Words You Should Know
- Science - Something that is studied
- Scientist - Someone that studies science
- Observe - To watch carefully
- Solar - The Sun
- Planet - a ball shaped object in space
- Limitation - a boundry, what a model cannot teach us.
- Satellite - something that revolves around something bigger
- Gravity - The force that pulls you down
- Model - A small copy
- Solar System - The sun and everything that revolves around it.
- Hypothesis - Best Guess
- Research - Collecting information about something/Carefully observing
- Trans-Neptunian Objects - Objects that are past Neptune
- Dwarf Planet - a planet that is much smaller than other planets
->they are not planets because they
->do not have a regular orbit
->they are made of Ice and Rock
- Star - a giant ball of hot gases
- Core - The center part of the sun or a planet
- Photosphere - The surface of the Sun
- Sunspots - dark spots, that are cooler and make powerful storms
- Solar flares - The Sun's flares
*flare - a bright spark
*Radiate - to send out Rays,to shine
- Radiant Energy - Energy from the sun that warms the Earth
- Evaporate - Using heat to remove water
*Changing from liquid to gas
- Water Vapor - Water in the form of a gas
- Condenses - change from a gas to a liquid
- Cloud - Mass of water drops and ice that float up in the air
- System - a group of objects that together make a whole object
- Role - What something does
- Function - The job a system does
- Axle - a bar between two wheels that allows the wheels to move.
- Body - The main or central part
- Seed - the embryo, seed leaves, and seed coat that grow into a new plant.
- Seed coat - The outside covering of a seed
- Seed leaf - Teh part that contains stored food
- Embryo - The root and stem with leaves
- Germination - to begin to grow and develop
- Bicycle - A mode of transportation and exersize
*Seat - The place the bicycle operator sits
*Chain - The object responsible for making the bicycle move.
*Handlebar - The steering device for the bicycle
*Pedal - Uses "Human Power" to make the back wheel move
*Frame - The structure that holds something together
- Pumpkin Plants - Grow Pumpkins
*Stem - Provides nutrients from the vine
*Leaf - Makes food to grow the pumpkin
*Tendril - keeps the vine secure in place and protect it from the wind
*Flower - Becomes the scar on the bottom of the pumpkin
- Force - a push or a pull
- Friction - force caused by rubbing 2 things together or stopping something
- Matter - Anything that takes up space and has weight
- Properties - Something about an object that can be observed
- Sleuth - Detective, someone that observes
- Physical Changes - change in the way matter looks
- Mixture - two or more kinds of matter that are placed together but can easily be seperated.
- States of matter - three forms fo matter, solid, liquid, gas.
- Solid - form of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
- Liquid - form of matter that has a definite volume but no shape of its own.
- Gas - form of matter that has no definite volume or shape.
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