WORDS TO REMEMBER

Unit 1: Living and Non-Living Things

Variety Different kinds of things

Organisms Living things
Living things Things that are alive
Non-living things Things that are not alive
Living things need Food, water, and air
Move from place to place.
Living things can move To find shelter
To find food
Grow taller
Living things can grow Get heavier
Young become adult
Resemble, resemblance Look like, look similar
Take action
Examples;
Living things respond to changes Run away from danger
Cover to safety
Move to face the sun
Process of producing young
Living things reproduce;
Laying eggs, giving birth, produce
reproduction
seeds
Five senses Sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell
Sense organs Eyes, ears, tongue, skin, nose
Things that helps us to observe and
Instruments
measure things accurately
Thermometer (wall, digital, clinical,
To measure temperature accurately
laboratory, cooking)
Watches, timers To measure time accurately
Rulers, tape measures To measure length accurately
Beakers, measuring cylinders,
To measure volume accurately
measuring spoon, measuring cups
Weight scales To measure weight accurately
Plants Living things
Parts of plants roots, a stem, leaves, flowers and fruits
Non-living things Do not need air, water and food
Do not respond to changes
Do not grow
 Do not move by itself
Do not reproduce

Unit 2: Classifying Living Things

Classification Process of placing things into groups
Helps us to find things easily,
Know we are talking about the same
Classifying things
thing,
Learn more about things,
Diversity Variety, different kinds
Flowering plants, non-flowering plants
Classifying plants
Trees, shrubs, herbs
Flowering plants Plants that produce flowers and fruits
Plants that do not produce flowers and
Non-flowering plants
fruits
Have tall, thick, woody stem called
Trees
trunk
Have narrow, woody, branches, short
Shrubs
stem
Have smaller than shrubs, thin, non-
Herbs
woody, flexible stems
Classifying animals Vertebrates, invertebrates,
Vertebrates Animals that have backbones
Invertebrates Animals that do not have backbones

Unit 3: Classifying Materials

Things that we use to make different
Materials
kinds of non-living things.
Metals, wood, glass, rubber, ceramic,
Types of materials
fabric, plastic
Metals Materials that come from under the
ground.
Iron, steel, aluminium
Alloys: mixed of metals (man-made
 metals)
Wood Material that comes from trees.
Glass Made from sand
Made using the sap (or latex) from
Rubber
rubber trees.
Material made from a type of soil
Ceramic
called clay.
Made of from different kinds such as
Fabric
cotton, wool, silk, polyester
Man-made materials, made using oil
Plastic
taken from deep underground.
Strength, hardness, flexibility,
transparency, electrical conductivity,
Properties of materials
heat conductivity, waterproof, floating
or sinking, solubility
The ability to be pulled in different
Strength
directions before it breaks or tears.
Hardness The ability to be scratched or dented.
Flexibility The ability to be bent without breaking.
The amount of light that can pass
Transparency
through the materials.
The ability to allow electricity to pass
Electrical conductivity
through the material.
The ability to allow heat to pass
Heat conductivity
through the material.
Does not allow water to pass through
Waterproof
the material.
The ability to float on water or sink in
Floating or sinking
water.
Solubility Substances that dissolve in water
Conductor of electricity Allow electricity to pass through
Insulator of electricity Do not allow electricity to pass through
Conductor of heat Allow heat to pass through
Insulator of heat Do not allow heat to pass through
Substances can dissolve in water
Soluble
e.g., salt, sugar
Substances that cannot dissolves in
Insoluble water
e.g., sand
Dissolve Mix
Transparent Allows more light to pass through
Translucent Allows few lights to pass through
Opaque Does not allow light to pass through
Theme 2: Energy and Forces
Unit 1: Forms of Energy

The ability to do work.

Energy
Makes things move or work.
1. Heat energy
2. Light energy
3. Sound energy
Forms of energy
4. Electrical energy
5. Stored energy
6. Movement energy
Food (animals and human beings)
Sources of Energy Light (plants)
Fuels (transportations)
A form of energy that makes things
Heat Energy
warm.
Light Energy Allows us to see
Sound Energy A form of energy we can hear.
Used to power all the electrical
Electrical Energy
appliances.
Energy that is stored in an object and
Stored Energy
can be used another time.
The energy an object possesses when it
Movement Energy
is moving.
Energy can change form one form to
Changes in the Form of Energy
another.
Unit 2: Heat Energy