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6th Science Priority Vocabulary

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  • a specific characteristic of an individual organism
    traits
  • when something stays mostly the same over time
    stability
  • the body's use of molecules for energy and growth
    metabolism
  • an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
    model
  • a proposed answer to a question about the natural world
    claim
  • a result or change that happens because of an event or process
    effect
  • to carefully study or examine something
    analyze
  • the production of offspring
    reproduction
  • using evidence and reasoning to support a claim
    argument
  • a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers
    investigation
  • the way something is shaped or constructed
    structure
  • all of the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body
    microbiome
  • conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place
    weather
  • the relative size of things
    scale
  • anything that has mass and takes up space
    matter
  • the ability to make things move or change
    energy
  • a logical interpretation of data
    interpret
  • how something works
    function
  • the mixture of gasses surrounding a planet
    atmosphere
  • relating to, or cause by, heat
    thermal
  • the size, number, or amount of one thing or group of things as compared to that of another thing or group of things
    proportion
  • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
    system
  • an event or process that leads to a result or change
    cause
  • the amount or number of an item
    quantity
  • when something becomes different over time
    change
  • information about the natural world that is used to support or to go against (refute) a claim
    evidence
  • the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim
    reasoning
  • a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers
    investigation
  • something we observe to be similar over and over again
    pattern
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