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Year Long Vocabulary

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Asexual Reproduction   the kind of reproduction from a part of a single living thing (needing one parent part)  
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Sexual Reproduction   the kind of reproduction that results from the union of an egg and a sperm (needing two parents)  
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Nonvascular Plants   plants without vessels to carry water, minerals, and food  
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Vascular Plants   plants with tube-like vessels that carry water, minerals, and food throughout the plant  
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Pollination   the process by which of pollen grains transfer from the stamen to the stigma  
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Fertilization   when pollen from the stamen enters the ovule in the ovary of the flower  
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Germination   the growth of an embryo; the early stage of seed growth  
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Photosynthesis   the process in which plants use chlorophyll and light to make sugar/food and oxygen  
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Respiration   the process by which sugar/food is broken down when combined with oxygen from the air  
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Vertebrates   animals with backbones; e.g. fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals  
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Invertebrates   animals without backbones; e.g. sponges, segmented worms, echinoderms, mollusks, and arthropods  
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Endothermic   warm-blooded; animals that maintain a constant internal temperature  
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Ectothermic   cold-blooded; animals that do not maintain a constant internal temperature – they must gain heat to perform internal activities  
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Defense Mechanism   an ability in some animals that is used to protect themselves; e.g. camouflage, smell, stinger, ejection, mimicry, grouping  
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Learned Behavior   behavior that has changed because of a certain experience or practice  
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Inherited Behavior   behavior that is passed on from parents to offspring without teaching/ training  
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Water Cycle   the continuous process of water evaporating, becoming cooled and condensing, and then returning to the earth in the form of precipitation  
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Cumulus Clouds   thick, fluffy clouds formed at medium or low elevation; usually an indication of fair weather  
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Stratus Clouds   thick, flat, gray clouds low in the sky formed at medium and low elevations; usually indicate light rain and drizzle (When close to the ground, they form fog.)  
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Cirrus Clouds   feathery, wispy clouds high in the sky made of ice crystals often indicating fair weather following imminent rain or snow  
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High Pressure   the condition of the atmosphere associated with fair weather where the cool and dry air is descending and air particles are close together  
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Low Pressure   the condition of the atmosphere associated with heavy clouds and precipitation where warmer air particles are rising and moving farther apart allowing the air to hold more moisture  
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Westerly Winds   the prevailing wind belt over much of the middle and higher latitudes where the winds blow generally from the west toward the east  
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Jet Stream   a narrow belt of strong, high-speed, high-pressure air flowing from west to east around Earth  
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Energy   the ability to cause changes in matter; involves either motion or position; can be in many different forms  
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Law of Conservation of Energy   the amount of energy you start with is the amount of energy you end with; the amount of energy always stays the same though its form may change  
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Electromagnet   a coil of wire that uses an electric current to make strong magnetic force  
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Generator   a machine that changes one form of energy to another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy; produces an electric current when a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core is rotated near a magnet  
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Electric Motor   a device that changes electrical energy into mechanical energy; contains an electromagnet  
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Conduction   the transfer of heat between objects that are touching, or from one part of an object to another  
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Convection   the transfer of heat that happens when the particles of a gas or liquid flow within the material itself  
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Radiation   the transfer of energy through space without any particles of matter touching or moving  
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Simple Machine   any tool that is made up of only one or two parts  
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Complex Machine   a device that uses two or more simple machines  
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Observation   Any information collected from our senses  
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Inference   Conclusion drawn from observations  
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