5th Grade SSA Earth Science Vocabulary

Moving air.

• wind

• water cycle

• wetland

• environment

• rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The series of steps by which water moves between Earth and the atmosphere.

• wind

• water cycle

• wetland

• environment

• rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A low area that is often wet all year.

• wind

• water cycle

• wetland

• environment

• rainforest

All the things around an organism.

• wind

• water cycle

• wetland

• environment

• rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A forest found in areas that get more than 100 inches of rain a year.

• wind

• water cycle

• wetland

• environment

• rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A solid, nonliving material found in nature.

• mineral

• erosion

• precipitation

• rock

• renewable resource

Picking up weathered rock and moving it to a new place

• mineral

• erosion

• precipitation

• rock

• renewable resource

Any form of water that falls from the sky

• mineral

• erosion

• precipitation

• rock

• renewable resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A solid, nonliving material made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral

• erosion

• precipitation

• rock

• renewable resource

A natural resource that can be replaced or replenished.

• mineral

• erosion

• precipitation

• rock

• renewable resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5