Grade 5 Vocabulary (2005)

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absorb
affect
air
amount
amount of time
axis
balance scale
bone
brain
cause
cell
centimeter (cm)
changed (manipulated) variable
characteristic
chart
classify
climate
color
compost
conclude
conclusion
condensation
condense
conserve (as ecology)
consumer
conversion
continent
cycle
data
decomposer
demonstrate
depend
describe
design
diagram
diameter
direction
dissolve
Earth
earthquake
echo
ecosystem
effect
egg
electrical
electricity
energy
energy of motion (kinetic)
erode
erosion
eruption
evaporate
evaporation
event
explain
explanation
fair test
feet
flower
food
food chain
force
forest
fossil
fossil remains
freeze
friction
function
gas
germinate
glacier
gram (g)
graph
grassland
gravity
habitat
hand lens
hardness
heart
heat energy
identify
inch (in)
inclined plane
inherited
input
invent
invention
investigate
investigation
kilogram (kg)
kilometer (km)
lake
leaf
learned (acquired) characteristic
lever
liquid
liter (L)
living
logical
lung
machine
magnetic
magnifying glass
mass
material
matter
measured (responding) variable
melt
meter (m)
mile (mi)
milliliter (mL)
mineral nutrient
model
molecule
Moon
mountain
muscle
Newtons (N)
nonliving
mineral
nutrient (mineral)
object
observation
observe
ocean
orbit (as a noun)
orbit (as a verb)
organism
organize
ounce
output
oxygen
part
pattern
picture
pitch
plan
planet
pollution
pound
precipitation
predict
prediction
problem
procedure
process
producer
property
pull
pulley
push
question
radius
rate
recycle (as ecology)
reduce (as ecology)
report
reproduce
reproduction
result
river
root
scavenger
scientific
scientist
sea
sediment
seed
shadow
shape
size
skeleton
soil
solar
solid
solution (as to problems)
solve
sort
sound
special
speed
spin (rotate)
spring scale
sprout
state of matter
stem
stream
strength
structure
substance
summary
Sun
system
table
temperature
texture
thaw
thermometer
tool
vapor
variable
variable kept the same (controlled)
versus (vs.)
vibration
volcano
volume
waste
water
weather
weathering
weight
wind

Vocabulary list found at OSPI's website, here: http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/science/pubdocs/ScienceEALR-GLE.doc