Unit 1

 

 

Classify:                     group things by how they are alike 

Investigate:                design and conduct an experiment

Condensation:            the process by which a gas is changed into a liquid 

Evaporation:               the process by which a liquid is changed into a gas 

Freezing:                     the process by which a liquid is changed to a solid 

Gas:                            matter that spreads out to fill all the space of its container

Melting:                      the process by which a solid is changed to a liquid 

Liquid:                        matter that flows and takes the shape of its container

Mass:                         how much matter is in an object 

Matter:                       anything that has mass and takes up space

Physical Change:       a change in the size or shape of matter 

Solid:                           matter that has a shape of its own 

Volume:                      the amount of space that something takes up 

Water Vapor:             water that goes into the air 

 

 

Unit 2

Adaptations:       adjustment to environmental conditions

 

Adverse:             causing harm

 

Behavioral:         anything that an organism does involving action and response to stimulation

 

Coloration:          characteristic quality

 

Camouflage:       concealment by means of disguise

 

Compare:            observe how things are alike

 

Contrast:             observe how things are different

 

Dormancy:          not actively growing but protected (as by bud scales) from the environment

 

Erosion:              when water or wind wears something down 

 

Hibernate:           to be or become inactive or dormant (usually in the winter)

 

Model:                an example for imitation

 

Migrate:              to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding

 

Weathering:       to expose to the open air: subject to the action of the elements