Science MAP Vocabulary

to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up

• sit
• stand
• absorb
• run

engaged in action;characterized by energetic work,participation

• active
• lazy
• sleep
• snore

having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.

• car
• alive
• stone
• rock

Astronomy. a triple-star system that is the brightest celestial

• sun
• air
• Alpha Centauri

any instrument for measuring the speed of wind.

• anemomoter
• thermometer
• balance
• scale

the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air.

• mantle
• core
• atmosphere
• lava

the season between summer and winter

• fall/autumn
• spring
• solstice
• phases

Anatomy. the spinal column; spine.

• femur
• wrist bone
• neck bone
• backbone

ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped

• plant cell
• bacteria
• animal cell
• cell wall

a state of equilibrium or equipoise;equal distribution of weight,amount,.

• balance
• matter
• solid
• gas