Glossary

Plant Growth & Development

These are vocabulary words that are seen and discussed throughout the Plant Growth and Development kit. It is important that students understand what these words are and that they hear them being used because these are the vocabulary words that will be on the Science WASL most frequently.

Other words listed in your word banks that are not below are still important to discuss and be aware of. However, students are not expected to know those words for the science WASL.

Grade 5 Vocabulary
  • air
  • centimeter (cm)
  • consumer
  • cycle
  • data
  • decomposer
  • depend
  • describe
  • energy
  • evaporate
  • evaporation
  • flower
  • food
  • food chain
  • graph
  • hand lens
  • leaf
  • living
  • magnifying glass
  • model
  • nutrient
  • observe
  • observation
  • oxygen
  • part
  • predict
  • prediction
  • procedure
  • producer
  • reproduce
  • reproduction
  • root
  • seed
  • shape
  • size
  • soil
  • sprout
  • stem
  • stored energy
  • Sun
  • system
  • water
Last updated 01/02/2007