• Conductor: A material that allows heat or an electric current to flow through easily 

• Insulator: A material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow 

• Magnetism: Pushing or pulling force produced by a magnet 

• Mass: The amount of matter in something; measured in grams 

• Matter: Anything that has mass and takes up space 

• Physical Properties: Characteristics that can be observed or measured; for example, color, melting point, and conductivity 

• Physical State: The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, or gas 

• Relative Density: How dense something is compared with a reference material 

• Dissolve: To spread out evenly in a liquid 

• Mixture: A combination of two or more substances in which each keeps its own properties and both can be easily separated 

• Physical Change: A change to a substance without forming a new substance, such as changing size or state of matter 

• Physical Properties: Characteristics that can be observed or measured; for example, color, melting point, and conductivity 

• Solution: A liquid mixture in which one substance is mixed evenly throughout another substance 

• Substance: A form of matter that is the same throughout and has specific properties 

• Conductor: A material that allows heat or an electric current to flow through easily 

• Insulator: A material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow 

• Energy: What is needed to do work or cause change 

• Electrical Energy: Energy resulting from the flow of electric charge

• through a conductor

• Light Energy: Energy that allows us to see

• Mechanical Energy: All the energy something has due to its movement

• and position

Energy: What is needed to do work or cause change

Producer: An organism that used sunlight to make its own food for energy

Consumer: An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

Food Web: A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem

Ecosystem: A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment

Herbivore: An animal that gets its energy by eating only plants

Omnivore: Animal that gets its energy by both plants and other animals

Carnivore: Animal that gets its energy by eating only other animals

Predator: An animal that hunts and feeds on another animal

Prey: An animal that is hunted as food.

Adaptation: An inherited trait or learning behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings

Characteristic: A trait or feature that cannot be changed

Camouflage: Characteristics that blend in with the surrounding environment and increase chances of survival

Environment: The living and nonliving things around an organism

Diverse: Having a variety of many different types

Trait: An internal or external characteristic or feature

Inherited: Passed from parent to offspring during reproduction

Learned Behavior: Changes made by an organism in response to its environment

Offspring: Child or offshoot from a parent

Generation: Lifespan of an organism

Adaptation: A characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive

Reproduction: The act of making something new

Life Cycle: The stages in an organism's life from birth to death

Metamorphosis: The change in the body, form, or structure of a living thing during its life cycle

Complete Metamorphosis: The change in the body, form, or structure of a living thing during its life cycle with 4 stages: 1) egg, 2) larvae, 3) pupa, 4) adult

Incomplete Metamorphosis: The change in the body, form, or structure of a living thing during its life cycle in 3 stages: 1) egg, 2) nymph, 3) adult

Pattern: Design or form that is repeated

Change: Become different

Development: Growth