Science Vocabulary - ALL

Travel around an object in space in a circle or oval.

• ROTATE

• ORBIT

• REVOLVE

• SPIN

A material that allows heat to pass through.

• INSULATOR

• CONDUCTOR

• REFLECTOR

• ABSORBER

Dropping of sediments into a new place

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition

• Sedimentation

A body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in its environment

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Migration

• Hibernation

The amount of space an object takes up

• Mass

• Density

• Volume

• Weight

The amount of matter in an object

• Weight

• Volume

• Density

• Mass

An organism that makes its own food (plants)

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Herbivore

An organisms characteristics passed from parents to offspring

• Inherited Traits

• Acquired Characteristics

• Environmental Adaptations

• Random Mutations

An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

changing from a gas to a liquid (clouds form)

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Precipitation