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| seed | The part of a flowering plant that will grow into a new plant. |
| shelter | A place that gives cover or protection. |
| sound energy | energy vibrations that are transmitted through solids, liquids, or gasses. |
| stem | The main support of a plant, between the root and leaves. |
| temperature | The measure of hotness or coldness of an object. |
| texture | The feel or appearance of a surface. |
| thrive | To grow vigorously. |
| trait | A distinguished feature. |
| tuber | A fleshy underground stem of a plant. |
| volume | The amount of space occupied by a three dimensional object. |
| water vapor | Water in the form of gas. |
| weight | The measure of the gravitational pull on an object. |
| mechanical energy | The energy an object gets from moving. |
| photosynthesis | The way green plants use the sun's energy to change CO2 and H2O into sugar. |
| population | A group of the same kind of living things in a community. |
| predator | An animal that preys on other animals. |
| producer | An organism that can use the sun's energy to make sugar. |
| properties | A trait or characteristic of a living or non-living thing. |
| protection | A cover or shield from danger. |
| pulley | A simple machine where a wheel rotates on an axle with a rope moving around it. |
| pupa | The third stage of growth of some kinds of insects. |
| ramp | An inclined plane used to move objects to a higher place. |
| repel | To push away. |
| roots | An underground part of a plant. |
| runners | Slender creeping stems of a plant that put forth roots. |
| gram | A metric unit of mass. |
| gravity | The natural attraction that tends to draw bodies together. |
| habitat | A natural or controlled environment in which plants and animals live. |
| inclined plane | A kind of simple machine, a slanted surface that makes it easier to move an object to a higher place. |
| function | The purpose for which something is designed or exists. |
| gas | The fluid form of a substance in which it can expand indefinitely and take any shape. |
| genetics | The study of inherited traits of living things. |
| germination | To begin to grow from a seed to a new plant. |
| life cycle | The stages that an organism goes though during its life. |
| light energy | Visible energy from the sun and other sources. |
| liquid | The state of matter that takes up no definite shape, but takes the shape of its container. |
| liter | Basic metric unit of volume. |
| magnetic | Having the properties of a magnet. |
| magnetism | A magnet's attraction for iron, has fields of force. |
| mammal | An animal that has hair and feeds its young with mother's milk. |
| mass | The amount of matter an object contains. |
| matter | Anything that takes up space and has mass. |
| food chain | A series of organisms that are fed upon by larger organisms that in turn are fed upon by still larger organisms. |
| food web | The flow of materials and energy through food chains that are connected. |
| friction | A force that slows the motion of objects in contact with each other. |
| insulators | Any kind of matter that does not transfer energy well. |
| kilogram | The basic unit of mass in the metric system. |
| larva | The second stage of growth for some kinds of insects, such as a caterpillar. |
| lever | A kind of simple machine, a bar resting on a turning point or fulcrum. |
| adapt | To adjust to new conditions. |
| attract | To cause to draw near, as with iron fillings and a magnet. |
| balance | A device for measuring mass of an object by suspending pans from opposite ends of a horizontal bar. |
| battery | A group of two or more electric cells connected together, usually in a series, to furnish electrical current. |
| community | All the plants and animals that live and interact with each other in an environment. |
| condensation | The change of a material from gas to liquid. |
| conductivity | The ability of matter to conduct or transmit heat, electricity, or sound. |
| conductor | A material which easily allows energy, such as electricity, to move through itself. |
| buoyancy | An upwards force acting on all objects in fluids, whether they are floating or submerged. |
| bulb | In plants, an underground stem or root that contains stored food for the shoot within. In electrical currents, a lamp or light. |
| cell | In electricity, a name for a battery. |
| energy | The ability to do work. |
| evaporate | To change from liquid to gas. |
| Fahrenheit | A temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees F and boils at 212 degrees F. |
| float | When an object which is less dense than the liquid it is in is able to overcome the force of gravity. |
| flower | The part of some plants that produces seeds. |
| disperse | To scatter in different directions or distribute widely the seeds of a plant. |
| displacement | The measure of volume that an object pushes aside when the object is placed in a liquid. |
| electrical energy | Energy from the flow of electrons through a conductor. |
| electrical circuit | A complete path for an electrical current to follow. |
| consumer | Any living thing that gets its food by eating other living things. |
| cuttings | A part of a plant, such as a stem, leaf, or root, removed and used to grow a new plant. |
| decomposer | A consumer that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil, air, or water. |
| Celsius | Metric temperature scale, water freezes at 0 degrees C and boils at 100 degrees C. |
| centimeter | A metric unit of length. |
| chemical energy | Energy that results from a chemical change. Wood burning is a chemical change. |
