Science Glossary English/Spanish
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| to go around an object is space
(Span. - órbita) |
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| the different time periods of an organism's life
(Span. - etapas) |
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| a major change in the body of an organism
(Span. - metamorfosis) |
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| to quickly move up and down
(Span. - aleteo) |
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| something that can be eaten
(Span. - comestible) |
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| the process of growing food on a farm
(Span. - cultivo) |
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| a behavior that an animal was born with and not learned from its environment
(Span. - instinto) |
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| to put water on plants to help them grow
(Span. - regar) |
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| a trait or characteristic that a parent passes on to its young
(Span. - heredado) |
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| an animal that attacks other animals for its food source
(Span. - depredador) |
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| a characteristic an animal or plant has to help it survive in its ecosystem
(Span. - adaptación) |
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| the thick part at the base of a tree covered by bark
(Span. - tronco) |
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| a gas in the air that animals need to survive
(Span. - oxígeno) |
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| a gas in the air that plants need to grow
(Span. - dióxido de carbono) |
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| a solution to a problem
(Span. - remedia) |
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| tiny sea organisms that look like shrimp
(Span. - krill) |
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| bird that live near or on water
(Span. - aves aquáticas) |
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| for fish to make young in large numbers
(Span. - engendrar) |
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| an animal that is hunted by a predator
(Span. - presa) |
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| an organism that produces or makes its own food
(Span. - productor) |
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| to get larger
(Span. - aumentar) |
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| to get smaller
(Span. - diminución) |
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| to use be moving or manipulating
(Span. - interactuando) |
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| the living and non-living things that surround an area
(Span. - ambiente) |
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| a non-living object
(Span. - inerte) |
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| a relationship between two living organisms that benefit both organisms
(Span. - simbiosis) |
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| the line in the distance where the Earth meets the sky
(Span. - horizonte) |
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| rain, hail, sleet, or snow falling from the sky
(Span. - precipitación) |
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| the process of a gas turning into a liquid when it is cooled
(Span. condensación) |
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| the process of a liquid turning into a gas when it is heated
(Span. - evaporación) |
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| an imaginary vertical line that goes through the Earth from north pole to south pole
(Span. - eje) |
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| a heavy rain downpour with electrical activity
(Span. - tormenta) |
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| the day to day changes in temperature, wind, and precipitation
(Span. - tiempo) |
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the action of heated air rising and cooler air falling
(Span. - convección) |
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| the process of getting darker
(Span. - oscurecimiento) |
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| a mass of warm air
(Span. - frente cálido) |
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| a mass of cold air
(Span. - frente frío) |
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| a landform with high steep walls that is made by moving water or glaciers.
(Span. - cañón) |
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| an imprint or a hardened stone-like object of a once living organism
(Span. - fósil) |
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| An item found from a long time ago
(Span. - artefacto) |
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| an energy that is generated without the use of oil, coal, or natural gas.
(Span. energía alternativa) |
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| things that can be reused, regrown, or remade easily
(Span. - renovable) |
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| fuels that come from long ago dead matter like coal, oil, or natural gas
(Span. - combustibles fósiles) |
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| having the power or force to change something
(Span. influencia) |
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| a change in direction that is higher at one end and lower at the other
(Span. inclinación) |
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| most in number or distance
(Span. mayor) |
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| a force that is put onto an object that would compress it
(Span. presión) |
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| the force or pull of gravity on an item
(Span. - peso) |
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| direction of travel
(Span. - camino) |
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| divide or break apart
(Span. - dividir) |
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| because of
(Span. - porque) |
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| to put into groups depending on their properties
(Span. - clasificar) |
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| to work on with a lot of care
(Span. - diligentemente) |
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| an organized network that forms a circle or loop.
(Span. - circuito) |
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| the resistance between two objects that move across each other
(Span. - fricción) |
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| to look like
(Span. - aparece) |
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| to change into something different
(Span. - convertir) |
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| a small solid with a defined geometric shape
(Span. - cristal) |
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| a thin string
(Span. - hilo) |
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| when a substance completely becomes part of another substance.
(Span. - disolver) |
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| to move in a circular direction.
(Span. - menear) |
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| a special mixture where one substance completely dissolves into another.
(Span. - solución) |
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| an instrument used to grab small or tiny items.
(Span. - pinzas) |
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| an instrument used to separate liquids from solids
(Span. - escurridor) |
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| fast or faster.
(Span. - rápidamente) |
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| a metal binding used to hold papers together.
(Span. - grapas) |
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| small metal push pins
(Span. - tachuelas) |
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| to pull apart.
(Span. - separar) |
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| a combination of two or more substances that do not dissolve into each other.
(Span. - mezcla) |
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| a form of matter with the same properties.
(Span. - sustancia) |
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| the point where a liquid becomes a solid.
(Span. - congelar) |
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| the point where a solid becomes a liquid
(Span. - derretir) |
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| a substance that does not allow energy to flow through it
(Span. aislante) |
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| a substance that allows the flow of energy to pass through it
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| is able to
(Span. - capaz) |
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| small pieces of a solid substance
(Span. - virutas) |
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| having to do with electricity
(Span. - eléctrico) |
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| heat
(Span. térmica) |
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| to look at something to find facts and draw a conclusion
(Span. - investigar) |
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| to successfully do something
(Span. - lograr) |
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| to ask to do something
(Span. - proponer) |
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| to take away
(Span. - quitar) |
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| to see something
(Span. - observar) |
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| a container used in science
(Span. - cubilete) |
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| a mistake
(Span. error) |
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| something that is made up of two or more elements.
(Span. - compuesto) |
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| the point when water begins to bubble.
(Span. - ebullición) |
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| the way something is at a point in time.
(Span. - estados) |
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| to change from solid to liquid by way of heating.
(Span.- derritir) |
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| - small parts of matter
(Span - moléculas) |
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| a representation of what something should look like.
(Span. - modelo) |
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