| Category 1 | ||
| #1 | Matter that has a definite shape and volume | Solid |
| #2 | Matter that has a definite volume, but not a definite shape. It takes the shape of its container. | Liquid |
| #3 | Matter that does not have a definite shape or volume | Gas |
| #4 | The amount of three-dimensional space occupied by an object | Volume |
| #5 | Water in a gaseous state | Water Vapor |
| Category 2 | ||
| #1 | A clear, colorless, odorless and tasteless liquid. It is essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. | Water |
| #2 | To change from a solid state to a liquid state by adding heat | Melting |
| #3 | Changing from a liquid state to solid state by subtracting heat | Freezing |
| #4 | A series of stages through which a living organism grows and changes | Life Cycle |
| #5 | An animal hunted or caught for food | Prey |
| Category 3 | ||
| #1 | A feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing | Characteristic |
| #2 | An animal that hunts and eats other animals | Predator |
| #3 | An instinctive behavior in some animals in which they travel back to warmer climate for winter | Migration |
| #4 | Vertebrates, warm-blooded, feeds milk to the young, partially covered in hair. | Mammals |
| #5 | Begins its life in water then finishes it mainly on land. This word means both sides of life. | Amphibian |
| Category 4 | ||
| #1 | A single path of food (energy) from the sun to the plant to the consumer | Food Chain |
| #2 | An adaptation in which an organism slows down during the winter | Hibernation |
| #3 | An essential characteristic possessed at birth | Inherited |
| #4 | A place in which a plant or animal lives | Habitat |
| #5 | A special characteristic of an animal that helps it survive and reproduce in its environment | Adaptation |
| Category 5 | ||
| #1 | An adult butterfly lays an egg. It hatches into a caterpillar or larva. The caterpillar forms the chrysalis or pupa. The chrysalis matures into a butterfly. | Butterfly Stages |
| #2 | Dramatic change in an organism's development that occurs after birth | Metamorphosis |
| #3 | The process by which a new organism (living thing) is produced | Reproduction |
| #4 | A genetically determined characteristic | Trait |
| #5 | Behaviors that animals are born knowing. Behavior that is not taught. | Instinct |
| Final Question | |
| Organisms that gets their energy from the waste of living organisms and dead or decaying organisms. | Decomposer |