Lesson 4 - Scientific Text Vocabulary

things that happen in stories and in the natural world

• causes

• nature

• natural process

• events

something that brings about an effect or a result

• cause

• effect

• transport

• conductor

the elements of the natural world, such as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers

• natural process

• effect

• nature

• nurture

Something that happens as a result of something else --> cause

• true

• false

The way in which landscape is shaped by nature (includes erosion, transportation, and deposition) --> natural process

• true

• false

turbine means...

• the way in which a landscape is shaped by nature

• distinguishing traits, qualities, or properties

• a large wheel that rotates when pushed by water, wind, or steam

• materials that allow electric charges to flow through them easily

A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another

• solution

• mixture

• immune

• conductor

materials that allow electric charges to flow through them easily

• turbine

• solution

• insulators

• conductors

distinguishing traits, qualities, or properties --> characteristics

• true

• false

to carry something from one place to another

• move

• carry

• transport

• durability