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Science Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| consumer | organism that cannot make their own food |
| decomposer | organism who breaks down plants and animal material |
| food web | overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
| photosynthesis | process of plants making their own food |
| predator | animal that hunts other animals for food |
| prey | animal that is eaten by a predator |
| producer | organism that makes its own food |
| environment | living and non living things in an area |
| function | the purpose or role something is used for |
| organism | living thing |
| seasons | one of four parts of the year - spring, summer, fall, winter |
| moon phases | the apparent shape of the moon in the sky |
| reflect | to bounce back of a surface |
| waning | when you see less and less of the lit half of the moon |
| waxing | when you see more and more of the lit half of the moon |
| temperature | a measure of how cold or hot something is |
| condensation | the process through which a gas changes into a liquid |
| water vapor | a water in the form of a gas |
| climate | the average weather pattern over time |
| decade | a period of 10 years |
| weather | condition in the sky and air at a given place in time |
| wind direction | where the wind is blowing from |
| evaporation | the process through which a liquid changes into a gas |
| precipitation | water that falls to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow |
| water cycle | the continuous movement of water above and on the earth's surface |
| conservation | the act of saving and protecting resources wisely |
| non-renewable resources | cannot be replaced by nature easily or quickly |
| recycle | to put through a process that allows things to be resused |
| renewable | can be replaced by nature easily or quickly |
| aquifer | a layer of rock that is permeable to water |
| permeable | allows liquid of gas to pass through it |
| porous | to have many small spaces or holes |
| friction | a force between surfaces |
| magnetic field | the area around a magnet where its force can attract or repel |
| non contact force | a force between two objects that are not touching |
| pole | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnet force is strongest |
| repel | to push away |
| contact force | a force between two touching objects |
| force | a push or pull |
| gravity | a non contact force that pulls object towards the center of earth |
| magnetism | the ability to attract certain metals |
| motion | a change in an objects position |
| ice wedging | a type of weathering when water soaks into a material, freezes or expands and causes the material to break apart |
| weathering | the slow process that breaks materials into smaller pieces |
| sediment | the particles of soil or rock that are being eroded and depositioned |
| deposition | the dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock |
| erosion | the movement of weathered material from one place to another |
| glacier | a large sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land |
| soil erosion | the process by which soil is worn away by wind or rain |
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