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Science Factts

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Involves using one or more of your senses-sight, hearing smell and sometimes taste   Observation  
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Interpretations based on observation and prior knowledge   Inferences  
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Factors that can effect the expirament   variables  
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The variable the scientist is changing   manipulated variable (independent variable)  
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the variable that changes as a result   responding variable (dependent variable)  
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the standard against which you compare your results of your expirament   control  
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the horazontal line titled with the manipulated variable   x-axis  
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the vertical line titled with the responding variable   Y-axis  
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(blank) is measured in meters and can be measured using a   (length) meter stick  
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organisms that make their own food, also known as producers   autotrophs  
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organisms that can't make their own food, they are known as consumers   heterotrophs  
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an organelle found only in plant cells that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food for the cell   chloroplasts  
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cells capture energy from sunlight and use it to produce food   photosynthesis  
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photosynthesis equation:   CO2 + H20 -> C6H12O6 + O2  
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All of the living and non-living things that interact in a partiular area make up an   ecosystem  
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the living parts of an ecosystem   biotic factors  
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The non-living parts of an ecosystem   abiotic factors  
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the things an organism needs to live grow and reproduce   habitat  
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all the members of one species in a particular area are referred to as a   population  
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all the different populations that live together in an area make up a   community  
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an enviornmental factor that prevents a population from increasing   limiting factor  
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(blank) obtain energy by breaking down waste and the remains of dead organisms   decomposers  
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show the flow of energy from organism to organism. In general energy flows from producers to consumers to decomposers in an ecosystem   food chains  
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an organism that consumes producers   primary consumer  
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an organism that feeds on primary consumers   secondary consumers  
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an organism that feeds on secondary consumers   tertiary consumer  
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anything that has mass and takes up space   matter  
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the ability to do work or cause change   energy  
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one or more of ONE type of atom bonded together   element  
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occurs when two or more elements are bonded together in a set ratio   compound  
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two or more substances that are mixed together but not chemically combined   mixture  
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can be observed without changing the substance into something else   physical property  
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is observed when a substance interacts with another substance   chemical property  
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a change that alters the form or appearance of a material but does not make it into another substance   physical change  
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a change in matter that produces a new substance   chemical change  
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a measurement of how much matter an object contains   mass  
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mass is measured with a   triple beam balance  
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the amount of space matter occupies is called   volume  
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volume is measured with   graduated cylinder  
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a physical property that relates the mass and volume of an object or material   density  
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the smallest particle of an element   atom  
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the force that holds two or more atoms together   chemical bond  
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what are the three subatomic particles   protons neutrons and electrons  
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the number of protons located in the nucleus of an atom   atomic number  
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the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom   atomic mass  
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a small positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom   proton  
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a high-energy negatively charged particle that moves in the space outside of the nucleus of an atom   electron  
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a small uncharged particle found in the nucleus of an atom   nuetron  
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found in the nucleus   atoms mass  
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found out of the nucleus   atoms volume  
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the column on the periodic table are   groups/families  
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the rows on the periodic table   periods  
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substances that enter into a chemical equation   reactants  
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the substances formed during a chemical equation   products  
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the energy rich substances formed from the remains of once living organisms and a non renewable resource   fossile fuels  
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resources that take hundreds of millions of years to form   non renewable resources  
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constantly being supplied such as sunlight water biomass material and wind   renewable resources  
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resource so abundent or continuous that they do not require replacement   inexhaustable resource  
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the process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gasses   green house effect  
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divide the distance the object travels by the amount of time it takes to travel that distance (S=D/T)   speed  
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speed in a given direction   velocity  
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a relationship between two objects involving a push or pull   force  
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when all forces acting on an object are equal and will cause a change in the object's motion   balanced force  
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when all forces acting on an object are not equal and it will cause a change in the object's motion   unbalanced force  
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The sum of all forces acting on an object   net force  
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an object in motion or an object at rest will stay that way unless acted apon by an outside force. AKA   Newtons first law of motion LAW OF INERTIA  
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the tendency of an object to keep doing whatever it is doing at the moment   inertia  
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that the force on the object is equal to the mass on the object multiplied by the object's acceleration (F=MA)   Newton's second law  
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states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction   Newton's thrid law  
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The rate at which velocity changes. It involves increasing speed, decreasing speed, or changing direction   Acceleration  
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The energy of position   potential energy  
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the energy of motion   kinetic energy  
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related to the motion or position of matter   mechanical energy  
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two types of mechanincal energy   potential and kinetic  
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also known as heat energy   thermal energy  
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stored in the bonds between atoms; the energy is released when the bond is broken   chemical energy  
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crust and upper most part of mantle is broken in to a number of large peices called plates   lithosphere  
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According to the theory of (blank) the movement of the Earth's plates produces volcanoes mountain ranges earthquakes and features on the ocean floor   plate tectonics  
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The three types of rock that are involved in the rock cycle   sedimentary metamorphic and igneous  
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the hardness of a mineral is measured using   Moh's Hardness scale  
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The way a mineral reflects light off of its surface is called   luster  
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The movesment of particles from one location to another   erosion  
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the process of rock being broken down into smaller peices   weathering  
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water moves easily through materials when it is   permeable  
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water does not move easily through materials   impermeable  
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the (blank) energy comes from nuclear fusion   Sun's  
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Earths (blank) are due to the tilt of the earths access resulting in either direct or indirect sunlight striking the earths surface   seasons  
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the moon does not produce its own light; it   reflects light from the sun  
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the moon appears to be increasing in size   waxing  
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the moon appears to be decreasing in size   waning  
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the moon appears to be less than halfway full   cresent moon  
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the moon appears to be more than halfway full   gibbous moon  
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The transfer of heat through direct physical contact is called   conduction  
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The transfer of energy by electromaagnetic waves and does not require direct physical contact   radiation  
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the transfer of heat by movement of currents within a liquid or a gasis called   convection  
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a series of processes on and beneatht the earth's surface that slowly change rocks from one kind to another   rock cycle  
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water on earth is recycled through a process known as   the water cycle  
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the driving force of the water cycle is heat energy from   the sun  
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an underground layer of rock or soil that stores water   aquifer  
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when an object spins on its own access   rotation  
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when an object travels around another object in an orbit   revolution  
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controls what substances come in and out of the cell   cell membrane  
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Plant cells have this organelle that shaped and supports the cell   cell wall  
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directs all the cell activities   nucleus  
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the genetic material of a cell found in the nucleus   DNA  
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organelles that produce most of the energy the cell needs to carry out its functions   mitochondrea  
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An organelle that carries proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another   Endoplasmic Reticulum  
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organelles that produce proteins inside of a cell   ribosomes  
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an organelle that is the storage area of the cell   vacuole  
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bacteria cells are called (blank)because they do not have a nucleus   prokaryotes  
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cells that contain a nucleus   eukaryotes  
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