Science Vocabulary

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• Climate

• Weather

• Condensation

• Sublimation

Evaporation from plants 

• Condensation 
• Sublimation 
• Evaporation 
• Transpiration 

Any part of an experiment that is kept the same, also called a controlled variable 

• Hypothesis 
• Independent Variable 
• Dependent Variable 
• Constant 

Energy can't be created or destroyed but can change forms

• Law of conservation of energy

• Law of conservation of mass

• Physical Change

• Chemical Change

Water falling to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail 

• Precipitation 
• Condensation 
• Sublimation 
• Transpiration 

The rise and fall of the oceans the day

• Biome

• Spring Tide

• Tide

• Neap tide

Information that is collected during an experiment using your senses or measurements 

• Inference 
• Observation 
• Qualitative 
• Quantitative

Living

• Abiotic

• Habitat

• Adaptation

• Biotic

The bubble of gases that surrounds the Earth 

• Troposphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Evaporation
• Convection

The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface, where weather occurs

• Troposphere 
• Stratosphere 
• Mesosphere 
• Thermosphere