| 1 |
Observations |
Using your senses to find
out about something |
| 2 |
Property |
A characteristic; describes
how something looks, feels, sounds, tastes, or smells |
| 3 |
Classify |
To sort into groups |
| 4 |
Data |
Information |
| 5 |
Stimulus |
Something that causes an
action (ex: fire bell) |
| 6 |
Response |
A reaction to a stimulus
(ex: line up after hearing the fire bell) |
| 7 |
Trial |
A try (in an experiment,
the number of times it is done) |
| 8 |
Adaptation |
Something an organism has
or does to help it survive. |
| 9 |
Photosynthesis |
The way plants make food
(using sunlight, water, CO2, and chlorophyll) |
| 10 |
Germination |
To begin to grow, sprout |
| 11 |
Matter |
A solid, liquid, or gas |
| 12 |
Vertebrates |
Animals with a backbone
(reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fish) |
| 13 |
Invertebrates |
Animals without a backbone,
no inside skeleton |
| 14 |
Cold-blooded |
Body temperature changes
with the outside temperature |
| 15 |
Warm-blooded |
Body temperature stays the
same |
| 16 |
Mechanical Energy |
Energy of motion |
| 17 |
Control |
Something that stays the
same in an experiment |
| 18 |
Variable |
Something that changes in
an experiment |
| 19 |
Friction |
The rubbing of 2 surfaces |
| 20 |
Repel |
To move away from (ex:
magnets that repel each other) |
| 21 |
Volume |
Amount of space a substance
takes up (use a measuring cup) |
| 22 |
Mass |
Weight (use a balance) |
| 23 |
Diameter |
Width of a circle (use a
ruler) |
| 24 |
Unit |
What you are measuring in
(in., cm, ml, g) |
| 25 |
Physical
change |
A change that is
reversible, (Ex.: state of matter - solid to
liquid, liquid to gas) |
| 26 |
Chemical
change |
A change that is NOT
reversible (Ex.: A change to a new substance - changing
paper to ash when burned.) |
| 27 |
Attract |
To move toward something
(Ex.: Magnets) |
| 28 |
Hypothesis |
A scientific "guess", a
prediction |
