Kindergarten Science - Mesa Public Schools



Academic Vocabulary Word List

Science

(K – 6th)

Kindergarten Science

|Pre-emergent/Emergent |Basic/Intermediate |

|Functional |Content |Word Study |Functional |Content |Word Study |

|ask |objects | |observe |experiences | |

|question |5 senses | |investigate |organism |investigation |

|predict |parts of the body | |participate |event | |

|use |result | |compare |environment | |

|measure |life | |classify |physical | |

|sort |earth | |sequence |behavior | |

|put in order |space | |communicate |procedure | |

|tell |science | | |data | |

|share |safe | | | | |

|say |alike | | | | |

| |different | | | | |

| |same | | | | |

| |group | | | | |

| |long | | | | |

| |short | | | | |

| |light | | | | |

| |heavy | | | | |

| |tools | | | | |

| |living | | | | |

| |non-living | | | | |

| |plants | | | | |

| |animals | | | | |

| |grow | | | | |

| |food | | | | |

| |water | | | | |

| |air | | | | |

| |space | | | | |

| |change | | | | |

| |shape | | | | |

| |size | | | | |

| |color | | | | |

| |texture | | | | |

| |magnet | | | | |

| |rock | | | | |

| |soil | | | | |

| |nature | | | | |

| |man-made | | | | |

| |weather | | | | |

| |temperature | | | | |

| |wind | | | | |

| |rain | | | | |

| |snow | | | | |

1st Grade Science

|Pre-emergent/Emergent |Basic/Intermediate |

|Functional |Content |Word Study |Functional |Content |Word Study |

|ask |objects | |investigate |compare | |

|question |5 senses | |observe |organism |observation |

|predict |result |prediction |compare |event | |

|measure |life |measurement |classify |environment | |

|sort |earth | |sequence |physical | |

|put in order |space | |communicate |behavior | |

|example |science | | |procedure | |

|watch |safe | | |investigate |investigation |

|group |thermometer | | |balance | |

|move |magnify |magnifier | |data | |

| |weigh |weight | |technology | |

| |notebook | | |develop |development |

| |tools | | |reproduce | |

| |living | | |respiration | |

| |grow |growth | |infant | |

| |move |movement | |adolescencent | |

| |protect |protection | |depend | |

| |support | | |property | |

| |same | | |retain (water) | |

| |different | | |conserve | |

| |animals | | |recycle | |

| |group (of animals) | | |reduce | |

| |human | | |wildlife | |

| |child | | |celestial | |

| |adult | | |transient | |

| |teen | | |participate |participation |

| |plants | | | | |

| |habitat (name different | | | | |

| |ones) | | | | |

| |shape | | | | |

| |texture | | | | |

| |size | | | | |

| |color | | | | |

| |solid | | | | |

| |liquid | | | | |

| |straight | | | | |

| |zigzag | | | | |

| |back-and-forth | | | | |

| |round-and-round | | | | |

| |fast | | | | |

| |slow | | | | |

| |rock | | | | |

| |soil | | | | |

| |water | | | | |

| |natural | | | | |

| |air | | | | |

| |tree | | | | |

| |sun | | | | |

| |heat | | | | |

| |light | | | | |

| |shadow | | | | |

| |shade | | | | |

| |cloud | | | | |

| |change | | | | |

| |sky | | | | |

| |seasons | | | | |

| |weather | | | | |

| |rain | | | | |

| |wind | | | | |

2nd Grade Science

|Pre-emergent/Emergent |Basic/Intermediate |

|Functional |Content |Word Study |Functional |Content |Word Study |

|question |object | |record |property | |

|collect |event | |observe |environment |observation |

|look |predict | |communicate |investigate | |

|compare |result | |contribute |procedure | |

|answer |safe | |describe |physical | |

|tell |order | |organize |scale (weigh) | |

| |life | | |data | |

| |earth | | |conclusion | |

| |space | | |career | |

| |science | | |component | |

| |thermometer | | |system | |

| |magnify | | |technology | |

| |notebook | | |structure (animal) | |

| |science | | |sensory | |

| |parts | | |defense | |

| |problem | | |movement | |

| |breath | | |digestive system (and | |

| | | | |their parts) | |

| |blood | | |respiratory system (and | |

| | | | |their parts) | |

| |stomach | | |circulatory system (and | |

| | | | |their parts) | |

| |mammal | | |life cycle | |

| |insect | | |infant | |

| |child | | |adolescent | |

| |adult | | |vapor | |

| |baby | | |container | |

| |teen | | |precipitation | |

| |solid | | |cumulus | |

| |liquid | | |stratus | |

| |gas | | |cirrus | |

| |water | | |pateern | |

| |ice | | | | |

| |shape | | | | |

| |weather | | | | |

| |measure | | | | |

| |temperature | | | | |

| |rain | | | | |

| |hail | | | | |

| |snow | | | | |

| |clouds | | | | |

3rd Grade Science

|Pre-emergent/Emergent |Basic/Intermediate |

|Functional |Content |Word Study |Functional |Content |Word Study |

|observe |properties |investigation |conduct |capacity |communicate |

|question |metric |information |compare |data |photosynthesis |

|predict |measurement | |record |data table |decomposer |

|plan |safety | |describe |inquiry |ecosystem |

|tell |length | |design |career |microscopic |

|explain |weight | |construct |drought |macroscopic |

|reflect |temperature | |refract |beneficial |adaptations |

|show |chart | |absorb |harmful |extinction |

| |scientist | |demonstrate |environment |transparent |

| |system | |vibrate |technology |translucent |

| |root | | |resources |metamorphic |

| |stem | | |solution |sedimentary |

| |leaf | | |organism | |

| |flower | | |fern | |

| |seed | | |conifer | |

| |growth | | |producers | |

| |death | | |consumers | |

| |decay | | |prism | |

| |living | | |opaque | |

| |nonliving | | |pitch | |

| |light | | |layers | |

| |heat | | |crust | |

| |color | | |mantle | |

| | | | |core | |

| | | | |igneous | |

| | | | |pressure | |

| | | | |texture | |

| | | | |fossil | |

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4th Grade Science

|Pre-emergent/Emergent |Basic/Intermediate |

|Functional |Content |Word Study |Functional |Content |Word Study |

|observe |properties |investigation |conduct |capacity |communicate |

|question |metric |information |compare |data |formulate |

|predict |measurement | |record |Data table |component |

|plan |safety | |describe |inquiry |ecosystem |

|tell |length | |design |career |hypothesis |

|explain |weight | |construct |drought |collaboration |

|show |temperature | |infer |beneficial |adaptation |

|save |chart | |identify |harmful |pollution |

| |scientist | |demonstrate |structure |environment |

| |system | |analyze |technology |vertebrate |

| |cause | |classify |resource |invertebrate |

| |effect | |conserve |solution |renewable |

| |graph | |recycle |organism |Non-renewable |

| |flood | |reuse |variable |inherited |

| |fire | |reduce |erosion |electromagnet |

| |drought | |repel |survive |conductor |

| |live | |attract |camouflage |insulator |

| |backbone | | |mimicry |deposition |

| |air | | |mutualism |weathering |

| |water | | |circuit |atmospheric |

| |plant | | |electricity |distribution |

| |animal | | |series |barometer |

| |soil | | |parallel |anemometer |

| |cactus | | |pole |precipitation |

| |spines | | |rapid | |

| |light | | |earthquake | |

| |heat | | |volcano | |

| |sound | | |tree rings | |

| |magnetic | | |ground water | |

| |circle | | |surface water | |

| |wind | | |glacier | |

| |weather | | |climate | |

| |fast | | |region | |

| |slow | | |weather front | |

| |rain | | | | |

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5th Science

|Pre-emergent/Emergent |Basic/Intermediate |

|Functional |Content |Word Study |Functional |Content |Word Study |

|question |science | |Observe |observation | |

|Predict |prediction | |Investigate |investigation | |

|Cause |conduct | |locate |procedure | |

|Effect |Measure | |Analyze |Variable | |

|Find |tools | |Evaluate |control | |

|Safe |scientist | |result |Record | |

|steps |natural | |discover |data | |

|plan |system | |Solution |conclusion | |

|explain |Muscles | |Resource |Graph | |

|strength |heart | |product |compare | |

|weak |Smooth muscles | |Relationship |behavior | |

|Protect |Skeletal muscles |protection |Technology |Inquiry | |

|Support |forces | |function |Cycle | |

|move |motion |movement |appearance |theory | |

|parts |moon | | |impact | |

|object |planet | | |Hazard | |

|machine | | | |habitat | |

|Day | | | |career | |

|night | | | |function | |

| | | | |Skeletal system | |

| | | | |Rib cage | |

| | | | |Skull | |

| | | | |Vertebrae | |

| | | | |Pelvis | |

| | | | |Femur | |

| | | | |hip | |

| | | | |cardiac | |

| | | | |biceps | |

| | | | |Nervous system | |

| | | | |Brain | |

| | | | |Spinal cord | |

| | | | |Nerves | |

| | | | |Voluntary |involuntary |

| | | | |Matter | |

| | | | |Atoms | |

| | | | |Molecules | |

| | | | |Mixtures | |

| | | | |compounds | |

| | | | |Physical changes | |

| | | | |Chemical changes | |

| | | | |Gravity | |

| | | | |Friction | |

| | | | |Simple machine | |

| | | | |Lunar cycle | |

| | | | |Revolve |revolution |

| | | | |Rotate |Rotation |

| | | | |Solar system | |

| | | | |characteristics | |

6th Grade Science

|Pre-emergent/Emergent |Basic/Intermediate |

|Functional |Content |Word Study |Functional |Content |Word Study |

|question |prediction | |Different |hypothesis |differentiate |

|Form |tools |formulate |Observe |observation | |

|Safe |science |scientific |locate |research | |

|Behave |living |behavior |Investigate |investigation | |

|event |Measure |measurement |analyze |control | |

|create |sunlight | |Logical |procedure | |

|instructions | | |argument |process | |

|Past | | |Evaluate |microscope | |

|present | | |interpret |data | |

|Compare | | |result |Correlation | |

|Classify | | |Represent |Variable |representation |

|organize | | |display |sequence | |

|effect | | |communicate |Tables | |

|need | | |generate |Graph |graphic |

|problem | | |different |Qualitative |diverse |

|water | | |identify |quantitative | |

|basic | | |solution |conclusion | |

| | | |design |culture | |

| | | |Contribute |technology |contribution |

| | | |Construct |career | |

| | | |influence |theory | |

| | | |source |Process |processes |

| | | |Condition |infer | |

| | | |quality |Hurricane | |

| | | | |Tornado | |

| | | | |Drought | |

| | | | |Flood | |

| | | | |disaster | |

| | | | |organism | |

| | | | |Structure | |

| | | | |Cell | |

| | | | |Cell wall | |

| | | | |Cell membrane | |

| | | | |nucleus | |

| | | | |Function | |

| | | | |Cell part | |

| | | | |Plant cell | |

| | | | |Animal cell | |

| | | | |Tissues | |

| | | | |Organs | |

| | | | |systems | |

| | | | |Respiration | |

| | | | |Digestion | |

| | | | |Circulation | |

| | | | |Locomotion | |

| | | | |Transpiration | |

| | | | |Absorption | |

| | | | |Energy | |

| | | | |Ecosystem | |

| | | | |Environment |environmental |

| | | | |climate | |

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