Year Long Science Vocabulary

The study of the natural world and everything in it

• Inference

• Science

• Scientific Law

• Constants

An explanation about an observation that can be tested by an experiment

• Description

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Accuracy

What is a prediction?

• A factor that stays the same in an experiment

• A rule that describes a pattern of nature

• An educated guess about future events

• A random guess about what is going to happen in the future

A factor that can have one or more value

• Variable

• Cell

• Diffusion

• Independent Variable

What does being made out of many cells mean?

• Prokaryotic

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• Eukaryotic

What is something that describes a pattern of nature?

• Observation

• Scientific Theory

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Law

Part of a eukaryotic cell that controls activity and contains genetic information

• DNA

• Nucleolus

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

A membrane surrounded part of a eukaryotic cell that has a specific function

• Organelle

• Necleus

• Cell

• Chloroplast

The movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

• Passive transport

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Active Transport

Chemical reactions in a plant that convert sunlight into energy

• Exotcytosis

• Osmosis

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation