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5th gr science terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consumer | Living creatures that canât make their own food but must consume/eat other plants/animals to survive |
| Spores | A single cell that can develop into a new plant identical to the producing plant |
| Dormancy | Of an animal:having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep. Of a plant: Alive but not actively growing. |
| Tornado | A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system. |
| Planet | Hey Celestial body moving in a elliptical Orbit around a star.ð |
| Habitat | The natural home or environment of an animal ,plant ,or other organism. |
| Niche | The function or position (its job and location) of a species within a community. |
| Conductor | A material or object that conducts heat, electricity, light or sound. |
| Hurricane | A tropical cyclone with winds of 74 MPH or greater usually with rain, thunder and lightning |
| Watershed | An area of land that drains all its streams and rainfalls into a common outlet such as a reservoir, a bay. |
| Cumulus | A cloud characterized by dense elements in the form of puffs, mounds, or towers with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower. |
| Inertia | The resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion. This includes changes to its speed, direction, or state of rest. |
| Force | Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement |
| Precipitation | In meteorology, the fall of water, ice, or snow deposed on the surface of the earth from the atmosphere |
| Temperature | A measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value |
| Friction | The resistance to motion of one object moving relative to another |
| Insulator | A material or object that doesnât allow heat, electricity, or sound to pass. |
| Electricity | A form of energy that is carried through wires and is used to operate machines, lights, etc. |
| Sepal | Separate green parts that surround and protect the flower bud and extend from the base of a flower after it has opened |
| Potential | The energy possessed by a body as a result of position or conduction rather than its motion |
| Reservoir | A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply |
| Parallel | Has more than one resistor (anything that uses electricity to do work) and gets its name from having multiple paths to move along |
| adaptation | A change in the structure or behavior of an organism by which it becomes better fitted to survive in its environment |
| Electromagnetic | Iron or steel core surrounded by a coil of wire that temporarily becomes a magnet when a electric current flows through the wire |
| Terrestrial | Similar to the planet earth in size or comparison rocky |
| Rotation | Is the process or act of turning or circling around something |
| Circuit | A closed path through a electric Current flows |
| Community | A group of organisms or Population living and interacting with one other in a particular environment |
| Cirrus | A Thin type of cloud that forms high in the sky |
| Producer | Is an organism, either a green plant or bacterium, which is part of the first level of a food chain |
| Kinetic | Energy associated with motion |
| Anemometer | An instrument for measuring the speed of wind |
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