Earth Science and Chemistry
Biology
General Science
Nonfiction
Fiction
100
something in nature that humans need/want to use; can be renewable or nonrenewable
What is a resource?
100
the place where a living thing normally lives
What is a habitat?
100
a prediction about what will happen in an experiment
What is a hypothesis?
100
information considered true by nearly all people
What is a fact?
100
how the action in a story is organized, usually through five stages
What is a plot?
200
the most basic unit of an element
What is an atom?
200
the most basic unit of a living thing
What is a cell?
200
the group that is left alone during an experiment
What is the control group?
200
another name for the main idea of a work of nonfiction
What is the thesis?
200
another name for the main idea of a work of fiction
What is the theme?
300
the trapping of the sun's heat close to the earth; has increased because of pollution in the air
What is the greenhouse effect?
300
all of the different living things, which can only reproduce with each other
What is a species?
300
a scientist famous for his laws of motion
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
300
unclear, unspecific; writers should avoiding using these types of words
What is vague?
300
writing or speech that is considered artistic, important, and worth studying
What is literature?
400
materials from ancient dead life forms, such as coal, oil, or gas, that is burned for energy
What is a fossil fuel?
400
a plant's process for turning the sun's energy into food for the plant
What is photosynthesis?
400
a 20th century scientist famous for his studies of light and energy, expressed in the formula E=mc2
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
surrounding words that help to give meaning to word
What is the context?
400
conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
500
scientific name for water droplets (frozen or liquid) in the air
What is precipitation?
500
the study of how traits are passed down from a parent's generation to the offspring's generation
What is genetics?
500
A scientist famous for his theory of evolution--the idea that species change over time in order to survive in their surroundings
Who is Charles Darwin?
500
a type of speech or writing that attempts to make someone think or act a certain way
What is persuasive?
500
the difference between what is said and what is actually meant, or between what is expected and what actually happens
What is irony?
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