5th Grade--Energy Vocabulary

1. Fluorescent—an efficient type of light bulb 2. Audit—to review or examine thoroughly 3. Efficient—make good use of; not wasteful 4. Energy—the ability to cause a change in matter 5. Geothermal—heat energy from inside the earth 6. Hydroelectric—form of electric energy we get from moving water 7. Incandescent—an electric lamp in which a wire is heated to glow and produce light 8. Radiometer—meter to detect and measure radiant energy 9. Solar—sources of power that come from light or the sun 10. Transformer—device that increases or decreases voltage in a power line

4th Grade--Review 3

1. Anatomy—the structure of a plant or animal or any of its parts. 2. Behavior—a living things reaction to its environment 3. Condition—state in which a person or thing is 4. Description—a statement in words that gives a picture or account of something 5. Era—a particular period in history 6. Evidence—the data used to draw a conclusion 7. Features—parts of an animal’s or person’s body 8. Fossil—prints or a trace of an animal in rock that lived many years ago 9. Fossilization—the making of a fossil 10. Habitats—the natural surroundings of a plant or animal 11. Natural—found in nature, not made by people 12. Observation—using your senses to gather data 13. Organisms—all kinds of living things 14. Species—a group of organisms that look alike and can mate 15. Trace—a mark left behind by someone or something

5th Grade Review 2 Vocabulary

1. Commensalism—a type of symbiosis in which one species benefits from the relationship, while the other is unaffected 2. Mutualism—a type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from the relationship 3. Parasitism—a type of symbiosis in which one species benefits from the relationship while the other is harmed 4. Symbiosis—a close relationship between two species 5. 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. 6. Food chain—a model that shows how energy moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem 7. Carnivore—a consumer that eats mainly other animals 8. Decomposer—an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms or waste produced by living things 9. Herbivore—a consumer that eats mainly plants 10. Omnivore—a consumer that eats both plants and animals 11. Producer—an organism that used the energy from sunlight to produce its own food 12. Community—populations of different species living together in the same ecosystem 13. Population—a group of organisms of the same species that lives in a certain area 14. Species—a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring 15. Ecosystem-a system made up of all the living and nonliving things in an area

4th Grade Vocabulary 75-84

75. anatomy—the structure of a plant or animal or any of its parts 76. behavior—a living things reaction to its environment 77. condition—state in which a person or thing is 78. description—a statement in words that gives a picture or account of something 79. era—a particular period in history 80. evidence—the data used to draw a conclusion 81. external—having to do with the outside 82. features—parts of an animal’s body or person’s body 83. geologist—a scientist who studies the earth 84. organisms—all kinds of living things