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5th Grade
04/18/2011
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Weathering
 Definition
Breaking Down of rocks
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Erosion
 Definition
Carrying away of sediment
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Fossil Fuels
 Definition
Coal, Oil and Natural Gas
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Wind Erosion
 Definition
Sand dunes
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Water Erosion
 Definition
Canyon
Term
Trees
 Definition
A renewable resource
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Conductor
 Definition
Allows energy to flow through
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Insulator
 Definition
Stops energy from flowing through
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WWWI
 Definition
Forces that change our Earth
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Inherited
 Definition
A trait that you get from your parents
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Learned Behavior
 Definition
Something you are not born with
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Tundra
 Definition
VERY Cold, No trees
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Desert
 Definition
No or little rain
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Magnet
 Definition
Iron and Steel are attracted to this
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Mixture
 Definition
Two or more items mixed together-Nothing gets dissolved
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Solution
 Definition
Two or more items mixed together-Something gets dissolved
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Complete Metamorphosis
 Definition
Egg, Lava, Pupa, Adult
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Incomplete Metamorphosis
 Definition
Egg, Nymph, Adult
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Thermometer
 Definition
Used to take temperature
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Valley
 Definition
Caused by a Glacier
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Rotation
 Definition
24 hours/1 day
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Revolution
 Definition
365 days/1 year
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Graduated Cylinder
 Definition
Measures volume
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Triple Beam Balance
 Definition
Measure Mass
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Moon
 Definition
1 month/29.5 days
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Tides
 Definition
Caused by moon's gravity
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Oxygen
 Definition
Plants let out this
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Carbon Dioxide
 Definition
Plants take in this
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Metamorphic Rock
 Definition
Result from heat and pressure
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Sedimentary Rock
 Definition
Formed as sediments are pushed together
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Igneous Rock
 Definition
Formed by cooled lava
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Photosynthesis
 Definition
Process in which plants make their own food
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Refraction
 Definition
Light Bends
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Reflection
 Definition
Light bounces
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Producer
 Definition
makes their own food
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Herbivore
 Definition
Eats only plants
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Carnivore
 Definition
Eats only meat
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Omnivore
 Definition
Eats both plants and meat
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Mercury
 Definition
Smallest planet
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Jupiter
 Definition
Largest planet
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Seasons
 Definition
Caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis
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Sound
 Definition
Made by vibrations
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Deposition
 Definition
Dropping off of sediment
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Example of Deposition
 Definition
Delta
Term
Rain Forest
 Definition
Lots of rain/trees
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Gravity
 Definition
Force that causes raindrops to fall to Earth
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