Science

Science Vocabulary Aligned with the VA SOLs

Investigation Spelling/Vocabulary SOL 5.1 1. science 2. scientific 3. investigation 4. reason 5. logic 6. length 7. mass 8. classify 9. thermometer 10. balance 11. pattern 12. data 13. estimate 14. observe 15. conclude 16. predict 17. cause 18. effect 19. constant 20. experiment BONUS: 1. inference 2. hypothesis 3. hypotheses 4. elapse 5. extrapolate

Sound & Light Spelling/Vocabulary SOL 5.2, 5.3 1. sound 2. transmit 3. frequency 4. wave 5. wavelength 6. vibration 7. voice 8. sonar 9. light 10. spectrum 11. reflection 12. opaque 13. transparent 14. translucent 15. prism 16. mirror 17. lens 18. solid 19. liquid 20. gas BONUS: 1. communication 2. Morse code 3. microscope 4. binocular 5. kaleidoscope 6. spectroscope 7. diffraction 8. refraction 9. resonance 10. decibel 11. whisper

Matter Spelling/Vocabulary SOL 5.4 1. matter 2. mass 3. space 4. solid 5. liquid 6. gas 7. atom 8. molecule 9. element 10. compound 11. mixture 12. density 13. temperature 14. state 15. electron 16. proton 17. neutron 18. solution 19. oxygen 20. hydrogen BONUS: 1. Periodic Table 2. volume 3. solute 4. solvent

Living Systems Spelling/Vocabulary SOL 5.5 1. life 2. living 3. system 4. cell 5. animal 6. plant 7. vascular (plant) 8. nonvascular (plant) 9. nucleus 10. cell wall 11. vertebrates 12. invertebrates 13. kingdom 14. matter 15. adaptation 16. community 17. web 18. habitat 19. niche 20. cycle BONUS: 1. environment 2. ecosystem 3. cytoplasm 4. membrane 5. extinction

Ocean Vocabulary SOL 5.6 1. ocean 2. Atlantic (Ocean) 3. Pacific (Ocean) 4. (marine) food web 5. continental 6. (continental) shelf 7. (continental) slope 8. (continental) rise 9. (ocean) trenches 10. depth 11. wave 12. current 13. tide 14. marine 15. plankton 16. whale 17. sand 18. shell 19. sea 20. pollution Bonus: 1. abyssal plain 2. temperature 3. salinity 4. Caribbean (Sea) 5. Mediterranean (Sea) 6. endangered 7. Indian (Ocean) 8. Arctic (Ocean)

Geology SOL 5.7 1. geology 2. rock 3. earthquake 4. volcano 5. magma 6. lava 7. mantle 8. crust 9. fault 10. core 11. weathering 12. erosion 13. fossil 14. pressure 15. surface 16. layer 17. (rock) cycle 18. mineral 19. soil 20. interior Bonus: 1. chemical (weathering) 2. physical (weathering) 3. seismograph 4. Richter scale 5. tsunami 6. continental drift 7. igneous (rock) 8. sedimentary (rock) 9. metamorphic (rock) 10. shield (volcano) 11. cinder (volcano) 12. composite (volcano) 13. Plate Tectonics

Review Most Important 5th Grade Science Words 1. science 2. sound 3. wave 4. light 5. spectrum 6. mass 7. atom 8. element 9. cell 10. vascular 11. vertebrate 12. solid 13. liquid 14. gas 15. ocean 16. abyss 17. marine 18. rock 19. cycle 20. prism Bonus 1. hypothesis 2. kaleidoscope 3. opaque 4. microscope 5. plate tectonics 6. nonvascular 7. invertebrate