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Science Finals study guide packet 1- 6th grade- 2015

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Earth's Tilt   23 1/2 degrees- gives us the four seasons of the temperature zones- gives us the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn  
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Aphelion   When the earth is furthest from the sun  
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Perihelion   When the earth is closest to the sun  
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Elliptical Orbit   When the orbit is shaped like an ellipse- A-symmetrical elliptical orbit  
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Earth's Revolution   When the earth goes around the sun- it takes 365.24 days- gives us the year  
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Earth's Rotation   The spinning of the earth on its axis- the rotation of the earth around the sun- it takes 24 hours- gives us night and day  
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Speed of Earth's Rotation   Approximately 1,000 MPH  
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Satellite   The moon is earth's natural satellite  
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The order of the inner and outer planets of the solar system   Mercury- Venus- Earth- Mars- Jupiter- Saturn- Uranus- Neptune  
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Light Year   The distance that light travels in one year  
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Proxima Centauri   The closest star to earth other than the sun  
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Milky Way   The Galaxy that the solar system is in (including earth)  
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Andromeda   The closest galaxy to earth ( besides the Milky Way)  
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Pangaea   The super continent that existed 150,000,000 years ago  
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Dates of Ice Ages   Harbor Hill Advance; 17,000 BP- Ronkonkoma Advance; 60,000 BP  
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BP   Before Present  
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Age of the earth   About 4.6 billion years old  
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How do you find protons, neutrons, and electrons using a periodic table?   Protons= same as the atomic number(in a balanced atom) Neutrons= The atomic mass minus the atomic number Electrons= same as the atomic number(in a balanced atom)  
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What is the mass and charge of the following particles: protons, electrons, neutrons?   Protons= mass:1, charge: positive Electrons= mass:approximately 0, charge: negative Neutrons= mass:1, charge: zero( neutral)  
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Atomic Nucleus   The nucleus of an atom- center of an atom- holds the most mass  
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Energy Levels   The shell of an atom- with electrons  
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Exothermic   A reaction or change that releases energy  
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Homogeneous Mixture   A mixture in which substances are evenly distributed throughout the mixture- appears the same throughout- milk  
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Heterogeneous Mixture   A mixture in which substances are unevenly distributed throughout the mixture- does not appear the same throughout- oatmeal  
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Mixtures   Two or more substances that are mixed together but not chemically bonded together  
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Compound   A pure substance made of two or more elements that ARE chemically bonded together  
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Physical Properties   A characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without. hanging it into another substance chemically  
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Chemical Properties   A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into a different substance  
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Potential Energy   Energy that is stored  
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Kinetic Energy   The energy of movement  
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Grams   The SI Measurement for mass  
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Meters   The SI unit that measures the distance between two points  
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Liters   The SI unit for volume  
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SI Units   The International Standard of Metric measurements  
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Density   The amount of mass compared to its volume  
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Volume   The amount of space a object occupies  
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Element   A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means- the building blocks of matter( there are 118 of these)  
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Substance   Anything that contains only one pure type or material  
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Molecule   A particle made of two or more atoms bonded together  
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Evaporation   The process that occurs when vaporization takes place only on the surface of a liquid  
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Condensation   The change of state from a gas to a liquid  
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Precipitation   Water that falls to earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet  
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Freezing   At 0 degrees Celsius, liquid water changes into solid ice  
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Polarity   The hydrogen sides or water are positive and the oxygen side is negative  
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Polar bonds in Water molecules   The positive charges of the hydrogen atoms of water molecules make the bond between hydrogen and oxygen a polar bond  
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Formula of Water   H2O = 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen  
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Ground water   Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers  
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Aquifers   An underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water  
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Moraine   A large hill formed by glaciers  
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Out wash Plains   Landforms that hold large areas of ground water- The large sandy formations found downhill from moraines  
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Runoff   Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground  
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Infiltration   When water enters the earth through the soil  
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Percolation   The process of water flowing between soil particles  
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Streambed   The bottom of a stream or river  
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Friction   The force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another  
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Abrasion   The wearing away of rock due to grinding action  
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Turbulence   Water that flows in every direction  
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Slope   The angle of incline that the water flows down due to gravity  
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Meanders   The snake like bends (curves) formed in a river from banks being eroded  
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Erosion   The process of removing weathered rock and sediment  
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Deposition   The process that lays down sediment  
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Mass Movement   Landslides, Mudflows, and Creep, are all processes of mass movement  
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Gravity   A force that moves rocks and other materials downhill  
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Sediment   The material made of small pieces or rock and the remains of living things  
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Valley Glacier   A glacier found between mountains at high elevations  
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Continental Glacier   A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island  
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Creep   The very slow movement or sediment downhill  
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Hemisphere   One half of the sphere that makes up earth's surface  
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Prime Meridian   An imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres  
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Equator   An imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres  
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Degrees   Measures distance around the earth  
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Map   A flat model of all or part of earth's surface  
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Scale   Used to compare distance on a map or globe to distance on earth's surface  
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Symbols   On a map, pictures used by mapmaker so to stand for features on earth's surface  
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Landforms   A feature of topography formed by the processes that shape earth's surface  
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Topography   The shape of the land  
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Key   Describes symbols on a map  
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Elevation   Height above sea level  
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Contour Interval   The difference in elevation from one contour line to the next  
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Longitude lines   Imaginary lines that travel north and south describing position relative to the equator  
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Latitude lines   Imaginary lines that travel east and west describing position relative to the equator  
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Contour lines   Imaginary lines that show elevation  
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Index Contour   A contour line that is darker in color and is labeled with the elevation  
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Plateau   An elevated plain  
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Mountain   A large, rocky, highly elevated landform  
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Plain   A large, low, flat landform  
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