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5th Grade Science Vocabulary  - B words

Balance             
Flip the Weight    Weigh It Up
Basic Need               
Identify Basic Needs of Living Things -
Biome
 
Freshwater
Freshwater
Marine
Marine
Desert
Desert
Forests
Forest
Grassland
Grassland
Tundra
Tundra
 

Boiling
Changing Matter
Boiling point
Buoyancy

Burrow

Natural History of the Groundhog
 

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Balance
We use balance to find the mass of an object.

Basic Need
All living organisms must have food, water, shelter and air; these are the basic needs of life.

Biome
A biome is the natural place in a particular climate where many plants and animals live.  Some biomes include the rainforest, tundra, and desert.

Boiling
When a liquid is so hot that is changes to a gas.

Boiling point
The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas.

Buoyancy
Buoyancy is a force that causes floating.  It is the ability of a liquid or gas to cause less dense objects to float or rise to the surface.

Burrow
Burrows are tunnels that some animals dig.  Many animals live underground in burrows.