Word Bank · Grade 2
Science Words to Know
Big science words for Grade 2 — in easy words, with an example. Keep this open while you play!
🔊 Sound
- sound
- Something you hear.Like: a drum beat.
- vibrate
- To move back and forth very fast.Like: a guitar string vibrates to make a sound.
🧊 Matter
- solid
- Matter that keeps its own shape.Like: a block or a rock.
- liquid
- Matter that flows and takes the shape of its cup.Like: water or juice.
- melt
- When a solid gets warm and turns into a liquid.Like: ice melts.
- freeze
- When a liquid gets cold and turns into a solid.Like: water freezes into ice.
👋 Forces
- push
- A force that moves something away.Like: pushing a swing.
- collide
- When two things bump into each other.Like: a ball hits a wall.
☀️ Sky & Weather
- star
- A giant ball of light in space. The Sun is a star.Like: the Sun gives us light.
- reflect
- To bounce light back. The Moon reflects the Sun's light.Like: the Moon glows at night.
- thermometer
- A tool that tells how hot or cold it is.Like: it reads the temperature.
- severe weather
- Wild, strong weather.Like: a hurricane, tornado, or flood.
- recycle
- To turn old paper, plastic, or metal into something new.Like: an old can becomes a new can.
🌱 Living Things
- producer
- A living thing that makes its own food.Like: a plant using sunlight.
- consumer
- A living thing that eats other living things.Like: a rabbit eating a plant.
- pollen
- Yellow dust that bees move from flower to flower to help plants make seeds.Like: a bee carries pollen.
- metamorphosis
- When an animal changes shape a lot as it grows.Like: a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.