FCAT SCIENCE VOCAB 1

Absorb

• To take up and store energy without reflecting or transmitting that energy

• A term used to describe the electric or magnetic force exerted by oppositely charged objects or to describe the gravitational force that pulls objects toward each other.

• To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelatedness.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Adaptation

• A feature, quality, property, or trait of an object or organism

• A plant or animal action, reaction, or activity that occurs in response to stimuli (e.g., gravity, light, temperature).

• A characteristic of an organism that increases its chances of survival in its environment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

_____ is to examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelatedness.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

An irregularly shaped rocky or metallic object that orbits the Sun and is much smaller than a planet

• Asteroid

• Atom

• Characteristic

• Lunar Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A term used to describe the electric or magnetic force exerted by oppositely charged objects or to describe the gravitational force that pulls objects toward each other.

• Alert

• Celestial Body

• Attraction

• Crater

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction. See also force and unbalanced forces.

• Friction

• Gravity

• Behavior

• Balanced Forces

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

—A plant or animal action, reaction, or activity that occurs in response to stimuli (e.g., gravity, light, temperature).

• Succeed

• Characteristic

• Behavior

• Attraction

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a Carnivore?

• An object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun

• An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals

• A property used to describe how a mineral breaks apart along smooth surfaces.

A feature, quality, property, or trait of an object or organism

• Behavior

• Cleavage

• Characteristic

• Property

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Process by which substances are changed into different substances with different properties.

• Physical Change

• Chemical Change

• Property

• Gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5