California science vocabulary card(1 6) (1)

Grade 1

An adaptation is a special
feature that helps an
animal stay alive in its
habitat.

adaptation
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adaptation
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An adaptation is a special
feature that helps an
animal stay alive in its
habitat.


balance scale
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A balance scale can be
used to measure mass.


birds
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Birds are a group of animals
that have feathers. Birds
lay eggs.


boiling
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When a liquid gets enough
heat, it boils. Boiling can
change a liquid to a gas.


carnivore
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A carnivore is an animal
that eats only other
animals.

cooling
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Cooling means to take
heat away.


compare
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Compare means to see
how things are alike and
different. You can use a
Venn diagram to compare
two things.


communicate
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Communicate means
to write, draw, or tell
your ideas to others. You
can use a word web to
communicate your ideas.


classify
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Classify means to group
things that are alike.


dissolve
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Dissolve means to
completely mix into

a liquid.


draw a
conclusion
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To draw a conclusion
means to use what you
observe to explain
what happens.


energy
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Energy gives plants
and animals the power
to do things.