Science Vocabulary

Able to be lived in

• Habitable

• Home

• Environment

• Community

An assertion of something as a fact.

• Truth

• Inference

• Claim

• Honesty

That which tends to prove or disprove something

• Logic

• Reasoning

• Fact

• Evidence

Events that occur on a geological timescale ranging between millions of centuries, hundreds of meters, and thousands of kilometers.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Hurricane

• Geologic Process

A specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.

• Mountain

• Geology

• Land

• Landform

A _______ is a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.

_______ is the process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.

A ______ is the deeper part of a waterway.

_______ are planets composed mostly of metals or silica rocks: in our solar system, the terrestrial planets are the four inner planets.

A ________ is an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole.