Second Grade Science Vocabulary Be ou UC Rc data Science information ‘conclusion The last part predict To say what you think will happen. describe Saying or drawing what you see, hear, touch, taste or smell observe To see, hear, touch, taste or smell record To write or draw identify To tell what something is investigate To gather information’ evidence Information or facts that make you believe something is true analyze To observe something carefully in order to understand it recycle To use again, especially to reprocess dispose To place or set in a particular order: arrange reuse To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. ‘A pair of tight-fiting eyeglasses, offen tinted or having side shields, goggles ‘worn to protect the eyes from hazards such as wind, glare, water, ‘or flying debris, iagnet ‘an object that pulls on some metal objects force push or pull motion the act of changing place or position pattern ‘a repeating event position where an object is placed slidin to move from one place to another with the same part of an object 9 touching the surface rolling ‘to move from one place to another by turning over and over spinning repeating motion that turns around a pointSecond Grade Science Vocabulary condensation the change from a gas to a liquid cooling to make less warm energy the ability to cause movement or create change evaporation the change from a liquid to a gas freezing to change from a liquid to a solid by losing heat heat energ) the energy of moving particles heating to make warm or hot melting {to change from a solid to a liquid by adding heat temperature how hot or cold something is thermometer ‘a tool used to measure a [ight energy ‘energy that you can see dim less light bright more light sound energ) ‘energy you can hear vibrate to move back and forth quickh erg matter ‘anything that has mass and takes up space physical property attributes that can be observed and measured shape the outward form of an object mass the amount of matter in an object temperature ‘a measure of the amount of heat texture how a substance feels flexibilit ability to bend state of matter ‘a form that matier can lake such as solid, liquid, or gas solid ‘a state of matter that has a definite shape and volume. a state of matter that has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container liquidSecond Grade Science Vocabulary CE eee Reco property ‘an attribute that can be observed and measured ‘combine {o put together folding {o bend so that one part covers another sanding the smoothing of a surface structure ‘a collection of = held = condensation the change from a gas to a liquid evaporation the change from a liquid to a gas model ‘something that helps us learn about the way it works precipitation water orice that falls to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, and water cycle the movement of water between the air and Earth een Aes air ‘gases that surround the Earth cloud ‘a clump of tiny water drops that hangs in the air pattern ‘a repeating event precipitation water that falls from clouds in the sky, includes rain, snow, and hail rain gauge ‘a tool used to measure how much rain has fallen season ‘a time of year that shows a certain weather pattern temperature the measure of the amount of heat thermometer ‘a tool used to measure temperature weather ‘a description of the outside air in a certain place at a certain time wind moving air ‘wind vane. ‘a tool used fo show which direction the wind is blowing ieee) a Se moon ‘a natural object in space that orbits around a planet pattern ‘events that repeat over and over again star ‘@ big ball of hot gases that gives off light ‘Sun the star at the center of our solar system mineral ‘a solid material found in nature that has never been alive ‘characteristic of a material that helps to identify or classify Property something rock ‘a solid material made up of minerals texture the appearance and feel of a substanceSecond Grade Science Vocabulary freshwater water that does not have salt in it natural resource something found in nature that people can use saltwater water that has salt in it water a clear liquid that has no color, taste, or odor conservation the saving of resources by using them carefull natural resource materials in nature that people use to make things manmade resource materials that people make recycle to collect things so they can be remade into new things reuse to use things again ‘soil made of broken down rock and once living things a living thing that can move on its own, eas plants and other animal animals for food and produces offspring environment the living and noniiving things in an area where an organism lives basic needs ‘something an organism must have to survive and produce offspring factor ‘a cause of something changing behavior ‘a response to a change in an organism's environment that helps It survive mmigration When an animal moves fo @ new envionment because the current cone is difficult to live in ‘a deep sleeplike state when an animal's temperature, heart rate, hibernation and breathing slow down predipitation water or ice that falls to Earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hall temperature ‘a measure of the amount of heat ‘environment the living and noniving things in an area where an organism lives factor ‘a cause of something changing basic needs ‘something an organism must have to survive and produce offspring behavior a response oa change nan organisms endonment tat helps dormancy when plant growth is slowed down or stopped ‘ant ailiving thing that cannot move from place to place on ils Own, i makes its own food, and produces offspring Temperature ‘a measure of the amount of heat precipitation Water or ice that falls to Earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hailSecond Grade Science Vocabulary Vee Ry molt ‘the process of shedding the outer skin of an insect as it grows larva hatches out of an egg, often worm-like life cycle ‘series of stages that an organism passes through as it is born, grows, and dies hatches out of an egg, looks like a smaller adult but does not go nymph through a pupa stage pupa ‘occurs as the larva changes completely inside a cocoon’ adult fully developed and mature Cees Saute cad food chain transfer of energy from one organism to another interdependence need for another living thing and the environment