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Matter Word 1-30
5th grade Science Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Biotic | Having to do with life or caused by living things |
Abiotic | Non-living things in an ecosystem (sunlight, air, weather, water, soil, eat.) |
Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
Energy | The ability to cause changes in matter |
Interact | When something changes to something else |
Photosynthesis | The process of making their own food using energy from the sun |
Properties | Characteristics of a substance that can be observed |
Vapor | A substance that can be observed |
Classify | To arrange or organize according to the class or category |
Mass | The amount of matter in a object |
Weight | Measure of the pull of gravity on an object |
Volume | The amount of space a object takes up |
System | Things that work together to perform a function |
Gravity | The force that pulls all objects to earths surface |
Variable | Likely to change or vary |
Constant | Persistent, doesn't change or vary |
Texture | The way something feels: rough, smooth, ect. |
Data | Information gathered using measurements and observations |
Evaporation | The change of a substance from a liquid to a vapor (gas) |
Condensation | The change of a substance from a vapor to a liquid (clouds) |
Run-off | Access water that runs down hill to low |
Precipitation | Any form of water that falls from clouds; such as rain or snow |
Transpiration | The process which plants give back to the environment |
Collection | Water that runs down hill and gathers in other bodies of water such as lakes, rivers and oceans |
Groundwater | Water stored beneath the Earths surface |
Particles | A very small piece, or part |
Atoms | The smallest unit or part of all things |
Hypothesis | A scientific guess based on evidence |
Penetrate | To pierce, pass into or through |
Sir Isaac Newton | The scientists responsible for the laws associated with motion |