Key Science Vocabulary

Life Cycles:

• words and phrases associated with life processes eg reproduction, life cycle
• names for parts of a flower eg stamen, style, stigma, sepal, petal, ovary, pollen
• names for processes related to life cycles and associated verbs eg reproduction/reproduce, germination/germinate, pollination/pollinate, fertilisation/fertilise, dispersal/disperse

Gases around us:

• names of gases eg air, carbon dioxide, helium, natural gas, oxygen
• Names of processes related to changes of state, and verbs related to them eg evaporation/evaporate
• descriptions and explanations involving a sequence of ideas.

Changing State:

• words and phrases related to changes of state eg evaporation, condensation, boiling temperature, state, change of state, water cycle, conditions, solid, liquid, gas
• names of processes and verbs related to them eg condensation/condense,
• evaporation/evaporate, melting/melt, freezing/freeze, solidification/solidity

Earth Sun and Moon:

• words and phrases related to the shape and movement of the Earth and Moon eg sphere, revolve, orbit, spin, rotate, axis, sunrise, sunset, north, south, east, west
• nouns and associated adjectives eg sphere/spherical
• words and phrases which have similar but distinct meanings eg rotate around, rotate on its axis, spin, orbit
• expressions for generalising and summarising

Forces:

Magnetic Attraction, Gravitational, Attraction, Gravity, Direction, Force, Motion, Weight, Friction, Thrust, Newton, Forcemeter, Stationary, Reliability, Force Applied, Surface Area