Science Vocabulary

Science Vocabulary For Fifth Grade

General terms to know:

Describe, analyze, determine, affects, design

Conclusion, hypotheses

Goal 1: Ecosystems

food chains food webs energy pyramid animal and plant adaptations

prey predator competition natural resources

life cycles population communities habitat

terrestrial producer consumer decomposer

parasite host niche biome

arctic tundra taiga temperate

deciduous coniferous tropical rain forest desert

grassland savannah estuary maritime

brackish fresh water coral reef biological diversity

biotic/abiotic factor coastal plain ecosystem floodplain

flood system individual species

organism interdependence ocean plankton

swamp wetland forest lake

pond salt marsh energy pyramid first level consumer

primary consumer secondary consumer second level consumer tertiary

producer consumer herbivore carnivore

omnivore scavenger nutrients environment

biodiversity water cycle nitrogen cycle carbon cycle

photosynthesis decay limited resource

Goal 2: Body Systems and Genetics

Genetics:

trait inherit species population

community culture characteristic dominant

recessive learned behavior inherited offspring

Body Systems:

unicellular multicellular (complex organism) amoeba

yeast bacteria transport Circulatory System

heart blood vessels cardiovascular

Respiratory System nose trachea lungs

carbon dioxide oxygen Skeletal System bones

Muscular System muscles (voluntary and involuntary) Digestive System

mouth esophagus stomach intestines

waste nutrients Nervous System brain

spinal cord nerves

Goal 3: Weather and Climate

Water cycle water vapor/gas humidity precipitation

evaporation condensation transpiration rain

sleet snow hail atmosphere

convection Gulf stream La Nina / El Nino temperature

air pressure high pressure low pressure humidity

latitude longitude hemisphere

weather tools (hygrometer, thermometer, barometer, anemometer, wind vane, rain gauge)

clouds (cirrus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, fog, stratus, nimbostratus, nimbo)

fronts (warm, cold, stationary, occluded) overcast hurricane

tornado global winds (jet stream, polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, trade winds)

air mass (dry, cold, warm, wet, continental, maritime, tropical, polar) sea breeze

land breeze rain shadow meteorologist climate

weather data forecast California current

Goal 4: Force and Motion

Forces and Motion:

gravity unbalanced force balanced forces laws of motion

air resistance mass friction axis

momentum velocity scale inertia

speed weight motion acceleration

newton speed work potential energy

kinetic energy slope

Goal 5: Matter and Energy

Matter and Energy:

matter energy weight as a solid/liquid/gas

evaporation transpiration condensation precipitation

runoff water cycle

Energy Transfer:

conduction convection radiation temperature

matter energy heat chemical change

chemical reaction physical change dissolve solvent

insulator (examples: wood, metal, stone, plastic, rubber, etc.)