Vocabulary:
Vocabulary development is essential to learning and understanding the science essential standards as well as widening and strengthening literacy development. Below are the science vocabulary words that we will be focusing on this year! Students will have vocabulary quizzes often and we will be developing an ongoing word wall in class.
Essential Standard: 5.E.1 Understanding weather patterns and phenomenon, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.
Key Vocabulary:
precipitation, condensation, evaporation, run-off temperature, barometer, jet stream, water currents, air pressure, latitude, longitude, hemisphere, anemometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, wind vane, thermometer, cirrus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, forecast, -nimbus, alto-, nimbo-, weather, climate, atmosphere, cloud, troposphere, meteorologist, prevailing westerlies, rain shadow effect, lake effect, La Nina, El Nino, severe weather, fronts, polar zone, tropical zone, temperate zone, equator, prime meridian, temperature, altitude, sea breeze, land breeze, mountain breeze, valley breeze, cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded front, air pressure, global wind patterns
Essential Standard: 5.P.2 Understand the interactions of matter, energy, and the changes that occur.
Key Vocabulary:
biotic, abiotic, qualitative, quantitative, matter, energy, interact, photosynthesis, properties, vapor, classify, mass, weight, volume, system, gravity, variable, constant, texture, data, evaporation, condensation, run-off, precipitation, transpiration, collection, ground water
Essential Standard: 5.P.3 Explain how the properties of some materials change as a result of heating and cooling.
Key Vocabulary:
Conduction, convection, radiation, temperature, direct contact, transfer, electromagnetic, thermal energy, convection cell, updraft, downdraft, matter, gradual, increase, decrease
Essential Standard: 5.P.1 Understand force, motion and the relationship between them.
Key Vocabulary:
Gravity, mass, friction, matter, distance, force, motion, momentum, acceleration, velocity, potential energy, kinetic energy, slope, drag, lift, thrust, air resistance, aerodynamics, inertia, speed, balanced force, unbalanced force
Essential Standard: 5.L.2 Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem.
Key Vocabulary:
Ecosystem, biome, biotic, abiotic, terrestrial, aquatic, estuary, marsh, fertile, species, deciduous forest, coniferous forest, rainforest, grassland, ocean, fresh water, continental shelf, shoreline, coastline, food chain, food web, niche, predator, prey, energy pyramid, producer, consumer, decomposer, photosynthesis, interconnect, salinity, algae, amphibian, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore
Essential Standard: 5.L.1 Understand how structures and systems of organisms (to include the human body) perform functions necessary for life.
Key Vocabulary:
Cell, uni-cellular, multi‐cellular, organism, circulatory system (heart, blood, vessels) , respiratory system (nose, trachea, lungs), skeletal system (bones), muscular system (muscles) , digestive system (mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines), nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves), cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, vacuoles, transport, internal, external, cardio-, system
Essential Standard: 5.L.3 Understand why organisms differ and/or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
Key Vocabulary:
Inherited traits, species, population, culture, genetic, offspring, similar, acquired traits (learned), variety, individual, unique, transmit, DNA, dominant, recessive, alleles, reproduce, physical characteristics, environmental factors, natural, nurtured
Essential Standard: 5.E.1 Understanding weather patterns and phenomenon, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.
Key Vocabulary:
precipitation, condensation, evaporation, run-off temperature, barometer, jet stream, water currents, air pressure, latitude, longitude, hemisphere, anemometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, wind vane, thermometer, cirrus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, forecast, -nimbus, alto-, nimbo-, weather, climate, atmosphere, cloud, troposphere, meteorologist, prevailing westerlies, rain shadow effect, lake effect, La Nina, El Nino, severe weather, fronts, polar zone, tropical zone, temperate zone, equator, prime meridian, temperature, altitude, sea breeze, land breeze, mountain breeze, valley breeze, cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded front, air pressure, global wind patterns
Essential Standard: 5.P.2 Understand the interactions of matter, energy, and the changes that occur.
Key Vocabulary:
biotic, abiotic, qualitative, quantitative, matter, energy, interact, photosynthesis, properties, vapor, classify, mass, weight, volume, system, gravity, variable, constant, texture, data, evaporation, condensation, run-off, precipitation, transpiration, collection, ground water
Essential Standard: 5.P.3 Explain how the properties of some materials change as a result of heating and cooling.
Key Vocabulary:
Conduction, convection, radiation, temperature, direct contact, transfer, electromagnetic, thermal energy, convection cell, updraft, downdraft, matter, gradual, increase, decrease
Essential Standard: 5.P.1 Understand force, motion and the relationship between them.
Key Vocabulary:
Gravity, mass, friction, matter, distance, force, motion, momentum, acceleration, velocity, potential energy, kinetic energy, slope, drag, lift, thrust, air resistance, aerodynamics, inertia, speed, balanced force, unbalanced force
Essential Standard: 5.L.2 Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem.
Key Vocabulary:
Ecosystem, biome, biotic, abiotic, terrestrial, aquatic, estuary, marsh, fertile, species, deciduous forest, coniferous forest, rainforest, grassland, ocean, fresh water, continental shelf, shoreline, coastline, food chain, food web, niche, predator, prey, energy pyramid, producer, consumer, decomposer, photosynthesis, interconnect, salinity, algae, amphibian, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore
Essential Standard: 5.L.1 Understand how structures and systems of organisms (to include the human body) perform functions necessary for life.
Key Vocabulary:
Cell, uni-cellular, multi‐cellular, organism, circulatory system (heart, blood, vessels) , respiratory system (nose, trachea, lungs), skeletal system (bones), muscular system (muscles) , digestive system (mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines), nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves), cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, vacuoles, transport, internal, external, cardio-, system
Essential Standard: 5.L.3 Understand why organisms differ and/or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
Key Vocabulary:
Inherited traits, species, population, culture, genetic, offspring, similar, acquired traits (learned), variety, individual, unique, transmit, DNA, dominant, recessive, alleles, reproduce, physical characteristics, environmental factors, natural, nurtured