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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Decomposers | an organism that gets its energy from dead or decaying matter. |
| Niche | the animals job in an ecosystem |
| Asteroid | small rocky object in space |
| Meteor | labeled as a shooting star |
| Sun | star that all planets revolve around |
| Star | huge glowing sphere of hot gas |
| Erosion | pieces of rock are moved from one place to another |
| Weathering | rocks are broken down into smaller pieces |
| Seasons are caused by: | the tilt of the earth |
| Rotation | earth is spinning on its axis |
| Revolution | earth is moving around the sun |
| Geosphere | earth's solid part: rocks, soil, landforms, etc. |
| Hydrosphere | all the water on earth: lakes, rivers, etc. |
| Biosphere | all living beings on earth: humans, animals, plants, etc. |
| Atmosphere | gases surrounding earth |
| Waxing | increasing the amount of light on the moon |
| Waning | decreasing the amount of light on the moon |
| Crescent | less than half of the moon is lit |
| Gibbous | more than half of the moon is lit |
| Deposition | eroded materials are dropped into new places |
| Lunar Eclipse | earth blocks the sun from the moon |
| Solar Eclipse | the moon blocks the sun from the earth |
| Shared Agents of Weathering + Erosion | gravity, wind, and rain |
| Metamorphic Rock Formation | heat and pressure |
| Sedimentary Rock Formation | metamorphic and sedimentary being pressured together |
| Transparent | light can clearly pass through |
| Translucent | light somewhat passes through |
| Opaque | no light is able to pass through |
| Refraction | an object passes through one material to another and appears to be bent |
| Reflection | light bounces off a surface |
| Wavelength | the distance between crests and troughs |
| Absorption | light is absorbed into a material and is not reflected back |
| Igneous Rock Formation | lava cooling |
| Three Types of Magnets | temporary, permaneant, and electromagnetic |
| Primary Consumer | an organism that get its energy from eating producers |
| Secondary Consumers | an organism that gets its energy from eating primary consumers |
| Tertiary Consumers | an organism that gets its energy from eating seconday consumers |
| Producer | an organism that creates its own food |
| Comet | made up of dust and ice |
| Moon | large, round object in space that orbits a planet |
| Planet | large, round celestial body that orbits a star |
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