Natural Selection
Weather & Climate
Science Vocab
Force & Motion
Types of Energy
100

Natural selection describes this process

Evolution 

100

The stage of the water cycle where water turns into vapor. 

Evaporation

100

This word means "something that is able to change" 

Variable 

100

A push or pull on an object

Force

100

Energy generated from movement 

kinetic energy

200

The struggle between organisms for limited resources 

Competition

200

The layer of gas surrounding the earth

Atmosphere

200

This is the effect that results from the scientist's manipulation of variables in an experiment. 

Dependent Variable 

200

A force that opposes the motion of an object.

friction

200

A word meaning "heat energy" 

Thermal energy

300

A specific trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment (e.g., camouflage, thick fur).

Adaptation

300
A pattern of weather over a long period of time is called...

Climate 

300

This is a variable that a scientist introduced into an experiment that causes a change in an experiment's outcome.  

Independent variable 

300

Speed in a given direction

Velocity 

300

The stored energy in an object due to its position, state, or arrangement.

Potential energy

400

The creature adapted to eat both meat and plants. 

Omnivore 

400

The stage in the water cycle where falls from clouds.

Precipitation 

400

Variables that remain constant throughout the experiment. 

Control Variable 

400

The force that causes some materials to attract or repel each other without touching

Magnetism

400

This resource, mostly consisting of ancient plants and animals, can be used to create energy by burning it.  

Fossil Fuels

500
People inherit traits from their parents because of these...

Genes

500

The process of water vapor cooling and changing from a gas back into liquid droplets, forming clouds.

Condensation 

500
A smart guess that you make before conducting your experiment. The evidence you collect is used to prove or disprove it. 
Hypothesis 
500

The rate at which an object's velocity changes over time, covering speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction

Acceleration

500
Energy in its various forms: solid, liquid, gas, etc. 

Matter

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