Hazelwood Orcas Science MSP Vocab All Words
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- lever
- a rod or bar mounted on a pivot, called fulcrum, that is used to lift or pry things open
- nonliving
- not endowed with life;
- weight
- how heavy something is
- habitat
- the place or the kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives
- nutrient
- a chemical needed for the maintenance, growth, and development of an organism
- sun
- a star around which other planets revolve
- sea
- one of the larger bodies of water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface
- organism
- a living thing
- liter (l)
- the metric standard for measuring volumes of fluids
- heart
- part of the circulatory system; organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
- magnetic
- having the property of attracting iron and steel
- root
- the part of the planet that grows downward and provides support and uptake of water and nutrients
- rate
- a comparison of a quantity to a unit of time, expression as a fraction, such as 40 km/hr
- orbit (revolve)
- path an object in space follows as it revolves around another object, such as Earth around the sun or a satellite around Earth
- variable kept the same
- controlled
- result
- the consequence of a particular action, operation, or course; an outcome
- structure
- something built by people; any identifiable part or appendage of an organism; the arrangement or organization of parts
- kilogram (kg)
- 1,000 grams or the weight of one liter of water
- planet
- a large body that travels in orbit around a star; usually smaller than a star and does not give off heat or light
- conclusion
- the result or outcome of an act or process; an experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn
- stream
- a flow of water in a channel
- cell
- basic unit of structure and function of living things
- sound
- energy that travels through matter as mechancial waves and can be heard by the ear
- ocean
- the entire body of salt water tha covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface
- reproduce
- to make more individuals of the same species from a parent organism or organisms
- glacier
- large mass of ice and snow that exists year-round and is involved in erosion
- fossil remains
- discovered remains of ancient organisms
- consumer
- an organism that feeds on other organisms
- condense
- to reduce the volume or compass of; to cause gas or vapor to change to liquid
- yard
- unit of measure that equals 3 feet, or 36 inches.
- freeze
- to change to a solid state by the removal of heat
- vapor
- the result of heating a solid or liquid until it becomes a gas.
- molecule
- the smallest particle of a substance that still has the properties of that substance
- ounce
- a measure of weight equal to 1/16 of a pound. Also, a measure of volume; one fluid ounce is equal to 1/16 of a liquid pint.
- property
- a characteristic of an object that helps us to identify it.
- pulley
- a machine consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim in which a rope can run to change the direction of the pull.
- cause
- the producer of an effect, result or consequence
- design
- to make a pattern or sketch of; a pattern or a sketch of an idea; the way something is put together.
- investigation
- a detailed inquiry or systematic examination
- event
- something that takes place, an occurance; the final result or outcome
- soil
- the mixture of humus and earth materials in which plants often grow
- spring scale
- a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring
- problem
- anything thrown forward, a question proposed for a solution
- climate
- the general pattern of weather in a particular part of the world over a long period of time
- echo
- sound waves reflected off a surface
- feet
- more than one foot, the part of the leg on which one stands
- thaw
- to melt anything that is frozen
- tool
- a device that is used to do something
- centimeter
- cm - 1/100 of a meter
- variable
- something that can be changed and that might make a difference in the outcome of an experiment.
- vibration
- a rapid back and forth movement
- function
- somthing closely related to another thing and dependent on it for its existence, value or behavior
- classify
- to organize into groups based on similar characteristics
- diagram
- a drawing that explains the relationship of the parts of a system
- characteristic
- attributes used to identify item or event
- machine
- (simple) a device that makes work easire by changing the size or direction of the force applied to it.
- stored energy
- a stock or supply of energy reserved fro future use.
- cycle
- any motion of an object that periodically repeats; a sequence of events or processes that happen over and over again
- liquid
- a material that has a definite volume buy no definite shape, like water
- inch
- in. = units of lenghts equal to 1/12 of a foot
- heat energy
- (thermal energy) total kinetic energy contained in all the particles of a substance
- oxygen
- a chemical treatmet important for most forms of life. A gas that makes up approximately 1/5 of the atmosphere; combines with hydrogen to form water
- learned
- to gain knowledge, comprehension or mastery of through experience or study
- texture
- how the surface of an object looks or feels
- gas
- matter that has no definite volume or shape such as air
- earthquake
- energy traveling as waves passing through the Earth, caused by a sudden shift along a fault line, or by volcanic activity
- wind
- moving air
- state of matter
- the three conditions that matter can exist in or the forms that matter can take - solid, liquid or gas.
- speed
- the distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time
- energy of motion
- the energy created by the movement of an object through space
- continent
- any of Earth's seven large land masses
- inclined plane
- simple machine that consists of a flat sloping surface (ramp)
- seed
- the small part of a plant found in a flower or fruit from which a new plant can grow.
- mountain
- an elevated area of land at least 2,000 feet about the surroundig landscape
- solid
- a material having definite shape and volume.
- decomposer
- simple organism, such as bacteria or fungus, that breaks down dead organisms and waste, returnign important nutrients to the environment
- mililiter (ml)
- 1/1000 of a liter
- egg
- a rounded, usually hard shelled reproductive body by which organisms hatch, female reproductive cell
- stem
- the main part of the plant that holds the leaves, flowers or fruit
- hand lens
- hand held device used to magnify materials during observations
- food chain
- path of food energy from the sun to the producer to a series of consumers, in an ecosystem
- living
- alive; having life; not dead
- earth
- the third planet from the sun in the solar system
- evaporation
- change of matter from a liquid state to a gaseous state (vapor), at a temperature below its boiling point
- moon
- a natural object that revolves around a planet
- kilometer (km)
- 1,000 meters
- erosion
- movement of weathered rock (sediment) by wind, wather, ice or gravity
- process
- to calculate and handle data
- condensation
- changing from a gas to a liquid state through the loss of heat; the process by which vapor changes into liquid water
- fossil
- impression, track, or other evidence of ancient organisms
- meter (m)
- the basic unit of length in the metric system
- pound (lb)
- a unit of mass equal to 16 ounces
- effect
- to produce a result, something brought about by a cause or agent, a result
- model
- a representation or explanation of how a system works or is constructed; the representation of an object or process
- stable
- so placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance
- gram
- the standard unit of weight (mass) in the metric system
- river
- a large, natural stream of water that flows into another body of water
- temperature
- a measure of how hot or cold something is
- variable changed
- manipulated
- substance
- that which has mass and occupies space, matter, material of a particular kind or constituion. , that which has mass and occupies space
- producer
- organisms that make their own food, such as a planet or as photosynthetic alga
- precipitation
- water falling from the clouds in any form, such as snow, ice, raindrops or drizzle; the separation of a solid from a solution
- spin (rotate)
- to turn quickly in a circle, to rotate quickly
- thermometer
- a tool used to measure temperature
- fair test
- without bias
- procedure
- the method used to obtain information
- system
- a set of objects that are related in some way and can be isolated for study, a group of things or parts that forms a whole
- pitch
- the highness or lowness of a sound;
- sprout
- to begin to grow, a new growht on a plant
- lung
- an organ in the respiratory system, where carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged
- hardness
- a mineral property determined by which special tools can scratch a mineral
- color
- light of various wavelengths; the eyes see each wavelenght of light as a different color
- mile (mi)
- unit of measure equal to 5,280 feet
- melt
- to become a liquid from a solid by the addition of heat
- inherited
- to receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission
- invention
- a new device, method, or process, developed from study and experimentation
- volcano
- hill or mountain formed by material that erupts onto Earth's surface; caused by action of magma below surface
- depend
- to be connected with anything, as a cause or existence, or as a necessary condition
- orbit (revolution)
- movement in a circle or cruve around a central point or axis. One revolution of the Earth around the sun takes a year.
- grassland
- large land region in which the main types of plants are grasses
- gravity
- the force of attraction between any two objects
- question
- to seek for, ask, inquire
- prediction
- a guess based on information and experience
- force
- a push or a pull
- sort
- to put objects with the same properties into groups.
- identify
- to determine the origin, nature or definitive characterists of
- data
- collection of information, the result of an experiment or other investigation; quantitative data = numberical values, qualitative data = descriptive data
- skeleton
- the system that includes all of the bones of the body
- organize
- to put together in an orderly manner