5th grade Science vocabulary

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Unit A

                                                              

Chapter 1

Lesson 1

  1. classify
  2. kingdom
  3. phylum
  4. class
  5. species

Lesson 2

  1. vertebrates

Lesson 3

  1. invertebrates

                                                              

Chapter 2

Lesson 1

  1. cell membrane
  2. nucleus
  3. cell wall
  4. chloroplasts
  5. vacuoles
  6. cytoplasm
  7.  

Lesson 2

  1. tissue
  2. organ

Lesson 3

  1. organ system

                                                              

Chapter 3

Lesson 1

  1. arteries
  2. capillary
  3. veins
  4. valves

Lesson 2

  1. mucus
  2. trachea
  3. bronchioles
  4. air sacs

Lesson 3

  1. esophagus

                                                              

Chapter 4

Lesson 1

  1. photosynthesis

Lesson 2

  1. xylem
  2. phloem

Lesson 3

  1. pollen
  2. pollination
  3. embryo
  4. spores

Lesson 4

  1. tropisms
  2. growth hormones

Chapter 5

Lesson 1

  1. ecosystem

  2. population

  3. community

  4. niche

  5. habitat

Lesson 5

  1. energy pyramid

Lesson 6

  1. cycle

Chapter 6

Lesson 2

  1. inherit

  2. mutation

  3. structural adaptations

  4. behavioral adaptations

Lesson 3

  1. pesticides

  2. extinct

Unit B

                                                              

Chapter 7

Lesson 1

  1. salinity

Lesson 2

  1.  aquifer

  2. water table

  3. reservoir

Lesson 3

  1. evaporation

  2. condensation

  3. precipitation

  4. sublimation

Lesson 4

  1. sleet

                                                              

Chapter 8

Lesson 1

  1. convection current

Lesson 2

  1. air mass

  2. front

Lesson 4

  1. barometer

  2. anemometer

  3. rain gauge

Lesson 5

  1. climate

                                                              

Chapter 9

Lesson 1

  1. crust

  2. mantle

  3. core

Lesson 2

  1. plate

Lesson 3

  1. mechanical weathering

  2. chemical weathering

Lesson 6

  1. igneous
  2. sedimentary
  3. metamorphic

                                                              

Chapter 10

Lesson 1

  1. resource

  2. renewable resource

  3. nonrenewable resource

  4. fossil fuels

Lesson 2

  1. solar energy

  2. hydroelectric

  3. geothermal

  4. biomass

Unit C

                                                              

Chapter 11

Lesson1

  1. elements

Lesson 2

  1. atoms

  2. neutron

  3. proton

  4. electron

  5. compound

Lesson 4

  1. saturated

  2. concentrated

  3. dilute

                                                              

Chapter 12

Lesson 1

  1. physical change

  2. chemical change

  3. combustion

Lesson 2

  1. reactant

  2. product

  3. chemical equation

Lesson 4

  1. polymer

                                                              

Chapter13

Lesson 1

  1. velocity

Lesson 2

  1. force

  2. work

  3. power

Lesson 3

  1. equilibrium

  2. inertia

  3. acceleration

Lesson 4

  1. machine

                                                              

Chapter 14

Lesson 1

  1. energy
  2. kinetic energy
  3. potential energy

Lesson 3

  1. electromagnetic radiation

Lesson 4

  1. thermal energy

Chapter 15

Lesson 1

  1. current
  2. conductor
  3. resistor
  4. insulators

Lesson 2

  1. circuit diagram
  2. volt

Lesson 3

  1. electromagnets

Unit D

                                                              

Chapter 16

Lesson 2

  1. light-years
  2. nebula
  3. supernova
  4. black hole

Lesson 3

  1. galaxy

  2. constellation

                                                              

Chapter 17

Lesson 1

  1. solar system
  2. revolution
  3. axis
  4. rotation

Lesson 2

  1. space probes

Lesson 3

  1. comet
  2. asteroid

Lesson 4

  1. satellite
  2. moon phase

Chapter 18

Lesson 1

  1. technology
  2. inventor
  3. manufacturing
  4. assembly line

Lesson 3

  1. microchip
  2. world wide web

Lesson 4

  1. space station