Science and Social Studies vocabulary
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. consumer
A. The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical
2. needs
B. How much matter something contains
3. earn
C. A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under
4. prediction
D. Moral excellence or admirableness (plural)
5. tax
E. A person who uses goods or services
6. factory
F. The commercial exchange of goods and services
7. producer
G. A condition requiring relief (plural)
8. technology
H. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
9. goods
I. Work done by one person or group that benefits another
10. route
J. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather
11. trade
K. State of matter that flows like water
12. index
L. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
13. service
M. Someone who manufactures something
14. volunteer
N. An established line of travel or access
15. shelter
O. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (plural)
16. wants
P. State of matter with a fixed shape
17. centimeter
Q. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
18. liter
R. A statement made about the future
19. metric
S. A person who freely enlists for service
20. mass
T. To acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
21. solid
U. A decimal unit of measurement of the ___ system
22. liquid
V. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter