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Science Vocab
Term | Definition |
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analyze | to study something carefully in order to understand what it means |
apparent | easily observable |
conductivity | the ability to allow heat or electricity to travel through it easily |
hypothesis | an educated guess |
inertia | tendency of an object to remain in the same state either at rest or in motion |
niche | the role that a plant or an animal plays in its habitat |
properties | characteristics |
valid | reasonable and justifiable |
variable | the condition that changes in an experiment |
vegetation | plants |
predominately | mostly, mainly |
hazardous | harmful to people or the environment |
classify | grouping based on similarities or differences |
conservation | the process of preserving and protecting an ecosystem or resource |
retain | to hold or keep |
biotic | the living parts of an ecosystem |
terrestrial | living or growing on land |
empirical | information that is acquired by observation or experimentation |
density | how tightly or loosely packed the atoms are |
transmit | to pass or cause to pass through space or through a material |