MAPS Vocab 100+

The hard, outer covering of an egg.

• (egg) shell
• carbon dioxide
• beak
• clam

To soak up or take in, like a sponge soaking up water.

• absorb
• carnivore
• body of water
• cold-blooded

Moving or doing something; full of energy.

• active
• cavities
• bone
• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Living; not dead.

• alive
• clam
• bush
• conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The closest star system to Earth, located outside our solar system.

• Alpha Centauri
• cold-blooded
• calorie
• core

A tool used to measure the speed of wind.

• anemometer
• condensation
• carbon dioxide
• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The layer of gases surrounding a planet, like Earth.

• atmosphere
• conservation
• carnivore
• crystal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The season between summer and winter, also called fall.

• autumn
• core
• cavities
• day

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The spine or the row of bones running down the back of animals, including humans.

• backbone
• crust
• clam
• daytime

Tiny living things, too small to see without a microscope, that can cause disease or help with digestion.

• bacteria
• crystal
• cold-blooded
• degree

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3