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Ms. Kotara's End of Year Test
Science Review
42
Science
6th Grade
05/16/2010

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Term
causes a reaction
Definition
stimulus
Term
living part of any environment
Definition
biotic
Term
nonliving part of any environment
Definition
abiotic
Term
a reply or a reaction
Definition
response
Term
organism that is eaten in an environment
Definition
prey
Term
organism that eats another organism in an environment
Definition
predator
Term
Internal or External

getting a drink when you are thirsty
Definition
internal
Term
Internal or External

Phototropism
Definition
external
Term
Internal or External

sweating because of the hot sun
Definition
external
Term
Internal or External

Hibernation
Definition
internal
Term
Water Cycle

rain, sleet, hail, snow
Definition
percipitation
Term
WATER CYCLE

water vapor put into air by plants
Definition
transpiration
Term
WATER CYCLE

water below the surface (aquifer)
Definition
ground water
Term
WATER CYCLE

water that soaks into the ground
Definition
percolation
Term
WATER CYCLE

water on the surface (river)
Definition
surface water
Term
WATER CYCLE

water that flows into rivers, lakes, oceans
Definition
runoff
Term
WATER CYCLE

heat changes liquid water to gas
Definition
evaporation
Term
WATER CYCLE

changes from gas to a liquid
Definition
condensation
Term
Plants get energy from the __________ to make their own food through the process of _________________.
Definition
Plants get energy from the SUN to make their own food through the process of PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
Term
Energy is ______________ during evaporation.
Definition
Energy is GAINING during evaporation.
Term
Energy is __________ during condensation.
Definition
Energy is LOSING during condensation.
Term
Colliding plates can create ____________.
Definition
Colliding plates can create EARTHQUAKES.
Term
uneven heating of the Earth's surface
Definition
winds
Term
waves change the shape of a beach
Definition
hurricanes
Term
weather occurs here
Definition
troposphere
Term
region of land drained by a river system
Definition
watershed
Term
heat and pressure create what type of rock
Definition
metamorphic
Term
compaction and cementation create what type of rock
Definition
sedimentary
Term
process by which new rock is formed from old rock
Definition
rock cycle
Term
melting and cooling of rock
Definition
igneous
Term
distance from Earth to the Sun
Definition
astronimical unit
Term
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Definition
inner planets
Term
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Definition
outer planet
Term
Earth spinning on its axis
Definition
rotation
Term
Earth moving around the Sun
Definition
revolution
Term
large rocks that orbit the Sun
Definition
asteroids
Term
small bodies othat orbit larger bodies
Definition
moons
Term
meteoroids that hit the Earth
Definition
meteorites
Term
meteoroids as they travel through the atmosphere
Definition
meteors
Term
small rocks that orbit the sun
Definition
meteoroids
Term
used for research and experiments
Definition
ISS (International Space Station)
Term
human made object placed in orbit around another body
Definition
artificial satellite
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