Science Vocab

2. / Any factor that can have more than one value
3. / Manufacturing new products out of used products
7. / Group of similar species
8. / All organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
11. / Measure of average kinetic energy of all particles in an object
12. / Long chains of amino acid molecules
14. / Water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface
15. / Series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into food energy molecule glucose and give off oxygen
18. / Resemblance of one species to another species
20. / Groups of different tissues working together to perform a particular job
21. / Statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events
24. / Interpretation of observations
27. / Amount of salt dissolved in water
28. / Holds together sister chromatids
29. / Science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth
32. / Different forms of a gene

1. / Glucose, a sugar, is broken down into smaller molecules
4. / Passing of traits from parents to offspring
5. energy / Thermal energy from within Earth
6. / Amount of substance in certain volume
9. / Small particle that is a building block of matter
10. / Process of body of water becoming nutrient-rich
13. / Number of offspring
15. Change / Change in size, shape, form, or state of matter in which the matter's identity stays the same
16. / Organism's genetic material
17. / Amount of matter in an object
19. / Matter that has a definite shape and volume
22. / Biomes that receive very little rain
23. / Layer of gases that surrounds Earth
25. / What a species does in a habitat to survive
26. / Contamination of environment with substances that are harmful to life
30. / Diffusion of water molecules only through membrane
31. wall / Stiff structure outside the cell membrane