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Science Finals study guide packet 2 - 6th grade - 2015

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Glacier   A large mass of moving ice and snow on land- it can cover continents- formed from thousands of years of accumuqlted snowfall  
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Ice Age   Period of time on earth that has low temperatures  
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Sea Level   The elevation of the ocean- Zero in elevation  
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Wisconsin Glacier   A glacier that moved slowly south- anything in its path was picked up and tumbled around as the glacier acted like a gigantic snowplow  
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Landform   A feature of topography formed by the processes that shape earth,s surface  
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Sediments   Earth's materials deposited by erosion- makes up the earth's surface  
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Erosion   The process by which water, ice, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil- the taking away of sediments  
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Glacial Debris   Sediments from mountains, lakes, rivers, and valleys all were trapped under the ice- Glacial debris is the sediments that become part of the glacier itself and move with the glacier  
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Harbor Hill Advance   One advance that contributed the most to what Long Island looks like today ( in harbor hill) - it occured 17,000 years ago  
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Ronkonkoma Advance   Another advance that contributed the most to what Long Island looks like today (in Ronkonkoma)- it occured 60,000 years ago  
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Deposition   The process in which sediment is laid down in a new location  
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Moraine   A ridge formed by the till deposit at the edge of a glacier  
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Out wash Plain   The lighter particles that were washed off and formed a plain to the south of the ice edge  
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Bluffs   Large things that drop to the sound show layering sediments that were once contained in the ice of the glacier and now show us a cut way view of the moraine  
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Harbor Hill Moraine   A moraine in Harbor Hill  
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Harbors   indents in shore lines  
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Kettle Holes   Large depressions in the ground  
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Kettle Lakes   If the kettle holes were so deep that they came in contact with the water table they would fill with the water- these kinds of lakes are known as kettle lakes  
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What do we call the elevation of the ocean's surface?   Sea Level  
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What is the flat sandy area found downhill from the moraine?   Out wash plain  
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What is the name of the outwash plain found south of the Ronkonkoma Moraine?   The South Shore Outwash plain  
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What is an area of permeable sediment that contains water?   Aquifer  
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What is the name of the outwash plain found south of the Harbor Hill Moraine?   The Terryville Outwash plain  
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What do we call a kettle hole that comes in contact with an aquifer and fills with water?   Kettle Lake  
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What do we call materials that make up the earth's surface?   Sediments  
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What do we call the advance of the glacier that occured 17,000 years ago?   Harbor Hill Advance  
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What do we call the advance of the glacier that occured 60,000 years ago?   Ronkonkoma Advance  
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BP means what?   Before Present  
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What moraine was left 60,000 years ago?   The Ronkonkoma Moraine  
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What is the name of the glacier that made Long Island?   Wisconsin Glacier  
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What is the name of the glacier that occured 60,000 years ago?   The Ronkonkoma Advance of the Wisconsin Glacier  
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What is the name of the glacier that occured 17,000 years ago?   The Harbor Hill Advance of the Wisconsin Glacier  
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What is th name of the impermeable sediment found at the bottom of Long Island's aquifer?   Clay  
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The taking away of sediments is called what?   Erosion  
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What is made from large ice fingers digging into a moraine, and then filling with sea water?   Harbors  
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What is a steep hill formed from the erosion of a headland or moraine by the sea?   A Bluff  
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Kinetic Energy   The energy an object has due to it's motion  
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Potential Energy   Energy that is stored and available to be used later  
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Load   The amount of sediment that a river or stream carries  
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Slope   A slant going downhill on a landform  
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Abrasion   The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice or wind  
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Turbulence   A type of movement of water in which, rather than moving downstream, the water moves every which way  
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Friction   The force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another  
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Streambed   The bottom of a stream or river  
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Banks   A landslide sloping down alongside a river or stream  
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Mixture   A material made of two or. ore substances that are not chemically boned together  
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Substance   Anything that contains only one pure type of material  
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Elements   A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances- the building blocks of matter(there are 118 of these)  
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Homogeneous Mixture   A mixture where the substances are distributed evenly throughout the mixture  
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Heterogeneous Mixture   A mixture where the substances are unevenly distributed throughout the mixture  
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Meter   The SI unit that measures the distance between two points  
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Volume   The amount of space an object occupies  
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Physical Property   Any characteristic of a material that can be observed, measured  
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Density   The amount of mass an object has compared to its volume  
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SI Units   The system of International Standard metric measurements  
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Volume   The space a substance occupies  
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Mass   The amount of matter in an object  
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Weight   The force an object exerts because of gravity  
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Compound   When two or more different atoms chemically combine to form a new substance  
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Molecule   When two or more atoms combine to form a new substance  
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Atom   The basic particle that makes up an element  
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Chemistry   The study of matter  
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Water   is a substance  
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Milk   is a homogeneous mixture  
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Oatmeal   is a heterogeneous mixture  
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Grams   The SI Unit that measures mass  
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Liters   The SI Unit that measures volume  
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A fire usually indicates what type of change?   Chemical  
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What type of change is freezing?   Physical  
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What type of change is melting wax?   Physical  
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What type of change is bending a paper clip?   Physical  
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What type of change is electrolysis?   Chemical  
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What type of change is condensation?   Physical  
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What type of change is combustion?   Chemical  
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What type of change is oxidation?   Chemical  
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What type of change is a melting ice cream?   Physical  
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What type of change is tarnishing?   Chemical  
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Dissolving salt in water is what type of change?   Physical  
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Mixing compost into sand is what type of change?   Physical  
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Shredding up a block of cheese to make tacos is what type of change?   Physical  
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