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Human Body
Word
Definition
cartilage
joints
skeleton
opposable thumb
ball-and-socket
joint
gliding joint
hinge joint
ligament
muscle
tendon
inherited traits
(body)
what you are born with; passed on from your parents (ex. eye
color)
Changes
Word
Definition
boiling point
condensation
evaporation
freezing point
melting point
water vapor
dissolve
To mix with a liquid and become part of the liquid (ex. salt
with water)
mixture
chemical change
physical change
matter
humidity
water cycle
mass
temperature
Definition
constellation
moon
moon phases
waning moon
waxing moon
astronomy
orbit
revolve
planet
solar system
axis
scale model
a representation that is smaller or larger than the object it
represents (ex. globe)
gravity
the force that keeps objects from floating off earths surface
Definition
photosynthesis
embryo
cotyledon
seed coat
fertilizer
compost
humus
decompose
castings
roots
life cycle
texture
nectar
fertilize
pollinate
cross-pollinate
loam
adaptation
biotic
abiotic
germinate
exoskeleton
Academic
Word
Definition
Compare
Contrast
Main Idea
Key detail
Support
Similar
Summarize
Cause
Effect
Chronological
Sequence
A type of text structure where events are organized in a stepby-step process using words such as first, next, then, last
(recipes, experiments)
Solution
Conflict
Evidence
Theme
Infer
Cite
Specific
Exact or precise
Conclusion
Context Clues
Fact
A personal belief
Determine
figure out
describe
convey
provide information
most likely
probably
least likely
probably not
graphic organizer
central message
table
diagram
illustration
drawing or picture
lesson
moral
phrase
stanza
selection
text
speaker
narrator
point of view
figurative
language
literal
entertain
purpose is to enjoy
inform
persuade
accounts
Procedure
Steps in a process
Math
Word
Definition
Operations
Multiplication
Division
Factor
Product
Quotient
Partition
Array
Variable
Divisor
Dividend
Reasonableness
Commutative
Property
Rule that numbers can be added or multiplied in any order and the
answer will remain the same
Associative Property
Rule that you can group numbers in any way to multiply or divide and
the answer will remain the same
Distributive Property
Estimate
Rounding
Inverse operation
Thousand
Interval
Equivalent
Numerator
Denominator
Comparison
Justify
Unit Fraction
Whole
Inequality
Elapsed time
Mass
Liquid Volume
Standard Unit
Metric
Gram
Kilo-
Meter
To Scale
Not to Scale
Area
Square Unit
Plane Figure
Decompose
Perimeter
Linear
A line
Length
Side Length
Quadrilateral
Attributes
Rhombi
Rectangle
A quadrilateral with four right angles, and opposite sides are equal in
length and parallel
Square
A quadrilateral with four right angles, four equal sides, and opposite
sides are parallel
Trapezoid
Polygon