Science Vocabulary ALL

A body part that does a certain “job” for an organism is called ________.

• Structure

• Organism

• Habitat

• Function

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What something is used for is called its ________.

• Function

• Color

• Size

• Weight

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A phase of minimal activity, such as trees in winter or frogs in winter, is called ________.

• Dormancy

• Migration

• Photosynthesis

• Metamorphosis

To move from one place to another in search of food, water, or different temperatures (like birds in winter) is called ________.

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Photosynthesis

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An organism's characteristics that are passed from parents to offspring are called ________.

• Inherited traits

• Acquired skills

• Environmental factors

• Learned behaviors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Something an organism is born knowing how to do (like a spider building a web or a bird building a nest) is called ________.

• Instinct

• Habit

• Learning

• Training

Changing from a liquid to a gas is called ________.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Freezing

• Sublimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Changing from a gas to a liquid is called ________.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water that falls on Earth's surface is called ________.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water given off by plants through their leaves is called ________.

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Evaporation