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Fletcher's 8th Beginning Of Year Review

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Producer   Organisms that make their own food from sunlight or thermal energy  
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Consumer   Organisms that cannot make their own food so they must get it from other sources  
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Primary Consumer   On a food chain these organisms would be the first ones to eat a producer  
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Herbivore   Organisms that can only eat plants  
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Photosynthesis   A process by which green plants turn sunlight energy into stored chemical energy  
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Organic Compound   a compound in which the molecules contain Carbon linked to Hydrogen, Nitrogen or Oxygen  
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Physical changes   Changes to an object that do not change it's chemical structures  
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Chemical changes   Changes to an object as a result of chemical reactions like rust  
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Element   A substance in which all the atoms are the same type  
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Compound   A substance made of 2 or more different Elements chemically bonded  
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Luster   A property of metals which allow them to become shiny  
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Malleability   A property of metals which allows them to be pounded into thin sheets like aluminum foil  
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Metalloid   A group of elements with properties of both Metals and Non-Metals  
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Density   A value derived by taking an objects Mass and dividing it by its volume  
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Grams   The unit in science for measuring Mass  
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Liters   The unit in science for measuring Liquid volume  
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Work   A force applied that moves an object in the direction of the applied force and is represented by the formula force x distance  
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Potential Energy   Energy stored by position or shape like a rock at the top of a hill or an elastic band that is stretched  
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Kinetic Energy   Energy of motion  
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Speed   the sum total of distance traveled divided by the time it took  
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Energy   The ability to do physical work represented by units called joules  
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Thermal   The type of energy measured with a thermometer  
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Inclined Plane   The scientific name for a ramp  
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Line Graph   The type of graph used to show motion  
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Force   A push or a pull that may cause acceleration  
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Water shed   Areas of land that separate waters flowing to different rivers, basins or seas.  
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Sinkhole   A cavity or empty space under ground caused by water erosion of limestone.  
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Gravity   The force that holds all the planets & moons in their orbits  
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Jupiter   The most massive planet in our Solar system  
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Biodiversity   The variety of living things in an area  
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Ecological Succession   The orderly way in which an ecosystem returns after it has been damaged or destroyed  
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Pioneer Species   The first living things in an area that has been covered by lava  
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Natural Selection   The elimination of certain unhelpful traits over time with out human interference  
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Skin   The largest organ in the human body  
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Circulatory system   The body system that moves blood throughout the body  
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Homeostasis   The process of the Human body that maintains the bodies proper balance.  
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Respiratory system   The body system responsible for gas exchange  
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Budding   A type of asexual reproduction in which dots of the organism grow out and fall off  
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Fission   A type of asexual reproduction in which an organism can be divided and the two separate pieces each become separate organisms  
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Prokaryote   Single celled organisms in which the cell does not have a nucleus  
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Mitochondria   The organelle in a cell responsible for converting stored chemical energy into energy for the cell  
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Cytoplasm   The liquid in which cell organelles are suspended allowing them to move about the cell  
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Cell Membrane   The phospholipid bilayer that surrounds a cell  
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Vacuole   The cell organelle responsible for storing water in both plant and animal cells  
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