2nd Grade Final Vocabulary Review

Match the following: Sun and Stars

• A group of starts that form a star picture.

• brightness

• The quality of giving off light.

• star

• A ball of hot gases that give off light.

• sun

• A medium size star that gives off light and heat. It is the closest star to Earth.

• constellation

• This determines the color of a star.

• surface temperature

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-1

Match the following: Shadows

• An area from which light is blocked.

• Shadow

• A vertical object that casts a shadow to help observe the time of day.

• shadow stick

• The location of an object.

• position

• Changes the length and position of shadows throughout the day.

• sundial

• A tool that uses shadows to tell the time.

• The sun's position.

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Match the following: Matter

• A type of matter that takes the shape of the object or container that holds it.

• States of matter

• A type of matter that keeps it shape.

• Liquid

• A type of matter that has no shape or size of its own.

• matter

• Anything that takes up space and has weight.

• Gas

• Solids, liquids, and gases.

• Solid

Match the following: Forces at Motion

• To move an object closer.

• Force

• To move an object away.

• Gravity

• A push or pull on an object.

• Pull

• A force that occurs when two objects touch. It slows down things that are moving.

• Push

• A force that pulls things towards Earth.

• Friction

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-1

NGSS.3-PS2-2

Match the following: Life Cycles

• The change that some animals undergo from hatching or birth to adulthood like a caterpillar

• Stages of a plant life cycle.

• When an animal spends the winter in a dormant (sleep like) state.

• Life Cycle

• egg, birth, growth, adulthood

• Stages of an animal life cycle.

• A series of changes in the life of a living thing.

• Metamorphosis

• seed, seedling, mature plant, flower

• Hibernation

Tags

NGSS.3-LS1-1

Match the following: Environmental Changes

• The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms.

• Impact

• When a hurricane moves onto the land from the sea.

• Natural

• Produced by nature. NOT made by humans.

• Environment

• Everything around us including the air, soil, water, plants, and animals. Living and nonliving.

• Landfall

• A strong effect.

• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.3-LS4-3

NGSS.3-LS4-4

Match the following: Environmental Changes

• A large rotating storm with high winds that form over the ocean.

• Hurricane

• A large fire that spreads quickly through forest or brush.

• Pollution

• When something is added to the environment that is harmful.

• Forest Fire (Wildfire)

• An opening in the Earth's surface through which molten lava and ash erupt.

• Flood

• A large amount of water that overflows on dry land from having too much rain.

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4