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g6 Segment 2
6th Grade STEMscopes CA Segment 2 All Scopes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absorption | The transfer of energy into a medium |
| Altitude | The distance from sea level |
| Atmosphere | The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity |
| Atmospheric Circulation | The large-scale movement of air around Earth |
| Atmospheric Movement | Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth; influenced by convection of warm, less dense air (rises and spreads out) and cold, dense air (sinks) |
| Climate | Average weather patterns for a particular region |
| Condensation | The change from a gas state to a liquid state |
| Conduction | Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when two substances of different temperatures touch. |
| Conductor | A substance that allows the flow of electrical charge or transfers thermal energy through matter. |
| Convection | Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids. |
| Convection Current | A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid |
| Coriolis Effect | The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, as a result of Earth's rotation. |
| Crystallization | The formation of highly ordered, solid structures from particles in a solution |
| Density | The amount of matter in a given space or volume |
| Energy | The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system |
| Energy | The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system |
| Evaporation | Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas |
| Global | Relating to the whole world |
| Gravity | The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another |
| Groundwater | Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers |
| Heat Transfer | The thermal energy exchange between two objects of different temperatures; energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer sites to cooler sites until all sites have reached the same temperature |
| Insulator | A material that does not conduct heat or electric current |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy of Motion |
| Latitude | Geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on Earth's surface |
| Law of Conservation of Energy | Scientific law stating that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but just changes form |
| Mass | A measure of how much matter is present in a substance |
| Matter | Anything that has volume and mass |
| Motion | The change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points |
| Ocean Currents | Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences |
| Percolation | When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces between soil and rocks |
| Precipitation | Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky |
| Radiant Energy | Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared (heat) radiation |
| Radiation | The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles. |
| Regional Geography | The study of specific regions of Earth |
| Rotation | The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur |
| Runoff | Rainfall and surface water that drain or flow from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean |
| Salinity | Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water |
| Speed | The rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time |
| States of Matter | Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: solid, liquid, and gas; also referred to as phases |
| System | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole |
| Temperature | Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit) |
| Thermal Energy | The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes |
| Transpiration | The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves |
| Water Cycle | The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things |
| Weather | The day-to-day state of the atmosphere |
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