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5th Grade Science
Patterns in the Natural World
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cycle | A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order. |
| Water Cycle | The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land. |
| Evaporation | The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat. |
| Condensation | The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water. |
| Precipitation | Water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. |
| Transpiration | the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere. |
| Run-off | When rain hits saturated or impervious ground it begins to flow overland downhill. |
| Groundwater | The water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. |
| Climate | The average pattern of weather for a particular region over a long period of time. |
| Ocean | The entire body of salt water that covers about 71% of Earth |
| Weather | The daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, and moisture. |
| Region | An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics |
| Polar | The part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by very cold climate |
| Arid | A region characterized by a severe lack of available water, hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. |
| Aquifer | An underground layer of water-bearing rock. |
| Carbon Dioxide | A colorless, odorless gas produced when any substance containing carbon is burned, product of breathing and of fermentation. Plants absorb carbon dioxide |
| Oxygen | A chemical element found in the air as a colorless odorless tasteless gas that is necessary for life. |
| Photosynthesis | The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. |
| Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen cycle | The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again |
| Fresh Water | Water found in rivers, lakes, glaciers, ice sheets, and groundwater that contain little or no salt. |
| Salt Water | Water found in oceans, and a few lakes, that contains 3-4% salt. |
| Accumulation | A build-up or gathering of something that occurs over time. |
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