Vocabulary Quiz on Nature and Processes

Minerals

• A type of plant

• A type of animal

• Minerals are natural substances that do not come from plants or animals

• A process used in gardening

Fuels

• Things that make plants grow

• Something that fuels another thing gives it power

• Tools used in gardening

• Types of minerals

process

• A type of plant

• A process is a series of steps that happen in order

• A tool used in science experiments

• A kind of mineral

provides

• To take something away

• To look for something

• To make something less valuable

• provides means to give something that is needed.

sprout

• To lose leaves

• When plants sprout, they begin to grow

• To dry out

• To become spiky

moisten

• To make it dry

• When you moisten something, you we it a little

• To make it cold

• To make it hot

seedlings

• A type of mineral

• Seedlings are Young plants that grow from seeds

• A process in gardening

• A tool used for planting seeds

Spiky

• Smooth and round

• Wet and slippery

• Something spiky has sharp points

• Being very heavy

Which of the following is a process that can help plants grow?

• Freezing

• Burning

• Photosynthesis

• Erosion

Which of the following would you use to moisten the soil for seedlings?

• A lamp

• A shovel

• Water

• A rake