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Science EOG Review
5th Grade EOG
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abiotic factor | all the non living things in an ecosystem |
| acceleration | A change in speed or direction |
| acquired trait | a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime |
| action | the force one object applied to a second object |
| adaptation | A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment. |
| air mass | a huge body of air having relatively uniform temperature and humidity and covering hundreds or thousands of square kilos |
| air pressure | the weight of air pressing down on an area |
| air resistance | the force of friction that acts between a moving object and air particles |
| algae | a type of aquatic producer |
| anemometer | measures wind speed |
| aquatic | Water ecosystems such as marine |
| atmoshpere | Air that surrounds the earth. Four layers: thermoshpere |
| balanced forces | equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions |
| barometer | an instrument used to measure air pressure |
| behavior | a way in which a living thing acts or responds to its surroundings |
| biome | A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants and animals communities |
| biotic factor | all the living things in an ecosystem |
| boiling | liquid to a gas |
| carbon cycle | the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back |
| cardiovascular system | consists of the heart |
| carnivore | organism that obtains energy by eating animals |
| carrying capacity | The largest population that an area can support. |
| cell | the smallest part of a living thing that can carry out all the processes of life |
| chemical change | a change of matter that occurs when atoms link together in a new way and form a new substance |
| chemical property | the ability of a material to react with other materials in a certain way |
| chlorophyll | A green chemical in plant cells that allows plants to use the Sun's energy for making food. |
| circulatory system | A transport system for many substances and interacts with the respiratory and other systems; carries oxygen |
| cirrus cloud | A high-altitude cloud with a featherlike shape |
| climate | the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time |
| climax community | The last or final stage of succession in a community |
| cloud | a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air |
| cold front | the front edge of a moving mass of cold air that pushes beneath a warmer air mass like a wedge |
| commensalism | a symbiotic relationship in which one member is benefited and the second is neither harmed nor benefited |
| community | all of the populations of different species that live and interact in an area |
| competition | the demand for a resource by two or more organisms |
| condensation | the process by which a gas changes to a liquid |
| conduction | the passing of heat from one item to the next through touch |
| conductor | a material through which heat can move easily |
| conifer | evergreen |
| conserve | to save by using carefully |
| consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
| convection | the flow of heat through a liquid or a gas |
| Coriolis effect | The way Earth's rotation makes winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the left. |
| cumulonimbus | clouds that bring thunderstorms and develop upward |
| cumulus cloud | big |
| current | a flow of air or water in a certain direction |
| deciduous | a name for trees which lose their leaves every year |
| decomposer | organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms |
| density | the amount of matter in a given space |
| desert | A type of biome characterized by low moisture levels and infrequent and unpredictable precipitation. Daily and seasonal temperatures fluctuate widely |
| difference of air pressure is great | wind moves quickly |
| difference of air pressure is small | wind moves slowly |
| digestive system | breaks down food into smaller pieces that can be used by your cells |
| direction | the path that a moving object follows |
| dissolve | to mix evenly in a liquid |
| distance-time graph | a line graph that shows an object's motion |
| distance | speed x time |
| downdraft | a rapidly moving current of cool air that flows downward in a thunderstorm |
| ecological succession | the change in an ecosystem that happens when one community replaces another as a result of changing abiotic and biotic factors |
| ecology | The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment |
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area |
| El Nino | an unusual warming of surface water in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator |
| elevation | the height of land above sea level |
| energy pyramid | a diagram that shows how the amount of energy changes as it moves through a food chain or food web |
| energy | the ability to do work |
| estuary | A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean. |
| evaporation | the water cycle process by which a liquid changes into a gas |
| evergreen | a tree that does not lose its leaves in the winter |
| fog | cloud at ground level |
| fog | droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground |
| food chain | A diagram which shows the flow of energy from organism to organism. |
| food web | network of all the food chains in an ecosystem |
| force | a push or pull exerted on an object |
| forest | an ecosystem that contains many trees |
| freezing | liquid to solid |
| fresh water | water that contains little to no salt |
| friction | a force that opposes the motion of objects that touch as they move past each other |
| front | (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses |
| fungi | the familiar molds and mushrooms which help decompose dead organisms |
| gas | does not take up a definite amount of space and has no definite shape |
| global wind patterns | Winds are named by the direction from which they blow. The globe is encircled by six major wind belts |
| grasslands | a biome where grass and not trees are the main plant life. example prairies |
| gravity | the force that pulls objects toward earth |
| groundwater | water held in rocks and soil below the surface |
| Gulf Stream | a warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives |
| herbivore | organism that obtains energy by eating only plants |
| high pressure system | generally brings clear skies and calm air or gentle breezes |
| high pressure | cool heavy air sinks |
| host | an organism on which a parasite lives |
| humidity | amount of water vapor in the air |
| hurricane | a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) |
| hygrometer | measures humidity |
| inertia | the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. |
| inherited traits | distinguished characteristics passed down from parents to offspring |
| insolation | The solar radiation (energy from the sun) that reaches Earth. |
| insulator | a material that heat does not move through easily |
| interact | to come into contact with and affect each other |
| jet stream | an air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west to east |
| La Nina | an unusual cooling of surface water in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator |
| land breeze | movement of air from land to sea at night |
| latitude | the distance north or south of the equator |
| learned behavior | a skill that an animal develops after it is born |
| limiting factor | any factor in the environment that limits the size of a population |
| liquid | no definite shape and takes up definite amount of space |
| low pressure system | Pressure system with counterclockwise and inward winds that brings cloudiness and stormy weather |
| low pressure | warm light air rises |
| mass | how much matter or how heavy something is |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| melting | solid to liquid |
| meteorologist | A scientist who studies weather |
| momentum | the product of a body's mass and its velocity |
| motion | an object's change in position |
| mountain breeze | this dense |
| multicellular | made up of more than one cell; consists of specialized cells |
| muscular system | the body system that is made up of all the muscles attached to bones |
| mutualism | symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship |
| nervous system | control and communication network of the body |
| niche | organism's role |
| nimbus | cloud from which rain is falling |
| nitrogen cycle | The movement of nitrogen gas from compounds in the soil to the air. |
| occluded front | when a warm air mass is moving between two cold air masses |
| ocean | a large body of salt water |
| omnivore | an animal that eats both plants and animals |
| organism | Any living thing |
| ozone layer | a layer of ozone gas in the atmoshpere that screens out much of the Sun's UV rays |
| parasite | an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host |
| parasitism | the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage) |
| permafrost | layer of permanently frozen subsoil in the tundra |
| photosynthesis | process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars |
| physical change | a change of matter in size |
| physical property | a feature that can be observed with the senses or measured with a tool |
| pioneer species | the first species to populate an area |
| polar zone | at high latitudes winters are long and cold; summers are short and warm; precipitation all year is low |
| population | group of the same kind of organism living in a certain place |
| position | The location of an object |
| precipitation | the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
| predator | animal that hunts and eats other animals |
| prevailing westerlies | winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high-pressure areas and move towards the poles |
| prey | animal hunted or caught for food |
| primary consumer | an herbivore; an organism in the trophic level of an ecosystem that eats plants or algae. |
| producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| qualitative | data you can see |
| quantitative | data you can measure |
| radiation | the transfer of heat through magnetic waves |
| rain gauge | a weather instrument that measures the amount of precipitation |
| rainforest | an area of lush vegetation and year-round rainfall |
| reaction | (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body |
| reservoir | a storage area for fresh water supplies |
| respiratory system | allows our bodies to obtain oxygen from the air |
| run off | water from rain or melted snow that flows along Erath's surface into bodies of water |
| salt marsh | coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides |
| scavenger | a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms |
| sea breeze | movement of air from sea to land during the day when cooler air from above the water moves over the land |
| secondary consumer | A member of the trophic level of an ecosystem consisting of carnivores that eat herbivores |
| skeletal system | the body system of bones that give the body structure and support |
| solid | definite shape and takes up definite amount of space |
| speed | the distance an object travels in one unit of time |
| stationary front | when two air masses meet and stop moving |
| stratus cloud | A flat |
| symbiosis | Any relationship in which two species live closely together |
| taiga | a region of evergreen |
| temperate zone | at middle latitudes summers are warm and winters are cool or cold; precipitation may be plentiful |
| terrestrial | land-based ecosystem |
| tertiary consumer | a member of the trophic level of an ecosystem consisting of carnivores that eat mainly other carnivores. |
| thermometer | a weather instrument that measures temperature |
| time | distance/speed |
| trade winds | a belt of winds set in motion around the Earth by air moving from high pressure zones to low pressure zones at the equator |
| transfer | movement from one place to another |
| transpiration | loss of water from a plant through its leaves |
| tropical zone | near the equator; temperatures are high all year long; rainfall is plentiful |
| troposphere | the layer closest to Earth |
| tundra | an extremely cold |
| unbalanced force | result when some forces acting on an object are stronger than others |
| unicellular | organisms that reproduce and function with one cell |
| valley breeze | the movement of air created by warm air rising and flowing up the slope of the mountain |
| velocity | the speed of an object in a particular direction |
| warm front | when a warm air mass meets a colder air mass and slowly rises over it |
| water cycle | the continuous cycle of the transfer of water through an ecosystem |
| water vapor | Water in the form of gas. |
| watershed | the area of land that is drained by a river |
| weather | The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. |
| weight | the force of gravity between earth and an object |
| wind vane | a weather instrument that measures wind direction |
| wind | the movement of air caused by the differences in air pressure |
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