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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hazard | anything dangerous |
| precaution | something done to prevent an accident |
| conservation | the careful use and protection of natural resources |
| recycle | to reuse |
| scientific method | the way scientists learn about the world around them |
| hypothesis | a prediction about what will happen |
| variable | the part that is different, it is the part that is being tested |
| testable | if you can observe it and measure it in some way it is this- |
| control | the part or parts of an experiment that are the same |
| observation | you can make these with your senses |
| procedures | step by step plan |
| data | information that is collected |
| mass | grams are used to measure this- |
| volume | liters are used to measure this- |
| distance | a meter is used to measure this- |
| kilogram | this is 1000 grams |
| symmetry | when both sides are mirror images (they are the same on both sides) |
| line graph | this graph shows data that changes- |
| circle graph | this graph compares a part to the whole thing |
| conclusion | the last part of the scientific method that answers the question you started with (what you learned) |
| trial | a single complete investigation |
| buoyancy | the upward push of a liquid or a gas on an object |
| meter | Used to measure distance |
| gram | used to measure mass |
| liter | used to measure volume |
| celsius | used to measure temperature |
| kiloliter | 1000 liters makes one- |
| centimeter | 10 millimeters make one- |
| kilometer | equal to 1000 m |
| horizontal axis | the line on a graph that goes from side to side |
| vertical axis | the line on a graph that goes up and down on the side |
| meter | there are 100 centimeters in one- |
| kilo | this prefix means 1000 |
| viscosity | the resistance of a fluid |
| mixture | a collection of materials in which the materials do not join together |
| solution | a type of mixture in which the substances mix or dissolve so evenly you can't tell them apart |
| soluble | capable of being dissolved |
| orbit | a curved path around an object |
| Mercury | planet closest to the sun |
| Venus | Almost the same size as Earth |
| Earth | The only planet with life on it |
| Mars | the 4th planet |
| Jupiter | The largest planet |
| Ceres | Largest Asteroid in the asteroid belt |
| Saturn | Comes after Jupiter |
| Uranus | Between Saturn and Neptune |
| Neptune | Between Uranus and Pluto |
| Charon | Goes around Pluto |
| Eris | Past Pluto |
| Sun | in the center of the solar system |
| iron | a magnet will stick to this metal |
| solubility | Because salt will dissolve in water it has this trait |
| liquid | the state of matter that takes the shape of its container and has a definite volume |
| gas | the state of matter that has no definite volume and expands to fill its container |
| solid | has a definite shape and volume |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| conductor | allows electricity to flow through it |
| insulator | will not allow electricity to flow through it |
| copper | a metal that will not stick to a magnet |
| density | mass / volume |
| 100 | boiling in celsius |
| 0 | freezing in celsius |
| 212 | boiling in fahrenheit |
| 32 | freezing in fahrenheit |
| current | the flow of charges through a circuit |
| electromagnet | a magnet made by wrapping a wire around a piece of iron and attaching to an electrical source like a battery |
| energy | the ability to cause change or make something happen |
| force | a push or a pull |
| parallel | an electric circuit in which each device has it own separate lookloop |
| series | an electric circuit where the device are connected in one straight loop |
| 365 | how many days it takes earth to revolve around the sun once |
| 24 | how many hours it takes earth to rotate once on its axis |
| 29 | approximately how long in days it takes the moon to go through its phases once |
| sedimentary rock | a rock fromed when sediments are pressed together |
| sediment | bits of rock, sand, shell, and the remains of organismsmagma |
| magma | melted rock below earth's surface |
| igneous rock | a rock formed from coooled lava |
| metamorphic rock | rock that is fromed when another kind of rock is squeezed and heated deep inside earth |
| fossil | the remains of an organism that lived long ago |
| function | a job that something does |
| inertia | the tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest or of a moving object to keep moving |
| kinetic energy | the energy of motion |
| concave lens | when the surface of the lens curves in on both sides |
| convex | when the surface of the lens curves out on both sides |
| acceleration | change in an object's speed |
| biomass | fuel that comes from plants and animals |
| inner core | the very center of earth |
| the crust | earth's outer layer |
| fault | a crack in earth's crust |
| fossil fuel | a fuel formed from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals |
| fuel | a material burned to produce heat energy |
| geothermal energy | heat from melted rock deep below earth's surface used to heat buildings and produce electricity |
| hydroelectricty | electricity that is produced from flowing water like that moving through a dam |
| anemometer | If Mary wants to know how fast the wind is blowing she should use a |
| continent | an enormous slowly moving landmass that floats on Earth's surface |
| cirrus | a high feathery cloud made of ice crystals |
| cold front | the leading edge of a moving mass of cooler air |
| fog | a cloud that forms next to the ground |
| glacier | a large body of moving ice that stays frozen all year |
| humidity | You would use a hygrometer to measure this |
| ozone | a layer of gas high in earth's atmosphere that blocks some of the harmful radiation from the sun |
| precipitation | any form of water that falls from the sky |
| plate | a huge piece of earth's crust |
| cumulonimbus | huge thunderclouds |
| cumulus | puffy, white fair weather clouds |
| stratus cloud | flat, gray low |
| barometer | measures air pressure |
| wind vane | measures wind direction |
| rain gauge | how much it has rained in a given period of time |
| warmer | at the equator is it warmer or cooler |
| runoff | when water gathers and comes down a mountain or hill |
| condensate | when water in a cloud turns into liquid |
| evaporated | when the sun heats up water and turns it into a gas it has ______________it |
| transpiration | when water leaves a plants leaves and enters the atmosphere |
| seven | how many continents there are |