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5th grade science

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What does most dense/more dense mean?   objects will sink in water  
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What does least dense/less dense mean?   objects will float in water  
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What is alternative energy?   energy made from RENEWABLE resources ex) hydroelectric (water), wind energy, solar (sun), biofuel, geothermal (heat/earth)  
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What is reflection?   the BOUNCING of light (LIGHT hits the surface then the light bounces off)  
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What is refraction?   the BENDING of light (light goes THROUGH the substance then changes direction) Ex. lenses, water, hand lens  
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What are the 4 magnetic metals?   SINC (steel, iron, nickel, cobalt)  
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What is the boiling point of water?   100 degrees Celcius  
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What is the freezing point of water?   0 degrees Celcius  
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What is thermal energy?   heat energy  
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What is a series circuit?   a circuit with only ONE loop; electricity can only go one way; if one light burns out, they ALL go out!!!  
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What is a parallel circuit?   a circuit with TWO OR MORE loops; electricity has two or more ways to go; if one light burns out, the rest stay lit  
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Light travels in a .........   straight line  
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Force is ........   a push or a pull; the more mass an object has, the more force it will take to move it  
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What does a spring scale measure?   the science instrument used to measure force  
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What are the STEPS for making FOSSIL FUELS (Coal, oil or natural gas)   1) organisms died 2) buried under layers of sediment 3) HEAT FROM THE EARTH 4) COMPACTION 5) TIME  
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How is COAL made?   It is a fossil fuel made from ferns that grew in SWAMPS millions of years ago  
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How is OIL/NATURAL GAS made?   It is a fossil fuel made from microscopic sea organisms that lived in ANCIENT OCEANS millions of years ago  
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What are the STEPS for making sedimentary rock?   1) sediment is deposited 2) sediment is compacted 3) sediment is cemented together 4) time  
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Renewable resources are........   resources that can come back again; can be renewed ex) water, plants and animals, wind, sunshine, heat from inside the earth  
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Seasons are caused by................   the earth's tilt and the earth's revolution around the sun  
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Evaporation is ..........................   a liquid changing into a gas or water vapor; heat energy causes evaporation  
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Condensation is ...................   water vapor or a gas changing into liquid water; caused by removing heat (cold)  
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Transpiration is...............   water vapor released from the leaves of plants  
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Runoff is...............   water running off the land  
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What is a non- renewable resources?   resources that CAN NOT come back  
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What is increase mean?   more of something  
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What does decrease mean?   less of something  
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What is overpopulation?   too many of any given organism in an area  
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What is vegetation?   another word for plants  
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