5th Grade FCAT Science Vocabulary 41-50

A force that opposes motion through direct contact.

The process by which plants begin to grow from a seed or a spore.

The pivotal point of a lever/machine.

A large collection of stars/gases/dust that are part of the universe bound together.

The property of a mineral that describes how easily it can be scratched.

The force of attraction between any two objects.

This means half of earth for example northern, southern, eastern, western.

A form of energy resulting from the temperature difference between a system and it surrounding.

One of the fundamental states of matter in which the molecules do not have a fixed volume/shape

The place in an ecosystem where an organism normally lives.