Plants
This plant structure absorbs water and nutrients from the soil and anchors the plant in place.
Roots
This is a system made up of living organisms and the nonliving parts of their environment interacting together.
Ecosystem
Anything that has mass and takes up space is called this.
Matter
A push or a pull is called this.
Force
This is the ability to do work or cause change.
Energy
This plant structure supports the plant and transports water and nutrients between the roots and leaves.
The stem
Grass makes its own food using sunlight. This vocabulary word describes its role in a food chain.
Producer
This property measures the amount of matter in an object and can be measured in grams using a balance.
When two objects hit each other, it's called this
A collision
A rolling marble has this energy because it is moving.
Mechanical or Kinetic
This green pigment absorbs light energy that a plant uses to make food.
Chlorophyll
Fungi break down dead organisms and help return nutrients to the environment. This vocabulary word describes their role.
Decomposer
A student combines sand and iron filings, then separates them with a magnet. This vocabulary word describes a combination of substances that can be physically separated.
Mixture
A soccer ball slows as it rolls across grass because this force opposes motion between surfaces that touch.
Friction
A stretched rubber band stores this type of energy because of its condition or shape.
Potential
A bee carries pollen from one flower’s anther to another flower’s stigma. This transfer of pollen is called this.
Pollination
A bear eats berries, insects, and fish. This type of consumer eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
A student mixes sugar into water so evenly that the separate sugar particles cannot be seen. This special type of mixture has formed.
Solution
You have three bags that need to go upstairs. One has bricks, another has blankets, and the third has pillows. Which bag will require the most force to get up the stairs?
The bag of bricks
A metal spoon warms up when it touches hot soup.
Thermal Energy
A plant takes in carbon dioxide and water. Using light energy, it produces sugar and releases oxygen. Name this process.
Photosynthesis
A scientist studies all the populations of fish, frogs, insects, and plants living in a pond. Together, these living populations make up this.
Community
Name the 3 states of matter, and describe how their particles look and act
Solid: Tightly packed and vibrating
Liquid: Moving around faster than solids
Gas: Freely moving about very fast
Describe the process of kicking a soccer ball at a wall using at least 3 vocabulary words.
Answers will vary.
A toaster changes electrical energy into thermal energy. This vocabulary term describes energy changing from one form into another.
Transformation