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4Mrs. Mahon's NYS Science Vocabulary Word List

1 Observations Using your senses to find out about something
2 Property A characteristic; describes how something looks, feels, sounds, tastes, or smells
3 Classify To sort into groups
4 Data Information
5 Stimulus Something that causes an action (ex: fire bell)
6 Response A reaction to a stimulus (ex: line up after hearing the fire bell)
7 Trial A try (in an experiment, the number of times it is done)
8 Adaptation Something an organism has or does to help it survive.
9 Photosynthesis The way plants make food (using sunlight, water, CO2, and chlorophyll)
10 Germination To begin to grow, sprout
11 Matter A solid, liquid, or gas
12 Vertebrates Animals with a backbone (reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fish)
13 Invertebrates Animals without a backbone, no inside skeleton
14 Cold-blooded Body temperature changes with the outside temperature
15 Warm-blooded Body temperature stays the same
16 Mechanical Energy Energy of motion
17 Control Something that stays the same in an experiment
18 Variable Something that changes in an experiment
19 Friction The rubbing of 2 surfaces
20 Repel To move away from (ex: magnets that repel each other)
21 Volume Amount of space a substance takes up (use a measuring cup)
22 Mass Weight (use a balance)
23 Diameter Width of a circle (use a ruler)
24 Unit What you are measuring in (in., cm, ml, g)

 

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