a hypothesis controlling variables |
| Hypothesis | A possible solution to a problem or answer to a question- can be put in an “If….then…” statement |
| Predict | To guess the future based on what you already know |
| continent | one of the 7 large landmasses on the earth |
| channel | a wide strait or waterway between 2 landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway |
| cliff | a steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice |
| desert | a region of vegetation, either cold or hot, that receives ten inches or less of precipitation each year |
| glacier | a large, thick body of slowly moving ice |