Science Vocabulary
PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Offspring - young plants and animals
Inherit - get from one's parents
Environment - everything around a living thing
ROCKS AND SOIL
Rock - the hard, solid part of the Earth that is not soil or metal
Minerals - nonliving materials that come from Earth
Luster - how shiny or dull a mineral is
Weathering - the breaking apart and changing of rocks
Soil - The top layer of Earth
Natural resources - useful materials that come from Earth
Fuel - Anything that is burned to make heat or power
ALL ABOUT PLANTS
Stem - the part of a plant that carries water and nutrients to the leaves and holds up the plant
Pollen - a powder that is needed to make seeds grow and is found inside the flower
Seed coat - the hard outer covering that protects the new plant inside of a seed
germinate - begin to grow
seedling - a young plant
ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES
Life cycle - the way a living thing grows and changes
Mammal - an animal that usually has hair or fur on its body
Insect - an animal that has three body parts and six legs
Amphibian - an animal that lives part of its life in the water and part of its life on land
Tadpole- a very young frog
Larva - a young insect
Pupa - the stage after larva when a hard covering forms around the insect
SOUND
Vibrate - to move quickly back and forth
Volume - how loud or soft a sound is
Pitch - how high or low a sound is
FORCES AND MOTION
Position - where an object is
Motion - the act of moving
Force - a push or pull that can make something move
Friction - a pull that makes a moving object slow down or stop moving
Gravity - a force that pulls things towards the center of Earth
Attract - pull toward
Repel - push away
Offspring - young plants and animals
Inherit - get from one's parents
Environment - everything around a living thing
ROCKS AND SOIL
Rock - the hard, solid part of the Earth that is not soil or metal
Minerals - nonliving materials that come from Earth
Luster - how shiny or dull a mineral is
Weathering - the breaking apart and changing of rocks
Soil - The top layer of Earth
Natural resources - useful materials that come from Earth
Fuel - Anything that is burned to make heat or power
ALL ABOUT PLANTS
Stem - the part of a plant that carries water and nutrients to the leaves and holds up the plant
Pollen - a powder that is needed to make seeds grow and is found inside the flower
Seed coat - the hard outer covering that protects the new plant inside of a seed
germinate - begin to grow
seedling - a young plant
ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES
Life cycle - the way a living thing grows and changes
Mammal - an animal that usually has hair or fur on its body
Insect - an animal that has three body parts and six legs
Amphibian - an animal that lives part of its life in the water and part of its life on land
Tadpole- a very young frog
Larva - a young insect
Pupa - the stage after larva when a hard covering forms around the insect
SOUND
Vibrate - to move quickly back and forth
Volume - how loud or soft a sound is
Pitch - how high or low a sound is
FORCES AND MOTION
Position - where an object is
Motion - the act of moving
Force - a push or pull that can make something move
Friction - a pull that makes a moving object slow down or stop moving
Gravity - a force that pulls things towards the center of Earth
Attract - pull toward
Repel - push away