Science Vocabulary Lesson 2

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Balance scale

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A tool that weighs two items and compares them to see which one is heavier.

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Carbon dioxide

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A type of gas that plants sometimes take in and that animals release when they breathe.

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Experiment

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A test used to discover new information about a question.

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Food chain

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How living things are connected through what they eat and what they are eaten by.

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Investigate

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A process to figure out the answer to a question or to understand how something works.

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Matter

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Anything that takes up space; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas.

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Matter flow

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The movement of material through an ecosystem, such as through food chains and food webs.

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Measure

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To describe something using numbers that can be compared.

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Oxygen

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A type of gas that animals use to breathe and that plants release.

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Producer

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A living thing that makes its own food.