ABC BOOK

ANTHER

• An anther is the male part of the plant.
• When the anther produces pollen bees carry it ti the female
• A is also for Anne

BAROMETER

• A barometer is a tool that measures air pressure
• The barometer read that there was a lot of pressure due to last nights storm

CIRIUS

• A type of cloud that is seen up high
• You might see one on a summer day

DIRT

• Dirt is the soil that you plant things in
• A plant well get nutrients from the dirt/soil

ECOSYSTEM

• An ecosystem is what type of habitat you live in and what's its made of
• A bullfrog will live in a wet/damp ecosystem

FUNGUS

• any of a group of unicellular, multicellular,or spore-producing organisms
• Fungus can grow on mushrooms and yest

GENERATOR

• A generator is a device that turns kinitic energy to electric energy
• A generator could be a pump or a wind mill

HUMIDITY

• The amount of water vapor in the air
• the temperature is 63, the humidity is 42

INFERENCE

• An inference is what you think will happen based on observations
• If you see a dark cloud you might think it was going to rain

JET STREAM

• Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the atmosphere
• If the jet stream moves a little south we might have some rain

KINTIC ENERGY

• The energy of motion.
• A roller coaster uses kinitic energy to move

LEVER

• A lever is a simple machine that helps lift things
• A lever could be a stapler, scissor, and a spacula

MIGRATION

• seasonal movement for animals from one place to another.
• The geese fly south every winter

NEWTONS

• Newtons is the unit you measure force with
• The spring scale read that the wood was 7 newtons

OBSERVATION

• An observation is something that you see/notice
• Kim observed that the TV was still on.

Photosynthesis

• A process used by plants to convert light from the sun, into chemical energy
• When a plant absorbs light it turns it into food.

QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION

• when your odservation has numbers in it
• The flower was 12 inches

RADIATION

• When energy travels in the form of electromagnet waves
• Example; the sun gives out heat rays to warm the earth

SCREW

• A screw is something that can hold things togather
• An example is a Screw

THUNDERSTORM

• A storm with lighting and thunder
• A thunderstorm can come with rain or hail.

ULRAVILET RADIATION

• Radiation of visible light
• This can cause sunburn

VERTEBRATE

• An animal with an internal backbone
• Example: dogs, humans, cats,

WEDGE

• A wedge is simple machine used to pierce objects
• An example can be a knife

XYLEM

• A tissue that carries water up from the roots of an plant
• A xylem can be found in a vascular plant

Y-AXIS

• y-axes is the vertical axis of a system of coordinates.
• Jake put a dot on the three on the y-axis

ZOOLOGY

• branch of biology that relates to all animals including, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals,
• The plant kingdom is an example of zoology