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5G3rd9wksScience
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a body part or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment |
| camouflage | colors/patterns that help an organism blend in to avoid being seen |
| habitat | the place where a plant or animal lives |
| environment | all the living and nonliving things around an organism |
| organism | a living thing |
| population | all members of the same species living in an area |
| individual | one single organism |
| living component | a living part of an environment (plants/animals) |
| nonliving component | a nonliving part of an environment (water, air, sunlight, rocks) |
| aquatic | living in or near water |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal |
| carnivore | an animal that eats other animals |
| pollinator | an animal (like a bee) that helps plants reproduce by moving pollen |
| life cycle | the stages a living thing goes through as it grows and changes |
| egg | a beginning life stage of many animals |
| seed | a plant structure that can grow into a new plant |
| pupa | an insect stage when major body changes happen before becoming an adult |
| adult | a fully grown organism |
| burrow | a hole/tunnel an animal digs for shelter |
| insulation | a feature that helps keep heat in or out |
| survive | to stay alive |
| observation | something you notice using your senses or tools |
| investigation | a test or experiment done to answer a question |
| variable | something that can change in an investigation |
| property | a characteristic of matter (mass, density, color, etc.) |
| physical state | the form of matter: solid, liquid, or gas |
| mass | how much matter something has |
| density | how much matter is packed into a space; affects floating/sinking |
| less dense/float | to stay on top of a liquid |
| more dense/sink | to go below the surface of a liquid |
| dissolve | to mix completely into a liquid so it seems to “disappear” |
| mixture | two or more materials combined |
| solution | a mixture where one substance is dissolved evenly in another |
| degree Celsius (°C) | a metric unit used to measure temperature |
| light ray | the path that light travels |
| reflection | when light bounces off a surface |
| refraction | when light bends as it passes into a different material |
| transparent | clear; light passes through it |
| surface | the outside/top layer of an object |
| water cycle | the movement of water on Earth (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff) |
| evaporation | when liquid water changes into water vapor (gas) |
| condensation | when water vapor cools and changes into liquid droplets |
| precipitation | water that falls from clouds (rain, snow, sleet, hail) |
| runoff | water that flows over land into streams/rivers |
| water vapor | water in gas form |
| melt | when a solid becomes a liquid |
| freeze | when a liquid becomes a solid |
| boil | when a liquid heats enough to form gas bubbles |
| sediment | small pieces of rock/soil carried by water, wind, or ice |
| erosion | the movement of rock/soil by wind, water, or ice |
| weathering | the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces |
| deposition | when moved sediment is dropped in a new place |
| compaction | when layers of sediment are pressed together |
| cementation | when minerals/glue-like material fills spaces and sticks sediment together |
| sedimentary rock | rock formed from layers of sediment compacted and cemented |
| fossil | preserved remains or traces of organisms from long ago |
| fossil fuel | fuel formed from the remains of ancient organisms (coal, oil, natural gas) |
| glacier | a large, slow-moving mass of ice that can shape land (U-shaped) |
| valley/canyon | a landform often carved by moving water (many canyons are V-shaped) |
| rotation | the spinning of Earth on its axis |
| apparent movement | how something seems to move (even if it’s actually something else causing it) |
| complete circuit | an unbroken path that lets electricity flow |
| switch | a device that opens (breaks) or closes (completes) a circuit |
| battery | a power source that provides electrical energy |
| electrical conductivity | how well a material lets electricity flow |
| magnet | an object that can pull certain metals (NICS) |
| attract | to pull toward (like a magnet pulling steel) |
| earthquake | a shaking of Earth caused by movement in Earth’s crust |
| hurricane | a powerful storm with very strong winds and heavy rain |
| landslide | when rock/soil moves downhill quickly |
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