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Scientific Vocabulary
Word | Meaning | Example |
science | study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. | |
fair test | a controlled investigation used to answer a question in a scientific way. | |
invertebrates | animals who don't have a bony skeleton | insects, spiders, crabs |
vertebrates | animals with backbones / skeletons | amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles. |
ominivores | are animals who eat a mixture of plants and meat | foxes, hedgehogs, badgers |
carnivores | are animals who eat mainly meat and hunt their prey. | cats, otters, tawny owl |
herbivores | are animals whose diet mostly consists of plants. | Rabbits, deer, horses, sheep |


