This is the list of words that the science department has deemed to be the ten most important words to know from sixth grade science. They are known as the "Essential Vocabulary". These ten words will appear on every assessment that the students take this year. By the end of the year, the students will know these words inside and out. |
Essential Vocabulary Listbiome: a region of the world defined by its climate and by the plants and animals that live there
biotic: living classification: the sorting of things into groups of similar items conservation: The careful use of resources so that they'll last as long as possible climate: the average of all weather conditions in an area over a period of time inertia: the tendency of matter to resist a change in its state of motion kingdom: the largest and most general classification, or grouping of living things plate tectonics: the theory that Earth's crust is divided into plates that are always moving renewable/nonrenewable: resources that can or cannot be replenished within thirty years volume: the amount of space something takes up |