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Science Vocabulary

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Term
Definition
Vibration   the back-and-forth motion of an object  
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Transparent   describes materials that let nearly all light pass through them  
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Translucent   describes materials that let some light pass through, but not all  
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Opaque   describes materials that do not let any light pass through them  
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Reflection   light/sound bouncing off of an object  
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Refraction   bending of light  
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Absorption   traps in light energy and turns it in to heat energy  
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Friction   the force that results when two materials rub against each other or when their contact prevents sliding  
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Force   a push or pull that acts on an object  
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Revolution   one full orbit around the sun (1 year)  
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Axis   an imaginary line around which an object spins  
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Rotation   one whole spin of an object on its axis (1 day)  
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Planet   a large, round object that revolves around a star and has cleared the region around its orbit  
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Moon   a natural object that revolves around a planet  
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Comet   a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun  
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Inner Planets   any of the four closest planets to the sun (small and rocky)  
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Outer Planets   any of the four planets in our solar system beyond Mars (large & gaseous)  
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Dwarf Planet   a large round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit (Pluto)  
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Asteroid Belt   The region between Mars and Jupiter of rocky masses that revolve around the sun  
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Ecosystem   all the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions  
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Predator   a consumer that hunts and eats another animal  
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Prey   any animal that is hunted by others for food  
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Habitat   a place that provides all the things (food, water, space, shelter) an organism needs to live  
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Food Chain   depicts one way energy flows through an ecosystem  
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Food Web   a diagram that combines many food chains into one picture  
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Consumer   an organism that cannot make its own food; its role is to eat other organisms  
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Producer   an organism that can produce its own food  
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Photosynthesis   the process by which producers (plants) make their own food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide  
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Carnivore   a consumer that eats only meat  
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Herbivore   a consumer that eats only plants  
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Omnivore   a consumer that eats both plants and animals  
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Decomposer   an organism that gets its energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms  
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