List of Words for Letter ‘E’
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earthquake A sudden movement in Earth’s crust.
An earthquake caused this road to crack.
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ecosystem The living and nonliving things that share an environment and interact.
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egg An animal structure that protects and feeds some very young animals such as birds.
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electric current A flow of charged particles.
When electric current flows from a battery to a light bulb, the bulb glows.
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electrical charge The property of matter that causes electricity.
Rubbing a balloon on a sweater gives the balloon a negative electrical charge.
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element TA building block of matter.
Gold is an element.
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embryo A young organism that is just beginning to grow.
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endangered Having very few of a
kind of organism left;
close to becoming
extinct.
Bengal
tigers are endangered
animals because there
are very few of them left
in the world
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energy The ability to do work.
Energy from
this bowling ball causes
the pins to fall over
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environment All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism.
Water, soil, rocks, trees, and zebras are parts of the giraffes’ environment.
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erosion The movement of weathered rock.
Erosion happens when water in this stream carries rocks away.
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evaporate To slowly change from a liquid to a gas.
These wet clothes will dry when the water in them evaporates.
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evaporation The process through which a liquid changes into a gas.
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exoskeleton A hard covering, or shell, that holds up and protects an invertebrate’s body.
A snail’s shell is an exoskeleton.
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extinct Died out, leaving no more of that type of organism alive.
Many dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago.