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5th Grade
06/01/2014

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A table that can be used to predict what traits offspring will have based on the traits their parents have.
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Punnett Square
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Segments of DNA that carry the instructions for traits that are passed from parents to offspring.
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Gene
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A relationship between two organisms where both organisms benefit.
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Mutualisim
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A genetically determined characteristic .
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Trait
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The widening channel of a river where it nears the sea, with a mixture of fresh water and salt water.
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Estuary
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The position or function of an organism in it's ecosystem.
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Niche
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Parts of the Earth that have similar biotic and aiotic factors. They have a similar climate and geograhy. Large-scale ecosystems.
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Biome
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A change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation.
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Adaptation
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A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits without affecting the other.
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Commensalism
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An organism that gets energy by eating.
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Consumer
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A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits by causing harm to the other.
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Parasitism
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The path of energy and how it moves through an ecosystem.
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Food Web
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Organisms that create energy from the Sun's radiation.
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Producer
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A group of individuals of the same species that occupy a particular area.
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Population
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An organism that eats both plants and other animals.
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Omnivore
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An organism that gets energy by eating plants.
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Herbivore
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A community of organisms and their physical environment, (biotic and abiotic factors)
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Ecosystem
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An organism that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals.
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Decomposer
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An organism that feeds mainly on the flesh of animals.
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Carnivore
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A group of organisms, or populations, living and interacting with one another in a certain ecosystem.
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Community
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Living parts of an ecosystem.
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Biotic
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Non-living parts of an ecosystem.
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Abiotic
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(deoxyribonucleic acid)
A molecule that contains the genetic instructions of living things.
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DNA
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One type of microscopic uni-cellular organism.
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Bacteria
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Organisms that contain more than one cell.
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Multicellular Organism
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(single-celled organism)
A living thing that consists of only one cell.
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Unicellular Organism
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A living thing.
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Organism
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The jelly-like material that fills a cell.
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Cytoplasm
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The outside layer of a cell.
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Cell Membrane
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The central part of most cells that contains genetic material,(DNA)
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Nucleus
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The building blocks of living organisms.
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Cells
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A high altitude cloud composed of narrow bands, sometimes feathery in shape.
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Cirrus
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Uniform gray clouds that cover the sky. Usually produce light to moderate rainfall.
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Stratus
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Low level clouds, also called fair weather clouds.
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Cumulus
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A tool used to measure the amount of precipitation.
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Rain Gauge
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A tool used to measure air temperature.
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Thermometer
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A tool used to measure wind direction.
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Weather Vane
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A tool used to measure wind speed.
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Anemometer
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A tool used to measure atmospheric pressure.
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Barometer
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A fast flowing, river of air, that runs about 12km above the Earth's surface. It forms a boundary between polar and tropical air masses.
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Jet Stream
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The wind moving off a large body of water that moves toward the land during the afternoon.
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Sea Breeze
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The wind moving from the land toward a large body of water in the evenings.
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Land Breeze
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The global winds that are responsible for moving weather across the USA and Canada.
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Prevailing Westerlies
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The gaseous form of a substance that appears ordinarily as a liquid or solid.
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Vapor
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The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid. It is the same as the freezing point of it's liquid form.
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Melting Point
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The temperature at which a liquid changes in to a vapor/gas.
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Boiling Point
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A measure of a substance's ability to dissolve in a liquid.
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Solubility
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The degree to which something is filled or compacted.
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Density
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A combination of two or more kinds of matter.
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Mixture
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Data that is measured with numbers.
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Quantitative Data
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Data that is descriptive.
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Qualitative Data
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A usually irreversible change in the composition of a substance.
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Chemical Change
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A usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance.
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Physical Change
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A measure of how easily a substance will catch fire.
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Combustibility
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The location of an object.
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Position
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The concentration of matter on an object.
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Mass
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A type of graph that measures how something changes over time.
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Line Graph
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Anything that takes up space.
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Matter
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Mass x Velocity; Mass in Motion
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Momentum
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The amount of matter an object has... Measured on a balance.
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Mass
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The change of an object's position over time.
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Speed
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The speed of an object in a given direction.
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Velocity
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Increase in the rate of speed.
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Acceleration
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An object remains still or moves in a constant direction at a constant speed until acted upon by an outside force.
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Inertia
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Changing physical location.
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Movement
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The energy of motion.
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Kinetic Energy.
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Stored Energy.
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Potential Energy
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The rubbing of one object or surface against another. This causes a force in the opposite direction of the movement.
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Friction
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The ability to do work or make change.
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Energy
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Two equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions. The two forces cancel each other out so the movement does not change.
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Balanced Forces
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An uneven set of forces that change the state of rest or the state of motion of an object.
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Unbalanced Forces
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The action of moving or being moved.
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Motion
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A push or pull on an object.
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Force
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The energy of moving particles in matter.
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Heat
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A group of two or more atoms linked together by sharing electrons in a chemical bond.
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Molecules
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A layer of the atmosphere that blocks most ultra-violet radiation from the sun.
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Ozone Layer
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The outer most layer of the atmosphere.
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Exosphere
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Substance that does not allow the passage of heat.
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Insulator
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The layers of air that surround the Earth.
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Atmosphere
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The transfer of heat energy through space.
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Radiation
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The up and down movements of gases and liquids caused by heat transfer.
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Convection
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The transfer of heat between substances that are in direct contact with each other.
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Conduction
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The continuous movement of water on, above and under the Earth's surface.
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The Water Cycle
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The process of water moving through plants back in to the atmosphere.
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Transpiration
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Rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls to the ground.
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Precipitation
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The process of changing matter from a liquid to a solid by taking away heat energy.
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Freezing
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The process of changing matter from a solid to a liquid by adding heat energy.
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Melting
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The process of changing matter from a vapor/gas to a liquid by taking away heat energy.
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Condensation
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The process of changing matter from a liquid to a vapor/gas by adding heat energy.
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Evaporation
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Matter having neither a definite volume nor shape. The molecules move quickly.
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Gas
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Matter having a definite volume but no fixed shape. The molecules move slowly.
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Liquid
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Matter having a definite shape and volume. The molecules are packed tightly together.
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Solid
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A measure of how much a substance will stretch or change when forced, but return to it's original shape when the force is taken away.
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Elasticity
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The change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first becoming a liquid.
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Sublimation
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An area of calm winds near the equator.
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Doldrums
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The lowest layer of the atmosphere where the majority of our weather takes place.
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Trophosphere
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The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer.
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Stratosphere
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Height above the Earth's surface.
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Altitude
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The weight of the atmosphere pushing down on Earth.
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Air Pressure
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A large body of air with the same temperature and water level.
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Air Mass
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The large scale patterns of wind that are directly related to the uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere.
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Global Winds
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The amount of space an object takes up.
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Volume
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A measure of the pull of gravity on an object.
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Weight
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