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| hazard | anything that can be dangerous
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| precaution | anything done to prevent an accident
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| conservation | the careful use and protection of natural resources
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| recycle | to reuse materials
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| steps of the scientific method | question, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, conclusion
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| hypothesis | a predicted answer
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| experiment | includes materials, procedures, and recording data
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| analysis | means to examine
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| conclusion | comes at the end, answers the question, is suppported by the data
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| data | collected information
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| variable | the part that is tested and it is the part that is different
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| testable | anything that is observable and measurable
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| control | the part that is not changed or different in an experiment
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| five senses | hearing, tasting, touching, smelling, seeing
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| data | collected information
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| symmetry | when opposite sides of an object are the same
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| mass | the amount of matter in an object
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| volume | the amount of space something takes up
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| interpret | explain what the data means
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| trial | a single complete investigation
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| map | used to display locations
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| table | used to display large amounts of information
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| line graph | this graph show change
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| circle graph | this graph compares a part to the whole
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| inference | a decision based on observations and reasoning
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| consumer | eats other organisms
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| validity | means truthfulness
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| model | a representation of something in the world
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| characteristics | also known as traits or features
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| producer | makes its own food
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| photosynthesis | the process by which plants make their own food
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| inherited traits | passed from parent to offspring
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| behavior | a response of an organism to its environment
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| instinctive behavior | inherited from the parents
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| learned behaviors | develop as an organism interacts with its environment - like tying a shoe
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| life cycle | the stages of development an organism goes through
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| seed | a developing plant embryo
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| germination | when a seed sprouts from a seed
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| fertilization | when the male sex cell in the pollen joins with the female sex cell
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| dispersed | another word for scattered by wind, animals, or water
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| mature | the final stage of development where an organism is able to produce offspring
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| metamorphosis | a change in body form
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| larva | the early, immature stage in the life cycle of some animals
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| pupa stage | when the larva is changing into an adult
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| ecosystem | all of the living and nonliving things in an area
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| habitat | the place an organism lives
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| resources | the materials an organism needs for survival
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| competition | when two organisms are struggling for the same resource
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| succession | the changes that take place in an ecosystem over time
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| community | all of the living organisms in an ecosystem
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| pollution | when harmful substances are released into an environment
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| environment | an organism's surroundings
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| desert | a biome that is hot or cold and dry
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| rainforest | a biome that has more insects, plants, and animal species than any other biome
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| aquatic biome | includes marine and freshwater ecosystems
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| coniferous biome | the trees in this biome have needle like leaves and stay green all year
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| deciduous biome | we live in this biome and have 4 seasons
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| herbivore | eats only plants
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| carnivore | eats only meat
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| omnivore | eats plants and meat
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| food chain | a diagram that uses arrows to show the flow of energy from one organism to another
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| species | a group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring
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| decomposer | breaks down the remains of dead organisms
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| scavenger | feeds on left over dead animals
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| food web | overlapping food chains
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| modify | this word means to change
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| inexhaustible resource | a resource that can not be used up
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| renewable resource | a resource that can be replaced in a short time
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| nonrenewable resource | a resource that can be used up
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| absorbent | able to take in
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| nocturnal | active at night
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| evaporation | when a substance changes from a liquid to a gas
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| condensation | when a gas changes to a liquid
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| precipitation | any form of water that falls from clouds to earth
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| runoff | when water flows down a hill or mountain into a stream or river
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| six | the number of legs an insect has
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| three | the number of body parts an insect has
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| asteroid belt | this is between mars and jupiter
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| cycle | something that happens over and over again
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| leaf | the part of a plant that takes in sunlight and makes food and gives off oxygen
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| root | the part of a plant that takes in the most water
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| fossil fuel | substance formed many years ago and used as a fuel
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| carbon dioxide | a gas given off when fossil fuels are burned causes global warming
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| global warming | an increase in earth's temperature caused by greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide
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| drought | a period of no rain
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| flood | too much rain
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| species | organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring
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| extinct | no longer alive
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| variation | differences in members of a species like coat patterns
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| energy | the ability to cause change in matter
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| heat | caused by the movement of particles in matter
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| solar energy | comes from the sun
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| refraction | when light is bent as it is transmitted through a substance
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| reflection | the bouncing of light from a surface
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| circuit | a closed path through which electricity travels
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| electric circuit | the flow of electric charges through a circuit
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| vibration | the back and forth motion of an object
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| sound | this is made up of vibrations that we can hear
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| compression | an area where air particles are pushed together
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| motion | a change in position
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| force | a push or a pull
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| gravity | the force of attraction between objects
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| friction | opposes motion and can slow objects
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| inertia | the tendency of a moving object to keep moving or of a still object to stay still
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| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space
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| physical properties | properties that you can see like size and shape
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| characteristic properties | properties that do not change like freezing and boiling points
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| mixture | a collection of materials that the atoms or different pieces can be separated
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| solution | where the ingredients are so mixed together or dissolved they cannot be separated
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| erosion | occurs when wind, water, or ice move rock or soil
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| weathering | a process that breaks down rocks and wears down earth's surface
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| atmosphere | a layer of air between earth and outer space
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| altitude | an object's height above sea level
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| kilo | this prefix means one thousand of something
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| millimeter | is as thick as a piece of paper
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| centimeter | is a wide as you little pinky
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| weather | the temperature and precipitation of the atmosphere at a certain place at a certain time
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| moon phases | the different shapes the moon appears to have each month
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| waxing phase | the white part of the moon is on the right and is getting bigger
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| waning phase | the white part is on the left and is getting smaller
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| sun | the closest star to earth
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| solar system | the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, comets
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| fossil fuels | include coal, natural gas , and oil
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| igneous rock | is made from cooled lava
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| humus | decayed plant and animal material in the ground
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