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Science Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| analyze | to study something carefully in order to understand what it means |
| apparent | easily observable |
| conductivity | the ability to allow heat or electricity to travel through it easily |
| hypothesis | an educated guess |
| inertia | tendency of an object to remain in the same state either at rest or in motion |
| niche | the role that a plant or an animal plays in its habitat |
| properties | characteristics |
| valid | reasonable and justifiable |
| variable | the condition that changes in an experiment |
| vegetation | plants |
| predominately | mostly, mainly |
| hazardous | harmful to people or the environment |
| classify | grouping based on similarities or differences |
| conservation | the process of preserving and protecting an ecosystem or resource |
| retain | to hold or keep |
| biotic | the living parts of an ecosystem |
| terrestrial | living or growing on land |
| empirical | information that is acquired by observation or experimentation |
| density | how tightly or loosely packed the atoms are |
| transmit | to pass or cause to pass through space or through a material |