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5th Grade Leap Vocab

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data   Information from which a conclusion can be drawn or a prediction can be made  
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investigation   to study by using close experiments using the scientific method  
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experiment   The use of scientific methods to test a hypothesis  
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procedure   Step-by-step instructions for completing a task  
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physical property   Properties observed using your senses without changing the identity of a substance  
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chemical property   Properties observed using more than your senses after changing the identify of a substance  
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solid   A substance that has a definite shape and volume  
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liquid   A substance that has no definite shape, but a definite volume  
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gas   A substance that has no definite shape nor a definite volume  
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chemical reaction   Reaction that causes the change of a substance into a new substance with different properties.  
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Who is you Favorite Teacher   Answers Vary  
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compare   To tell the characteristics that two separate things have in common.  
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calculate   To find the answer using math  
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graph   To represent by plotting on a graph  
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gravity   A force of attraction between any two objects  
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accelerate   When an object changes speed or direction  
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Who is you Vice Principal ?   Ms. Donnis Casanave  
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air resistance   The Force that stops a free falling object from falling quickly to the ground  
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Potential energy   Energy of position  
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kinetic Energy   energy of motion  
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Renewable resource   Energy resource that can be replaced and never used up  
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Nonrenewable resource   Type of energy resource that cannot be replaced  
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inexhaustible   Type of energy resource that that will never run out ( like the sun)  
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photosynthesis   Process of plants using sunlight water and carbon dioxide to make glucose and oxygen  
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water cycle   process by which water changes phases and travels through the environment  
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shadow   An area of darkness where light has been blocked by an object  
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light source   Where the light is coming from  
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mechanical energy   energy that requires an object to move  
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cell   The smallest part of a body that carries out the process of life  
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metamorphosis   The process of an animal changing during its life cycle  
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respiration   The process by which an animal takes in oxygen, food, and water and produce carbon dioxide  
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germs   Small mass of living substances capable of developing into a whole individual  
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transmit   To transfer from one person or place other place or person  
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producer   An organism that makes its own food for energy  
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consumer   An organism cannot make it own food  
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decomposer   An organism that eats by breaking down waste and dead organism  
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food chain   A series of steps by which energy moves form one type of living thing to another  
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food web   A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture  
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ecosystem   All the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions  
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marsh   An area near the shore  
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forest   A dense growth of trees and undergrowth  
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prairie   A larger are of level or rolling grassland  
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estuary   A passage where the tide meets a river current  
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swamp   Wet spongy land often partly covered with water  
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wetland   Land or areas as marshes or swamps  
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traits   A quality that sets on thing apart from another.  
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adaptations   A characteristic that increases an organism ability to survive  
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predator   A consumer that hunts and eats another animal  
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prey   Animal that is hunted and killed by carnivores  
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Organic matter   All living materials and materials that were once alive  
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Inorganic matter   All nonliving materials and soil  
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rocks   A large mass of stone  
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minerals   A nonliving naturally occurring solid that has its own regular arrangement of particle in it  
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erosion   The movement of materials away from a place  
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hydrosphere   All the water from earth  
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atmosphere   The mixture of water vapor and other gases as well as particles of mater  
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polar zone   Received energy from the sun less directly than the tropical zone  
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temperate zone   The area or region where it is warm  
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tropical zone   zone that contains the equator and is usually warm  
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What school do you go to?   IMMS  
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Who is your Principal ?   Mrs. Alexa Hookfin  
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weather map symbols   A slow destructive process that breaks rocks into sediment  
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natural event   any event that occurs without human assistance such as tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, volcanic erruptions etc.  
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rotation   The act of rotating especially on an axis  
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axis   A straight line by which body or geometric figure rotatates  
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inner planets   Plants that have rocky surface such as mercury venus earth mars  
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outer planets   Any of the four planets in our solar system ( IDK)  
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How many point do we need to win?   20 Points !!!!!!!!!!!!!  
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revolution   One full orbit around the sun  
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solar system   A star with a group of heavy body that revolved around it  
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water cycle   The water cycle is repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms  
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ecosystem   All of the living and nonliving things in an area that area interacting  
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carrying capacity   The amount of food water space and shelter that can only support a specific number of organism  
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pollutants   An unwanted substance added to the land water or air  
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carbon cycle   Repeated movement of carbon through the environment in different forms  
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nitrogen cycle   Repeated movement of nitrogen through the environment in different forms  
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water cycle   Repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms  
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