VOCAB
A type of vertebrate that has moist skin, begins its life in water with gills, and develops lungs as an adult to live on land.
Amphibian
The gas state of water
Water Vapor
A group of the same kind of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can reproduce
Species
Anything that you can observe about an object by using one or more of your senses.
Physical Property
An organism that obtains nutrients from both plants and animals.
Omnivore
Process by which substances are changed into different substances with different properties
Chemical change
The continuous movement of water through the environment by evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
Water Cycle
An organ that digests food and absorbs nutrients from the food.
Small Intestine
Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/ or scientific instruments
Observation
A push or a pull that one object exerts on another object with or without direct contact (friction, gravity).
Force
An animal that lacks a backbone.
Invertebrate
An animal that has a backbone.
Vertebrate
The turning of an object on its axis.
Rotation
A type of rock that is formed over time from existing rock due to extreme pressure and/ or heat.
Metamorphic Rock
A group containing millions of stars, objects that orbit those stars, dust and gas.
Galaxy
An early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis.
Larva
A climate zone near the equator characterized by warm temperatures.
Tropical Zone
To force away or apart.
Repel
A muscular organ that pumps blood through the rest of the circulatory system
Heart
The amount of matter a substance or object has.
Mass
Type of insect development characterized by the presence of a larval stage with different feeding habits.
Complete Metamorphosis
A climate zone located between the tropics and the polar circles generally characterized by moderate temperatures rather than extremely hot or cold temperatures.
Temperate Zone
A form of water (hail, rain, sleet, snow) that condenses in the atmosphere and falls to Earth's surface.
Precipitation
A pre-adult insect undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.
Nymph
A type of energy an object has due to its motion or position.
Mechanical Energy