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Science Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is to take up and store energy without reflecting or transmitting that energy?

a)

REFLECT

b)

ABSORB

c)

REFRACT

d)

MIRROR

2.

What is the electric or magnetic force exerted by oppositely charged objects?

a)

REPULSION

b)

CONDUCTION

c)

ATTRACTION

d)

LUSTER

3.

What are forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction called?

a)

BALANCED FORCES

b)

UNBALANCED FORCES

c)

TUG OF WAR

d)

CARNIVORE

4.

What is a plant or animal action, reaction, or activity that occurs in response to stimuli?

a)

CHARACTERTISTIC

b)

ABSORB

c)

BEHAVIOR

d)

INSTINCT

5.

What is an animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals?

a)

OMNIVORE

b)

HERBIVORE

c)

ASTEROID

d)

CARNIVORE

6.

What is the process by which substances are changed into different substances with different properties?

a)

CHEMICAL CHANGE

b)

PHYSICAL CHANGE

c)

WEATHERING

d)

EROSION

7.

What is the property called that is used to describe how a mineral breaks apart along smooth surfaces?

a)

LUSTER

b)

STREAK

c)

CLEAVAGE

d)

SHAPE

8.

What is the average pattern of weather that occurs in a certain location over many years?

a)

WEATHER

b)

HUMIDITY

c)

CLIMATE

d)

SNOW

9.

What is the type of insect development characterized by the presence of a larval stage with different feeding habits?

a)

NYMPH

b)

COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS

c)

LIFE CYCLE

d)

INCOMPLETE

METAMORPHOSIS

10.

What is the process by which water is changed from a gas (water vapor) to a liquid?

a)

EVAPORATION

b)

RUN OFF

c)

WATER CYCLE

d)

CONDENSATION

11.

What is an organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producers or other consumers?

a)

PRODUCER

b)

HERBIVORE

c)

CONSUMER

d)

OMNIVORE

12.

What is a factor or condition in a scientific experiment that is purposefully kept the same?

a)

EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLE

b)

CONTROLLED VARIABLE

c)

HYPOTHESIS

d)

CONCLUSION

13.

What is all the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment?

a)

ENVIRONMENT

b)

EXTINCTION

c)

DATA

d)

ECOSYSTEM

14.

What is the process by which rock, soil, and other weathered earth materials are moved from one place to another?

a)

EROSION

b)

CONDUCTION

c)

CONVECTION

d)

WEATHERED

15.

What is a species that no longer exists?

a)

ENDANGERED SPECIES

b)

EXTINCT SPECIES

16.

What is the process by which plants begin to grow from a seed or a spore?

a)

FERTILIZATION

b)

GERMINATION

c)

STEM

d)

LEAVES

17.

What is the property of a mineral that describes how easily it can be scratched?

a)

LUSTER

b)

HARDNESS

c)

POWDER

d)

CLEAVAGE

18.

What is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air?

a)

PRECIPITATION

b)

SNOW

c)

HAIL

d)

HUMIDITY

19.

What type of rock is formed from cooled magma or lava?

a)

METAMORPHIC

b)

SEDIMENTARY

c)

ROCK CYCLE

d)

IGNEOUS

20.

What is a material that prevents or reduces the transfer of electricity, heat or sound?

a)

INSULATOR

b)

CONDUCTOR

c)

CONVECTOR

d)

BATTERY