Science Vocabulary Worksheets

One science unit a page: its terms to match to their meanings, with an answer key.

76 pages

A–B 7

Animal Camouflage WorksheetsPress Print worksheet to match twelve camouflage words, from predator and prey to mimicry, to their meanings.
Atom Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve atom terms, from nucleus and proton to isotope, to their meanings.
Bat Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve bat terms, from echolocation and roost to colony and guano, to their meanings.
Biomes Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve biome terms, from tundra and taiga to desert and rainforest, to their meanings.
Biotechnology Vocabulary WorksheetsPress Print worksheet to match twelve biotechnology terms, from gene and clone to fermentation, to their meanings.
Bones Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve skeletal system terms, from skull and femur to bone marrow, to their meanings.
Bridge Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve bridge terms, from span and pier to arch and truss bridges, to their meanings.

C 8

Cell Division Vocabulary Worksheet PDFPress Print worksheet for twelve cell division terms to match, mitosis to telophase, on paper or as a PDF.
Cell Organelles WorksheetTwelve organelles to match to their jobs, from the nucleus to the cell wall, with an answer key.
Chemical Reactions Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve chemical reaction terms, from reactant and product to catalyst and precipitate, to their meanings.
Classification of Matter WorksheetTwenty samples to sort as element, compound, homogeneous mixture or heterogeneous mixture, with an answer key.
Climate Change Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve climate change terms, from greenhouse gas to albedo, to their meanings.
Clouds Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve cloud terms, from cumulus, stratus and cirrus to fog and condensation, to their meanings.
Conduction Convection Radiation Worksheet 4th GradePress Print worksheet to match conduction, convection, radiation and nine more heat terms to their meanings.
Conservation of Mass Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve conservation of mass terms, from matter and closed system to reactant, to their meanings.

D–E 8

Digestive System Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve digestive system terms, from esophagus and stomach to enzyme, to their meanings.
Dinosaur Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet for twelve dinosaur terms, fossil and Jurassic among them, to match to their meanings.
DNA Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve DNA structure terms, from nucleotide and base pair to double helix, to their meanings.
Dolphin Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve dolphin terms, from pod and calf to blowhole and fluke, to their meanings.
Electric Circuits Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve electric circuit terms, from current and voltage to battery, to their meanings.
Electromagnetic Spectrum Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve electromagnetic spectrum terms, from radio wave to gamma ray, to their meanings.
Energy Transfer WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve energy transfer terms, from source and collision to electric current, to their meanings.
Enzyme Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve enzyme terms, from substrate and active site to denature, to their meanings.

F–I 7

Flower Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve parts of a flower, petal to pistil, to their meanings.
Food Chain WorksheetPut the links of a food chain in order, from the producer to the top consumer, with an answer key.
Geology Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve geology terms, from mineral and strata to fault and magma, to their meanings.
Gravity Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve gravity terms, from mass and weight to free fall and orbit, to their meanings.
Human Eye Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve parts of the human eye, cornea to optic nerve, to their meanings.
Identifying Variables WorksheetSix short experiments to read, each with independent, dependent and controlled to choose from, and an answer key.
Invertebrate Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve invertebrate terms, from sponge and mollusk to arthropod, to their meanings.

K–M 10

Kinematics Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve kinematics terms, from displacement and velocity to vector and scalar, to their meanings.
Kinetic and Potential Energy WorksheetTen everyday examples to sort under Kinetic energy or Potential energy, with an answer key.
Lymphatic System Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve lymphatic system terms, lymph node, spleen and thymus among them, to their meanings.
Magnetism Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve magnetism terms, from north pole and attract to compass, to their meanings.
Mammals Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve mammal terms, from fur and warm-blooded to live birth, to their meanings.
Meiosis Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve meiosis terms, from gamete and haploid to zygote, to their meanings.
Metric Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve metric terms, from meter, liter and gram to kilo- and milli-, to their meanings.
Momentum Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve momentum terms, from impulse and collision to conservation of momentum, to their meanings.
Mountain Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve mountain terms, from summit and ridge to tree line, to their meanings.
Muscle Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve muscular system terms, from cardiac muscle and tendon to biceps, to their meanings.

N–O 12

Natural Resources Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve natural resources terms, from renewable resource to ore, to their meanings.
Natural Resources vs Man Made Worksheet 5th GradePress Print worksheet for twelve materials to sort under Natural and Man-made.
Nervous System Worksheets 4th GradePress Print worksheet to match twelve nervous system terms, from brain to reflex, to their meanings.
Newton's Laws WorksheetTwelve everyday examples to sort under the first, second and third law of motion, with an answer key.
Nocturnal Animal Worksheets KindergartenPress Print worksheet for eight animals to sort under Nocturnal and Diurnal.
Observation and Inference Worksheet for Middle SchoolTen statements to sort under Observation or Inference, with an answer key.
Ocean Floor Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve ocean floor terms, from continental shelf to trench and seamount, to their meanings.
Ocean Zones Worksheet PDFPress Print worksheet to match the five ocean zones to their meanings, then choose Save as PDF to keep it.
Oceanography Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve oceanography terms, from tide and salinity to thermocline, to their meanings.
Octopus Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve octopus terms, from arm and sucker to ink and siphon, to their meanings.
Owl Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve owl terms, from raptor and talon to pellet and roost, to their meanings.
Oxidation Reduction Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve redox terms, from oxidation and reduction to corrosion, to their meanings.

P 9

Paleontology Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve paleontology terms, from fossil and excavate to amber, to their meanings.
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration WorksheetTwelve facts to sort under Photosynthesis or Cellular respiration, with an answer key.
Photosynthesis WorksheetTwelve photosynthesis words to match to their meanings, from sunlight to glucose, with an answer key.
Physical and Chemical Properties WorksheetTen facts about everyday substances to sort under Physical property or Chemical property, with an answer key.
Polymer Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve polymer terms, from monomer and plastic to cross-link, to their meanings.
Printable Water Cycle Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve water cycle terms, from evaporation to groundwater, to their meanings.
Properties of Minerals WorksheetTwelve minerals to match to the property that tells each one apart, with an answer key.
Properties of Water Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve properties of water terms, from cohesion and adhesion to specific heat, to their meanings.
Protein Synthesis Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve protein synthesis terms, from transcription and codon to ribosome, to their meanings.

Q–S 8

Qualitative vs Quantitative Worksheet Middle SchoolTen science observations to sort under Qualitative or Quantitative, with an answer key.
Rainforest Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve rainforest terms, from canopy and understory to epiphyte, to their meanings.
Respiratory System Worksheet 5th GradePress Print worksheet to match twelve respiratory system terms, from lungs and trachea to diaphragm, to their meanings.
Rivers Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve river terms, from source and tributary to mouth, to their meanings.
Rock Cycle Vocabulary Worksheet PDFTwelve rock cycle terms to match to their meanings: press Print worksheet, then choose Save as PDF.
Sound Waves Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve sound wave terms, from vibration and pitch to echo, to their meanings.
Stoichiometry Vocabulary Review WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve stoichiometry terms, from mole and molar mass to percent yield, to their meanings.
Symbiosis WorksheetSort pairs of living things under Mutualism, Commensalism and Parasitism, with an answer key.

T–W 7

Topographic Map Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve topographic map terms, from contour line and elevation to benchmark, to their meanings.
Transparent Translucent Opaque WorksheetPress Print worksheet for twelve everyday things to sort under Transparent, Translucent and Opaque.
Trophic Level WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve trophic level terms, from producer to apex predator, to their meanings.
Types of Rocks WorksheetSort rocks and clues about how they form under Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic, with an answer key.
Water Conservation Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve water conservation terms, from aquifer and drought to runoff and reuse, to their meanings.
Watershed Vocabulary WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve watershed terms, from drainage divide and tributary to estuary, to their meanings.
Wind Erosion WorksheetPress Print worksheet to match twelve wind erosion terms, from deflation and abrasion to dune, to their meanings.

Each page takes one science unit and prints its vocabulary as a worksheet: on most pages twelve terms down the left and their meanings in another order down the right, with an answer key as the last page. The meanings are in our own words, checked against the sources each page names, and the whole list sits under the tool with an example for each term.

Your own lines can go in the box on any page and print in place of ours.