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STAAR Review ML
56 Science STAAR Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adaptation | to change to your environment :to develop physical and behavior characteristics that allow organisms to survive and have offsprings |
| attract | to draw objects nearer. The magnet pulled iron objects toward it. |
| axis | an imaginary line that runs between the North and South poles |
| carnivores | animals that eat meat |
| conclusion | the end, the final part, the result, the outcome, the final decision |
| condensation | process by which gas turns into a liquid,water vapor turns into a cloud |
| conductor | any material that allows an electrical current to pass through it easily- metal |
| consumer | is a living thing that eats other living things to survive. It cannot make its own food |
| decomposer | organisms that break down and digest dead material and waste |
| deposition | material eroded by water, wind, or ice are dropped in a new place |
| dissolving | to become absorbed in liquid, to make a solution with another substance |
| erosion | removal of surface material from the Earth's crust and moving of the materials |
| evaporation | the process of liquid changing to a gas |
| food web | the over lapping of food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem |
| fossil fuels | several types of naturally occurring fuels formed from the remains of dead plants and animals that died thousand of millions ago |
| freezing | a change of liquid to a solid. the freezing point is 0* Celsius |
| friction | a force between two surfaces rubbing against each other |
| gravity | the force that pulls an object down toward Earth |
| herbivore | an animal that eats only plants or plant products |
| hypothesis | an idea that can be tested by an experiment or an observation |
| incomplete metamorphosis | the growth process of some insects that only include 3 stages: egg, nymph and adult |
| inherited traits | a characteristic passed down from parent to offspring |
| instinct | a behavior that an animal inherits from its parents |
| insulator | a material that does not let thermal energy, electricity, or sound energy pass through it easily |
| lunar cycle | the phases of the moon that occur due to the revolving of the planet and moon |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object or substance |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| melting | when a substance changes from a solid to a liquid, or 0 degrees Celsius |
| complete metamorphosis | the growth process of most insects that includes four stages egg, larva, pupa, adult |
| mixture | a combination of two or more substances that do not form a new substance |
| niche | the role that an organism plays in its environment |
| non renewable resources | resources that nature can not replace quickly |
| omnivore | an animal that eats both plants an animals |
| photosynthesis | the process of using the energy in sunlight to make food from water and carbon dioxide |
| precipitation | water that falls to Earths surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| reflection | the bouncing back of light rays from a surface |
| refraction | the bending of light rays when passing through a substance |
| renewable resources | resources that nature replaces as they are used |
| repel | a pushing forced caused by two poles of a magnet being near each other |
| revolution | to travel in a closed path around an object such as Earth does when it moves around the sun |
| rotation | the spinning of Earth on its axis |
| soil | material made up of tiny pieces of rock, minerals, and decayed plant and animal matter |
| solution | a mixture with one substance spread out so evenly in another substance that you cannot tell the two substances apart |
| system | a set of objects that interact to do a job |
| variables | the things which can change in an experiment |
| vibration | the rapid back and forth movement that produces sound |
| volume | the amount of space taken up by an object |
| weathering | the breaking down and wearing away of rock |
| weight | a measurement of the pull of gravity to an object |
| weather | the properties of the atmosphere at a given time and location, including temp, air movement and precipitation |
| climate | the average weather conditions in an area |
| carbon dioxide/oxygen cycle | allows all organisms to survive in which plants give out oxygen that animals breathe in and turn into CO2 which is then used by plants |
| mechanical energy | the energy of moving pieces |
| sedimentary rock | a type of rock formed by gravity pressing fragments of other rocks and minerals together as they settle on land or under the ocean over a long period of time |
| boiling point | the temp at which a liquid changes into a gas or 100 degrees Celsius |
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