5th Grade FCAT Science Vocabulary

Transformation that most insects undergo that includes larvae and pupa stages

A resource that is replaced, or restored, as it is used by natural processes

Energy stored in matter and can be released by a chemical reaction

Organ works like a mixer to crush the food into small pieces by acid

Place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive

Climate zone characterized by very little precipitation and extremely cold temperatures

Measure of amount of space an object takes up; loudness of a sound or signal

Weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period of time

A species whose population is so small that it is in danger of extinction

Measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation

Procedure that is carried out and repeated under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis

Resource that can only be replenished over millions of years

Forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction

Breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by wind, water, ice, temperature change or plants

States of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape

The male reproductive part of a flower

Material that readily allows electric charges to pass through it and carries electricity well

Substance that has mass and takes up space

State of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc

Organs that communicate with the brain to make observations about the natural world around us

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet

State of matter without a definite volume or shape

Take up or store energy without reflection or transmitting that energy

Organ that stores and releases urine

Force that opposes motion between two touching objects

Internal structure composed of bone that supports the body, makes blood and protects organs

Use of the five senses or instruments to collect information

Property of attracting iron and certain other materials by virtue of a field of force

Celestial body that consists of ice and dust, and develops one or more long tails near the Sun

Only visible form of energy produced directly by the Sun causing growth in plants and animals

The part of a plant that allows it to absorb water and nutrients from the soil

An animal hunted or killed by another animal for food

Organs that remove waste materials from the blood

Closest star to Earth and the center of our solar system

Interconnection of electrical elements forming a complete path for the flow of electric current

Plant that produces flowers, fruits, and seeds for reproduction

Energy made available by the flow of electric charge though a conductor

Amount of matter an object contains

Female reproductive part of a flower

Entire sequence of events in an organism's growth, development, and reproduction

Energy produced by sound vibrations

Female reproductive organ that produces eggs

Seed-like structure that produces a new plant (e.g. ferns or mosses)

An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals

Climate zone located between tropical and polar zones characterized by moderate temperatures

Oppositely charged particles that tend to draw or hold particles together

Area with similar average temperatures and precipitation throughout; polar/temperate/tropical

Change in which the form or shape of a substance changes; DOES NOT result in new substance

An animal that lives by killing and eating other animals

Living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things.

Structure containing different tissues that are organized to carry out a specific body function

Part of plant that keeps it upright and transports water from the roots to the rest of plant

Organism that obtains nutrients from both plants and animals

Rock formed when other rocks are changed by high temperature and high pressure deep in Earth

Process by which the female reproductive cell is united with the male reproductive cell

Diagram representing the transfer of energy from the Sun through producers and consumers

Forces that are unequal in magnitude and may or may not be opposite in direction

Recreation of an object or phenomenon to explain what or how something happens

To transfer pollen from male reproductive structure to the female structure to fertilize plants

Energy that transfers between substances due to a temperature difference between the substances

Absorbs water back into the blood leaving just the waste materials

The process by which a gas is converted to a liquid

A species that no longer exists

Event, condition, or factor that can be changed/controlled to test hypothesis in an experiment

Digestion is completed here and then all the nutrients are absorbed into the blood

Property of a mineral that describes how it appears when it reflects light

A force exerted on a surface from the weight of the air in the atmosphere

Climate zone near the equator characterized by warm temperatures

Two large organs that bring fresh oxygen to the blood and removes carbon dioxide from blood

A push or pull, which may cause a change in an object's motion

To pass from one region/climate to another usually on a regular schedule for feeding /breeding

An animal with a backbone

Systematic process that uses various types of data, logic and reasoning to answer a question

Measure of relative position N or S on Earth's surface, measuring degrees from the equator

The fine dust-like powder that contains the male reproductive cells of seed-bearing plants

Muscular organ that expands and contracts to move blood through the body

Animal without a backbone

Hard outer structure, such as the shell of an insect that provides protection or support

A plant that does not have flowers and reproduces by making spores

Sum of conditions affecting an organism, including all living and nonliving things in an area

Type of rock formed from melted rock that cools and hardens

Instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used in forecasting weather and determining altitude

Animal that obtains nutrients only from plants

Naturally occurring inorganic solid with a distinct chemical composition/crystalline structure

Water that falls from the air to the Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Group in a scientific experiment that serves as a reference for comparison

Collection of stars, gasses, and dust that are part of the universe bound together by gravity

Diverse way which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence

Plant part that uses carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to make its own food; photosynthesis

Physical property of a solid used to describe its surface

An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas

Fuel formed from the remains of once living things' includes oil, natural gas and coal

Process by which a liquid is converted to a gas by heating the liquid

Characteristic of an organism that increases its chances of survival in its environment

Material used to reduce or prevent the transfer of electricity, heat or sound

Amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

Organ that assists with digestion by controlling amount of sugar in the blood

Property used to describe how a mineral breaks apart along smooth surfaces

To mix with a liquid so that the result is a liquid that is the same throughout

Transformation in some insects when a nymph hatches from an egg and then develops into an adult

Path of water takes as it is cycled through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

Resemblance of an organism to a more dangerous organism as protection from predators

Organs that create movement and structure

An organism that makes its own food

Large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own

One of the fundamental states of matter with a definite shape and definite volume

To arrange in a specific order or to group by categories based on similarities

Force of attraction between two objects

Something that is kept the same throughout an experiment

The act or process of changing position and/or direction

Organ in the body that processes information

When an object turns, or spins, about an axis or center

A rocky or metallic object that orbits the Sun and is much smaller than a planet

A community of organisms and the environment in which they live

Color of the powder of a mineral when it is rubbed on a streak plate

Property of a mineral that describes how easily it can be scratched

Energy that is possessed by an object due to its motion or position

Process of moving rocks and soil by water, wind, ice and gravity

Human body's largest organ that covers the outside of the body

Organ that cleans the blood from the digestive organs and changes food into storable energy

Star and all planets and other bodies that orbit it; region in space where these bodies move

Sleeping state an animal goes into that can last for months at a time

Type of rock formed when layers of sediment are pressed together over a long period of time

Large object in space that is made of gas and produces its own light

Process by which plants begin to grow from a seed or spore

When one object orbits another object

The capacity to do work