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| Variable that scientists change |
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| A change in Matter that produces new substances EX: Burning wood, rusting nail Etc. |
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| Anything that has mass and takes up space. |
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| Land area that supplies water to a river system. |
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| Energy available to use later. |
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| Alters form or appearance of a substance but does NOT make material into another substance. EX: Breaking glass, bending copper. |
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| An imitation of something in the real world by a scientists. |
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| Two or more atoms that are bonded together form a particle called? |
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| How do you find the volume of an irregularly shaped object? |
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| use a graduated cylinder with water, place object in, subtract the two different amounts of water. |
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| Day and Night are caused by? |
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| Earth's rotation on it's axis. |
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| Why is water called the universal solvent? |
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| It can dissolve so many different substances. |
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| What is energy conservation? |
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| Reducing the amount of energy we use. |
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| What does a warm front do? (Be able to draw a warm front) |
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| What does a cold front do? (Be able to draw a cold front) |
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| What is a stationary front? (Be able to draw a stationary front) |
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| A boundary between two DIFFERENT air masses. |
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| What is a occluded front? Be able to draw an occluded front. |
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| When a cold front catches up to a warm front. |
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| Lines that connect areas of the same temperatures. |
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| lines that connect areas of the same barometric pressures. |
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| Fuel made from things that were once alive. |
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| Know what water looks like in each of the three phases: Ice, Liquid and Vapor |
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| Ice: Water molecule locked together in hexagonal crystals. Liquid: Molecules move too fast to remain as cyrstals but slow enough to remain attached. Vapor: Molecules move fast enough to remain detached from each other. |
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| _____ and _______ keep the Earth moving along its path around the sun. |
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| Electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam |
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| Heat energy in the Earth's interior from water or steam that has been heated by magma |
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What are the 4 Scientific skils?
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| Observation, inference, posing questions,and drawing conclusions. |
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| ___________ are nonrenewable because they take a long time to form |
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| Why are fossile fuels non renewable |
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| The Direct or indirect source of most renewable energy is ____________? |
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| Why does the earth have seasons? |
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| The earth's tilt and movement around the sun causes __________ |
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| Mechanical Energy (example) |
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| Moving Water like a river, moving turbine, moving vehicle are examples of ________________ energy. |
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| Chemical Energy (example) |
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| Wood burning, evaporation , anything involving the release or gain of energy, bonding or breaking of atoms and molecules, A change in Matter that roduces new substances EX: Burning wood, rusting nail - are examples of ____________energy. |
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| Electrical Energy (example) |
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| Batteries, lightning, static electricity change in Matter that produces new substances are examples of ____________energy |
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| Sun, coal burning, rubbing hands together are examples of ___________ energy |
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| What is the main cause of local winds? |
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| Unequal heating and cooling of land and water. |
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| area of land covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year. |
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| Gravity and Inertia do what? |
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| Keep the Earth moving along it's path around the Sun. |
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| What is Hydroelectric energy? |
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| Electricity produced by Kinetic energy of water moving over a dam or waterfall. |
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| What is Geothermal energy? |
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| Heat energy in the Earth's interior from water or steam tht has been heated by magma. |
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| What is a solution? (Give an example) |
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| Mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another EX:(salt in water) |
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| Part of a solution that is present in the LARGEST amount and dissolves a solute. |
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| part of a solution present in a lesser amount and dissolved by the solvent. |
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| 97% salt water 3% fresh water |
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| Why are rivers more likely to flood? |
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| Because of an increase in the volume of water entering the river. |
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| What are atoms made up of? |
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| A nucleus containing protons and neutrons and electrons moving around the nucleus. |
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| What is a Replacement reaction? |
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| A reaction where one element replaces another in a compound...Or in which two elements in different compounds trade places. |
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| Volume is measured using what three units? |
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| Liters, Milileters and Cubic Centimeters |
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| Tightness across the surface of water caused by the polar molecules pulling on each other. allows insects to walk across water. |
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| What do we use to measure Mass? |
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| Experiments are designed to do what? |
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As mass_______ and velocity _______,
kinetic energy ______ |
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| As mass decreases and velocity increases, kinetic energy increases. |
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