Calvert 3rd Grade Science-Test 1 Review
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- JASON Project
- Use technology to connect students to science expeditions
- crater
- a hollow area in the ground
- geologist
- a scientist who studies the characteristics of rocks to tell how the rocks may have been formed
- atmosphere
- the layers of gases that surround a planet
- meteors
- rocks that enter Earth's atmosphere
- meteorites
- when an object hits the moon or earth surface
- evidence
- clues used to solve a problem
- draw conclusions
- put together all facts you have learned
- model
- something that represents an object or event
- variables
- things in an experiment that can be changed or controlled
- Meteor Crater
- crater in Arizona being studied
- hypothesis
- a statement to answer a question that hasn't been proven
- communicate
- to tell or share information
- experiment
- a test used to discover or prove something
- observe
- to use senses(sight, touch,etc) to learn about an object or event
- analyze
- to separate something into its parts to find out about it
- ask questions
- to ask about what you don't know based to what you see
- cause and effect
- something(cause)that brings about a change in something(effect)
- classify
- to group objects according to their characteristics
- collect data
- to put together all useful information
- compare and contrast
- to find out how things are the same(compare) and how they are different(contrast)
- define
- to make up a description that is based on observation and experience
- explain
- to tell the meaning of something
- idenify
- to name or recognize
- infer
- to form an idea from facts or observations
- interpret data
- to use information that has been gathered to answer questions or solve a problem
- make decisions
- to make up your mind from many choices
- measure
- to find the size, volume, area, mass, weight or temperature of an object or how long an event occurs
- plan
- to think out ahead of time how something is to be done or made, including methods or materials
- predict
- to state possible results of an event or experiment
- repeat
- to do something again the same way to see if the results are the same
- sequence
- a series of things that are related in some way
- test
- examining a sunstance or event to see what it is or why it happened
- theory
- an explanation based on observation and reasoning
- use numbers
- to explain data by ordering, counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing
- organism
- a living thing
- development
- the way a living thing changes during its life
- reproduction
- the way organisms make new living things just like themselves
- environment
- the things that make up an area, such as land, water and air
- respond
- the way a living thing reacts to changes in its environment
- energy
- the ability to do work
- oxygen
- a gas that is in air and water
- migrate
- to move to another place
- hibernate
- to rest or sleep through the cold winter
- life cycle
- all the stages in an organism's life
- metamorphosis
- a change in the body form of an organism
- inherited trait
- a characteristic that comes from parents
- learned trait
- something you are taught or learn from experience
- embryo
- a young organism that is beginning to grow
- germinate
- to begin growing
- flowering plant
- a plant that produces seeds inside flowers
- conifer
- a tree that produces seeds inside of cones
- telescopes
- tools used to make faraway objects appear closer