4th Grade Vocabulary Review 2

Vocabulary   Review 2

1.  abiotic—nonliving parts of an ecosystem
2.  biome—a large region in the same climate and geographical area
3.  continually—often repeated; again and again
4.  earthquake—a shaking of the land that occurs when huge areas of rock move
5.  environment—all living and nonliving surroundings that affect an organism
6.  explanation—a reason why something happened
7.  field investigation—a study done often outdoors
8.  hazard—to expose to danger or harm
9.  investigation—a study by close examination
10.  journal—a daily record or account
11.  precaution—something done beforehand to prevent harm or danger
12.  reaction—an action in response to something
13.  reasonable—showing or using good sense and thinking
14.  various—different kinds; more than one
15.  volcano—an opening in the earth’s crust where molten lava and gases erupt

4th Grade Review Vocabulary 1

1.  abiotic—nonliving parts of an ecosystem

2.  conduct—to behave in a certain way
3.  ecosystem—all the living and nonliving things in an environment
4.  employ—to use something
5.  environment—the soil, air, and water around us that affect living things
6.  field investigation—a scientific study often done outdoors
7.  glaciers—huge sheets of ice that move slowly
8.  gram—a unit of weight in the metric system
9.  journal—a record of events
10.  liter—basic unit of liquid volume in the metric system
11.  measure—to find out how big or small something is
12.  pattern—a repeated set of events, characteristics, or features
13.  precaution—something done beforehand to prevent harm or danger
14.  reasonable—showing or using good sense and thinking
15.  volcano—an opening in the earth’s crust where molten lava and gases erupt

5th Grade--Lesson 9 Vocabulary

1.      Commensalism—a type of symbiosis in which one species benefits from the relationship, while the other is unaffected

2.      Host—an organism that is harmed by a parasite

3.      Mutualism—a type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from the relationship

4.      Parasite—an organism that takes energy and nutrients from a second species, called a host

5.       Parasitism—a type of symbiosis in which one species benefits from the relationship while the other is harmed

6.      Predator—an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

7.      Prey—an animal that is hunted and killed by a predator

8.      Species—a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring

9.      Symbiosis—a close relationship between two species

10.  Food web—a model that shows how energy moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem.  It is made up of many food chains.

11.   Food chain—a model that shows how energy moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem

4th Grade Vocabulary 51-64

Vocabulary   51-64

51.  abiotic—nonliving parts of an ecosystem

52.  biotic—living or once-living things in an ecosystem
53.  earthquake—a shaking of the land that occurs when
            huge areas of rock move.
54.  ecosystem—all of the living and nonliving things in an
            environment
55.  erosion—the movement of rock particles by wind,
            water, ice, or gravity
56.  glaciers—a large, slowly moving mass of ice
57.  gradually—slowly, over a period of time
58.  portion—a part of the whole thing
59.  process—actions done in a special order
60.  reasonable—showing or using good sense and
            thinking
61.  recognize—to be aware of; notice
62.  various—different kinds; more than one
63.  volcano—an opening in the earth’s crust where
            molten lava and gasses erupt
64.  weathering—the breaking down of rocks by water,
            wind, plant, ice and chemicals



  

5th Grade--Lesson 8 Vocabulary

Lesson 8 Vocabulary   5^th grade

1.      Carnivore—a consumer that eats mainly other animals

2.      Consumer—an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

3.       Decomposer—an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms or waste produced by living things

4.      Energy—the ability to make things move or change

5.      Food chain—a model that shows how energy moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem

6.      Food web—a model that shows how energy moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem.  It is made up of many different food chains.

7.      Herbivore—a consumer that eats mainly plants

8.      Omnivore—a consumer that eats both plants and animals

9.      Photosynthesis—the process by which plants and some other organisms use energy from sunlight to make their own food

10.      Producer—an organism that uses the energy from sunlight to produce its own food