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Science Vocab
Vocab words for science
Word | Definition |
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Praire | Grassland community |
Observations | Information gathered from senses and measurments |
Perennial | A flowering plant that comes back every year |
Forb | Non-grass flowering plant |
Weed | An undesired plant |
Humus | Rotted material that fertilizes the soil and gives it a rich black color |
Diversity | Variety of species |
Monoculture | Growing only one type of plant |
Ecosystem | Everything living and non-living in a given area |
Abiotic | Non-living factors in an enviroment (ex. wind, tempature, etc...) |
Producer | An organism that is able to make its own food |
Consumer | An organism that depends on others for it's food |
Decomposer | An animal that obtains (gets) it's food by breaking down dead and decaying organisms |
Carnivore | Animals that eat flesh/meat |
Herbivore | Animals that eat plants |
Omnivore | An animal tha eats both plants and animals |
Scavenger | Consumers that eat dead animals/leftovers |
Predator | Animals that kill and eat other animals to survive |
Prey | An animal that is hunted |
Thermometer | Used to measure temperature |
Soil Thermometer | Used to measure soil temperature |
Relative Thermometer | Humidity or moisture in the air |
Psychrometer | An instrument used to measure relative humidity |
Anemometer | An instrument used to measure wind speed |
Moisture Meter | An instrument used to measure the amount of moisture something has |
Light Meter | An instrument used to measure how much light there is in a given area or light intensity |