A kind of energy that gives light or heat and makes machines work.
electricity
To stay on top of a liquid without sinking.
float (v)
A large area of water that has land all around it.
lake
The form that something has, for example, round or square. Animals often have the same _____ as their parents.
shape
what kind of movement is it?
zigzag
Where something is moving to; you can change the ____ of a soccer ball.
direction
A piece of land with water all around it.
island
what kind of animal are eagles?
birds
The mixture of gases around Earth, which plants and animals need to live.
air
To make the temperature of something a little hotter.
warm (v)
A device that stores electrical energy; e.g., a flashlight uses batteries to make light.
battery
what kind of disaster is it?
earthquake
The surface of Earth.
ground
To move one way and then another in a pattern that looks like a line of z’s.
zigzag
what environment is it?
forest
what environment is it?
ocean
what kind of disaster is it?
tornado
How heavy an object is.
weight
water to solid is ____.
freeze
The solid matter left after something is burned.
ash
An animal that does not have a backbone and has six legs.
insect
what is it?
island
To change from a solid to a liquid.
melt (v)
What environment is it?
desert
what tool is it?
wind vane
What happens when wind or water moves rocks and soil.
erosion
anything that takes up space is _____.
matter
Doesn’t make a lot of sound; whispering makes a soft sound.
soft
The clear liquid without color, smell, or taste that falls as rain.
water
solid to liquid is ______
melt
The material stars, like the sun, are made of.
gas
What happens when water or ice breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
weathering
A living thing that has young, like the father or mother of a person or animal.
parent
The material trees are made of.
wood
what means 'to move back and forth' and makes sound
vibrate
A push or a pull.
force
A large body of salty water.
ocean
A material, like gasoline or oil, that can be used to make energy.
fuel
Fast; some objects, like cars, can move ____.
quickly
An animal that has a backbone. Most _____have fur or hair.
mammal
What material is it?
rock
what tool is it?
thermometer
what kind of animal are frogs?
amphibians
How fast or slowly an object moves.
speed
The reddish-brown material made of iron and oxygen.
rust
What material is it?
plastic
liquid to gas is ________
boil
Not the same in some way.
different
A force that moves something away from you.
push
All the living and nonliving things in one place.
environment
Name something you wear that can keep you safe.
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A large, flat area of land.
plain
In a line or direction that is not curved or bent.
straight
A safe place to live and grow. Beavers build their own ______.
shelter
A group of animals of one kind that stays together.
herd
To move at little speed; some objects move ____ instead of quickly.
slowly
To heat a liquid until it becomes gas.
boil (v)
An animal that has a backbone and smooth, wet skin.
amphibian
A kind of plant that has fuzzy, green leaves and pink, purple, or white flowers.
petunia
A land environment that is very dry.
desert
To change from a liquid to a solid.
freeze (v)
To fall below the top or to the bottom of a liquid.
sink (v)
Moving in a circle.
around
The warmth the sun gives to living and nonliving things on Earth.
heat
A firm object or material that does not change its shape.
solid
Water that flows in a long line across land.
river
Something a living thing has to have to live.
need
A land environment that is partly covered with water or is wet most of the time.
wetland
What is it
Cotton
what kind of animal are humans?
mammals
A fuel used mainly to make cars move.
gasoline
How is rock and soil different?
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The dirt in which plants grow. Plants get nutrients from the _____.
soil
what is it?
hill
what kind of disaster is it?
hurricane
Any material living things need to live and grow.
nutrient
The act of moving; a force can change the ____ of an object.
motion
A land environment that has many trees.
forest
A wetland environment that has soft, wet land and can have many trees.
swamp
A living thing that is in the early part of its life. A dog’s _____ is called a puppy.
young
The force that pulls objects toward the center of Earth.
gravity
the amount of matter an object has is ____.
mass
An animal that has a backbone and dry skin and scales.
reptile
A material, like air, that fills all of its container; usually cannot be seen.
gas
The energy from the sun. Plants need _____ to make food.
light
A kind of energy that comes from the sun, fire, or lamps and allows you to see.
light
The part of a car that uses fuel to make the car move.
engine
What is it made of
rock
A wetland that has grasses.
marsh
An area of land that is a little higher than the land around it.
hill
What can cause change, move something, or do work.
energy
To change from one place or position to another; a merry-go-round ____ around and around.
move (v)
A kind of energy you can hear; comes from objects that vibrate.
sound
Covered with soft, short hairs.
fuzzy
what kind of animal are sharks?
fish
Some plants, like pine trees, have _____ that make seeds.
cone
What plants make so new plants of the same kind can grow. Plants with flowers make _____.
seed
what does the T is STEM English mean?
technology
A gas in the air; combines with iron to make rust.
oxygen
what environment is it?
swamp
A common metal that is strong but can rust.
iron
reptiles, mammals, fish, birds, and amphibians all have this
backbone
Forms when something blocks the light.
shadow
The same in some way.
alike
A very high hill. The highest kind of land.
mountain
A tool you turn to store energy in a toy that doesn’t use batteries.
key
A land environment that is flat and covered with grasses.
prairie
To move back and forth very fast.
vibrate (v)
A force that moves something toward you.
pull
Having a shape that is like a circle and not straight.
curved
what tool is it?
rain guage
what keeps you safe from the sun?
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What material is it?
wood
what kind of animal are lizards?
reptiles
A sudden shaking of Earth's surface that often causes a lot of damage.
earthquake