adapted
alloy
antenna
appliance
bar magnet
boil
boiling point
bone
break
bubble
buzzer
cell
complete circuit
component
contract
copper
cure
current
a change to a body which better
suits it to environmental conditions
a mixture of metals
body stalk on which sense organs may
be located
machine that uses electricity, for example
an electric kettle
a magnet shaped like a bar
heat a liquid so that it starts to turn
to gas
the temperature at which a liquid boils
hard parts that form the skeleton
a gap in the circuit that stops the
electricity from flowing
gas inside a thin skin, for example,
a soap bubble
a component that makes a buzzing noise
when the circuit is complete
a source of energy to push electricity
around a circuit
a circuit where the electric current can
flow all the way round
a part
when a muscle gets shorter
a metal often used to make wires to carry
electricity
something that makes an illness go away
the flow of charged particlesdecibel
ear defenders
electricity
electric shock
energy
evidence
factors
fever
flow
fracture
frame
freezing
gas
germs
gold
ground water
habitat
high
unit for measuring the volume of sound
cups lined with materials that muffle sound
that are worn over the ears
the flow of charged particles
the effect of high voltage electricity passing
through your body
what is needed by something to do
any action (work)
something that suggests that something
is true
things that can change the results of
an investigation
a very high body temperature
continuous movement in one direction
a broken bone
something that gives support and shape from
the inside
when you cool a liquid until it changes to
a solid
matter that easily changes shape and
often has no colour or smell, for example air
very tiny living things that can make us ill
a precious metal
water found below the surface of the earth
the area in which an animal or plant lives;
the area where all its needs can be met
a high-pitched sound such as a scream
horseshoe magnet a magnet shaped like a horseshoeinsect
invertebrate
irregular
keeper
key
liquid
local environment
loud
low
man-made disaster
mains electricity
matter
medicine
melting
melting point
micro-organisms
muffle
muscles
member of a large group of animals that
have three body sections, six legs,
cold blood and an external skeleton
animal with no skeleton
does not have a smooth, even shape
a metal bar that protects the ends of
a magnet
a series of questions that allow you to
name animals or plants
matter that is wet and can change shape,
for example water
the environment close to an animal
or plant
a sound like an alarm
a low-pitched sound such as a growl
a disaster caused by human actions
110V or 220V electricity
what everything is made of; matter can
be a solid, liquid or gas
drug that makes our bodies better when
we are sick
when you heat a solid and it changes
to liquid
the temperature at which a solid melts
very small animals and plants
to make sounds less and less clear
parts of the body that are joined to the
bones and allow you to movemusical
instrument
natural disaster
north pole
overload
particle
percussion
phase
pitch
pluck
poles
pollute
pooter
pour
prescribe
prevent
protect
recycled
relax
repeat
things that we use to produce music
a disaster caused by natural processes
one pole of a magnet
too many components or appliances
for the supply of voltage
a small part of something
a musical instrument that you play by
hitting or shaking to cause vibrations
the state that matter is in: solid, liquid
or gas
how high or low a sound is
picking up a string with your finger and
letting it go again
the ends of a magnet
damage to air, land or water that follows
the release of damaging material
a safety device on which the user sucks
in order to collect small insects
move a liquid from one container to another
when a doctor says what medicine an
ill person must have
to stop something from happening
take action to prevent damage
material which is processed for reuse
when a muscle gets longer
do againreused
rotting
scientific model
silencers
silver
skeleton
skull
soft
solid
sound level meter
source
south pole
spine
steam
steel
string instrument
switch
symptoms
terminal
thigh
a material or object for which a further
use is found
decomposition of materials by
micro-organisms
used by scientists to explain how and why
something happens
equipment that makes sounds quieter
a precious metal
hard, strong frame that supports our body
the bones of the head
a sound like a whisper
matter that does not change shape easily,
for example a stone
a machine to measure how loud a sound is
where something comes from
a pole of a magnet
the bones of the back
water in the gas phase (also called
water vapour)
an alloy of iron with small amounts
of other metals such as chromium
and manganese
a musical instrument that you play by
vibrating strings
@ component that can complete or break
a circuit
signs of an illness
positive or negative end of a cell
top part of the legtravel to move from one place to another
trend a regular pattern in a series of results
tune alter a musical instrument so that it is at the
correct pitch
variable a value or feature that can be varied in a test
vertebra a bone of the spine
vibrate to shake very quickly back and forth
vibration a very small movement backwards
and forwards
volt (V) the unit of strength of electricity
voltage the strength of electricity
volume how loud or soft a sound is
wall socket hole in the wall that links the plug on
an appliance to the cables going to the
electricity source
wand magnet a magnet shaped like a wand
waste material not required by an
individual or group
woodland an area where there are lots of trees
growing together
woodwind a musical instrument that you play
instrument by blowing
X-ray photo that lets us see inside our bodiesabsorb
angle
anther
appears to
asteroid
astronaut
astronomer
axis
beam
blocked
boil
boiling point
carpel
comet
conclusion
condensation
controlled factor
erystal
to take in a substance
the number of degrees between a horizontal
and a line
tip of the stamen
when it looks as though something has
caused an action but in fact it was caused
by something else
body smaller than a moon that orbits the Sun
a person who travels in space
a scientist who studies the universe
an imaginary line passing through Earth
from the North Pole to the South Pole;
Earth rotates around this axis
a band that light travels in
stopped continuing on its way
when water changes from a liquid to a gas
at a high temperature
the temperature at which a liquid boils
female part of a flower
lump of ice and dirt that moves in a
large orbit around the Sun
the decision you come to when you have
all the evidence
when a gas changes to a liquid
the factor that does not change in an experiment
or investigation
a small piece of solid substance with a
regular shape, such as sugar and salt;
some crystals can dissolve in waterdepict
dissolve
embryo
energy
evaporation
evidence
expand
explode
factor
fertilisation
focus
galaxy
germination
globe
hemisphere
horizon
image
life cycle
light intensity
light source
show in a certain way
when a substance mixes with another
substance and becomes part of it
the tiny plant inside a seed that can
grow into new plant
quantity needed to make things happen
when a liquid turns into a gas
information gained from an experiment
or investigation
get larger
to burst open with a lot of force
a variable in an investigation or experiment
the process that joins the pollen and eggs
to make seeds
concentrate on
a huge mass of stars
when a seed starts to grow
a model of Earth
half the Earth, for example, the northern
hemisphere is between the equator and
the North Pole
the line where the sky meets the Earth
the picture of the object that you see on
@ screen or in a mirror
the different stages in a plant’s life from
when it grows from a seed until it
makes its own seeds
the amount of light in an area
a place where light comes from, for example,
the Sun or a torchmelts
melting point
meteor
mirror
nectar
noon
object
opaque
optical telescope
orbit
ovary
periscope
planet
pollen
pollination
position
prism
project
rate
ray
reflect
when a solid changes to a liquid
the temperature at which a solid melts
bits of rock and sand that enter Earth's
atmosphere from space
a very smooth, shiny surface that reflects
light well
a sweet liquid that flowers make
12:00, midday
the thing that is reflected
does not allow light to pass through
an instrument containing mirrors and lenses
that make distant objects like stars look bigger
and brighter
the path taken when a body moves around a
larger body in space
part of a plant that contains eggs
an instrument with tilted mirrors that allows
you to see over the top of something
a body in space that revolves around a star
yellow or brown powder made in the stamen
the process that brings pollen from the stamen
to the stigma of a flower
the placing of something in relation to things
around it
a three-dimensional object made of transparent
material
to send out
put in order (for example, from best to worst)
a line that light travels in
the action of bouncing off a surfacerefraction
reproduce
reverse
revolution
rotation
scent
seed
seed coat
seed dispersal
seedlings
sepals
shadow
shrivel
silhouette
solar system
solute
solution
solvent
spacecraft
the bending of light when it passes from one
material to another
to form young
when something happens in the opposite order
or direction
the movement of a planet around the Sun in an
orbit or any other body in the universe moving
around a bigger body
the movement of a body on its axis
the smell that flower petals give out
part of a plant that can grow into a new plant
the outer cover that protects the seed
when seeds are spread or scattered away from
the plant where they formed
the new plant that grows from a germinated seed
outer ring of small green leaves on the base
of a flower
forms when light is blocked by some types
of solid object
to become small and very dry
the shadow that forms when you hold
an opaque object between a light source
and a screen
the Sun with eight planets and other bodies
such as dwarf planets, moons, and
asteroids revolving round it
the material that is dissolved
a mixture usually made of a solid dissolved
in a liquid
the liquid in which the solute dissolves
a machine launched into space by a rocketspin
spongy
stamen
star
steam
stigma
sundial
sunrise
sunset
surface
tilted
transluscent
transparent
universe
volume
water cycle
water vapour
wither
year
a fast rotation movement
like a sponge with lots of holes in it that
can be filled with air or water
male part of a flower
a body in space that gives off light and heat
the hot mist produced when water boils;
it is made of hot condensing water vapour
tip of the carpel
a shadow stick used to tell the time before
there were clocks
the time when the Sun appears to rise over
the horizon
the time when the Sun appears to sink below
the horizon
the top layer that is next to the air
at an angle, not vertical
allows some light to pass through
allows all the light to pass through
the whole of space
the amount of space a substance takes up in
@ container
when water evaporates from seas, rivers and
lakes, condenses to form clouds, and falls back
to Earth as rain
the gas formed when liquid water changes
into a gas
to dry out and start to die
the length of time it takes Earth to complete one
revolution around the Sunaccurate
angle
artificial fertiliser
astronaut
barrier
blood
blood vessels
boiling point
breathing
breathing rate
burial
carbon dioxide
cast
circuit diagram
circulation
circulatory system
composition
compost
correct and true, more real, without mistakes
the space between two lines that meet at a surface,
measured in degrees
a fertiliser is a mixture of organic matter and minerals
that help plants to grow. An artificial fertiliser is a
factory-made fertiliser made from chemicals
a person who goes into space
an object that stops things getting through or past it
ared liquid that carries food and oxygen to all parts
of the body
special tubes that carry the blood around the body
the temperature at which particles throughout a
liquid become a gas
the way we take air into our lungs and let it out again
the number of times we breathe in and out in
one minute
burying of sediments with many layers of sediments
above
a waste gas that the body must get rid of
a fossil where the whole animal is preserved in minerals
a diagram of a circuit using conventional symbols for
all the components
the pumping of blood all around the body
‘the system formed by the heart, blood vessels and
blood to carry food and oxygen around the body
what something is composed or consists of
@ natural fertiliser made of dead organic matter such
as dead leaves and insectsconduction
conventional symbol
converge
convex
crystal
crystalline
defence
deposit
diaphragm
displaced
earth day
earth hour
earth year
electrical conductors
environment
erode
evidence
extrusive igneous rock
fertilisation
focal point
food chain
food web
forcemeter
fossil
geologist
the transfer of heat energy from one object to another
a symbol that is recognised all over the world
to meet or come together
a bulging shape
the particular shaped structure of a mineral
the adjective for crystal
protection against something
to put down or drop
a muscle in the chest that helps us to breathe in
and out
the moving aside of water as a result of upthrust
atime period of 24 hours
a time period of 60 minutes
a time period of 365% days
materials and substances that conduct electricity well
the air, water, land and living things around us
to wear down weathered rocks into sediments
the way we know that something has happened
or changed
an igneous rock that has formed from lava cooling
down on the surface of the Earth
the joining of a male sex cell and a female sex cell
the point where rays of light converge
a drawing that shows the order in which animals eat
plants and other animals to get energy
a number of linked food chains
a device to weigh objects in newtons (N)
the preserved remains of animals and plants in
sedimentary rocks
a scientist who studies rocksgneiss
heart
hormones
host
hygiene
igneous rock
incident ray
intrusive igneous rock
irreversible
lens
loam
lungs
mass
mass
medium
melting point
menstruation
metamorphic rock
microplastics
mineral
mirror image
metamorphic rock made from granite. This word is
pronounced the same as ‘nice’
the special muscle that pumps blood around the body
chemicals in the body that cause the body changes
that happen during puberty
the living thing that a parasite infects
keeping yourself and the things around you clean
arock which comes from magma that has cooled
down into solid rock
the ray of light that arrives at the mirror
an igneous rock that has formed when magma cools
down inside the Earth's crust
cannot be changed back to the way it was before
a transparent material such as glass, Perspex or plastic
with at least one curved surface
a soil with a balance of sand, clay and organic matter
the organs we use for breathing
a large intrusion of igneous rock
the amount of matter in an object. Mass is measured
inkilograms (kg)
a material such as air, water or glass
the temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid
the release of an unfertilised egg with the lining of
the uterus
a rock that has been changed by heat or pressure or
both heat and pressure
very small particles of plastic that make their way into
the environment, especially rivers and seas
part of a rock made of different substances with a
crystal structure
reflection in a mirrormould
mucus
naked eye
newton
normal
nutrients
optical illusion
organic matter
ova
oxygen
parallel circuit
parasite
periscope
pesticide
phase
physical change
plane mirror
preserved
pressure
an impression or exact shape and size
@ sticky substance found in our noses, windpipe and
other air passages
we can see something with our eyes without the help
of a magnifying glass or hand lens
the unit of measure for weight, named after
Isaac Newton who explained the force of gravity
line drawn at right angles (90°) to the surface of
the mirror
food in the form of organic matter and minerals such
as iron and phosphates
something our eyes see but it is not real
living things or things which were alive, such as dead
leaves, bits of root and twigs
female sex cells
a gas in the air that the body uses
a circuit where there is more than one pathway and
each pathway receives the full circuit voltage
any living thing that lives on or in the body of another
living thing
a device that uses mirrors for you to see things
otherwise out of sight
a factory-made product that kills unwanted insects
but also kills the organic matter in the soil
the changing shapes of the Moon in its monthly cycle
any change that does not change a substance into a
different substance
a flat mirror, rather than a mirror with a curved surface
such as a concave or convex mirror
means kept forever
the force that is exerted on or against an object by
something in contact with itprism
products
property
puberty
pulse
rainbow
rate
react
reactants
reflected ray
refract/refraction
rehabilitation
repellent
represent
reproductive system
reversible
sediment
sedimentary rock
sedimentation
series circuit
soil
solidification
a triangular block of glass or clear plastic
the new substances that form in a chemical reaction
something about a substance that allows us to tell it
apart from other substances
the age at which a person becomes able to reproduce
a small beat felt under the skin due to the pressure of
blood as the heart pumps it around the body
an arch of colours formed when sunlight is refracted
as it passes from the air to a raindrop
how fast something happens
to interact and change to make a new substance; also
to respond to something
the substances that react together in a chemical reaction
the ray of light that reflects off the mirror
the bending of light
to restore your body to health
a substance that keeps insects away
to show or stand for; for example, the colour red
usually represents danger
the parts of the body that make the sex cells
can be changed back to the way it was before
very small pieces of rock
rock made from small pieces of other rock
stuck together
the process where sediments build up in layers on the
seq bed or lake bed
a circuit where the electric current only has one pathway
‘amixture of broken up rocks, organic matter, water
and air
the process where liquid magma or lava cools down
and becomes solid rocksolute
solvent
sperm
symbol
texture
thermal conductors
toxic
transport
uniform
upthrust
valley
vectors
volt (V)
voltage
waning
waterlogged
waxing
weathering
weight
weightlessness
windpipe
the solid in a solution
the liquid in a solution
male sex cells
small sign used on a diagram to represent a real thing;
for example, the symbol / means ‘correct’ and the
symbol X means ‘wrong’
the feel of a material; for example, rough or smooth
materials and substances that conduct heat well
harmful or poisonous; for example, the factory
produced toxic gases
to carry
the same throughout
a force that pushes up to an object in water or air
the landform that a river erodes in the rocks. The river,
flows in the valley
living things that spread diseases but do not get the
eases themselves
the unit for measuring strength of electricity
the strength of electricity needed for an electrical
component or appliance to work
the decreasing in size of the lit-up part of the Moon in
its monthly cycle
full of water that will not drain through
the increasing in size of the lit-up part of the Moon in
its monthly cycle
a process where heat, ice, rain or plant roots break
up rocks
the amount of attraction on an object caused by gravity.
Weight is measured in newtons (N)
a state of having no weight because there is no gravity
the air tube that carries air from the nose and mouth
to the lungs and back again