2nd Grade Unit 1 - Plant & Animal Relationships

​Science Unit 1 Vocabulary

By Melody Hammett

to try to learn more about something

Investigate

The place where an animal or plant lives and gets what they needs.

​Habitat

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch​

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Observe

Things a plant makes that can grow into new plants​

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Seeds

To start to grow from a seed.

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sprout

to use a tool to find out information such as how heavy, how big, how fast, or how hot or cold something is

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measure

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

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data

a description of how something works or
why something happens

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explanation

​information that supports an answer to a question

evidence

a group of parts that work together

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system

The underground plant parts that take in water
to help the plant grow

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roots

The flat, green plant parts that use light to help the plant grow​

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Leaves

something scientists make to answer questions
about the real world​

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Model

to spread around 

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Disperse