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Definitions part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hypothesis | an educated guess to a scientific question. |
| Examine | to inspect or study |
| Slope | a slanted surface; a surface that is not flat or level. |
| Orbit | the path that one object takes as it goes around another object. |
| Recycling | to use a material or substance again, usually in another form or way. |
| Revolution | the complete trip a planet makes around the sun. |
| 365.25 days | How long it takes the Earth to make 1 trip around the sun. |
| Deposition | the process by which eroded materials settle in another place. |
| Review | to go back over |
| Core | Center of the Earth |
| Natural Gas | A nonrenewable resource that is found under ground, used as fuel and is a burnable gas |
| Sediment | tiny bits of rock, shell, soil, or sand |
| Glacier | a slab of ice that moves slowly over the land. |
| Solar Energy | Energy from the sun |
| Mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| Moon | a natural object that orbits a planet |
| Sun | A star around which the Earth and other planets in our solar system revolve |
| Produce | make |
| oxygen | gas that an animal breaths in |
| carbon dioxide | gas taht an animal breaths out |
| increase | gain |
| decrease | lose |
| advantage | good for |
| reflect | bounce |
| refract | bend |
| humid | wet air |
| arid | dry |
| texture | how smooth or rough something is |
| scatter | go in all directions |
| represent | stand for |
| remove | take away |
| related | the same |
| except | all but |