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The most useful metal to man

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Iron

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Metal that is the best conductor of electricity

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Silver

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metal that is liquid at room temperature

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Mercury

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Metal used as a source for nuclear power

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Uranium

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Igneous rock used to scrub and scour

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Pumice

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Sedimentary rock made up of seashells

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Limestone

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Mineral used to make pencils

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Graphite

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The rarest gemstone

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Ruby

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A rocklike object that looks like a mudball

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Geode

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The kind of energy a book on the shelf has

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Potential

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The kind of energy a rolling ball has

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Kinetic

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Running water

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Kinetic

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A stretched rubber band

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Potential

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Water behind a dam

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Potential

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A leg kicking a ball

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Kinetic

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Pushing a lawnmower

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Kinetic

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A sled at the top of a hill

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Potential

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The energy of motion

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Kinetic energy

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The result of a force moving an object

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Work

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Energy released when atoms are either split apart or joined together

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Atomic energy

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Stored energy

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Potential energy

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Devices that convert energy from natural sources into useful work

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Engines

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A fish that looks like a snake

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Moray eel

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Mammal that looks like a fish

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Whale

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Largest flying bird

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Wandering albatross

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Most poisonous fish

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Stonefish

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Mollusk with two shells hinged together

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Bivalve

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“Wing-footed”

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Pinniped

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Small crustacean that is a scavenger

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Shrimp

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Substance that composes reefs

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Coral polyps

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This happens when one object gives some or all of its energy to another object

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Transfer of energy

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The parts of a steam engine

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Wheel, connecting rod, piston rod, piston, cylinder

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Force that resists motion

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Friction

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Attraction that exists between any pair of objects

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Gravity

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Force that causes electrically charged objects to either attract or repel each other

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Electricity

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Push or pull

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Force

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The amount of matter in an object

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Mass

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The ability to do work

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Energy

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An animal uses this to blend in with its surroundings

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Camouflage

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And immature insect that looks like the adult

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Nymph

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When an animal moves from place to place with the changing seasons

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Migration or migrating

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An animal that is active at night

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Nocturnal

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An animal that eats mostly meat

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Carnivore

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The largest group of mammals

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Rodents

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Animals that eat plants

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Herbivores

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Animals that eat insects

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Insectivores

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An object that does not allow light to pass through it at all

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Opaque

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An object that allows light to pass through it but objects on the other side are not clearly visible

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Translucent

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An object that allows light to pass straight through it so that objects on the other side are clearly visible

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Transparent

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And object that makes its own light

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Luminous

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The bouncing back of light

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Reflection

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The bending of light

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Refraction

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Everything that takes up space and has mass

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Matter

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The state of matter that has a definite shape

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Solid

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The state of matter that has no definite shape and flows from one place to another

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Liquid

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The state of matter that has no definite shape in which the contents diffuse

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Gas

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The tendency of gases to float away and spread themselves out thinly in their surroundings

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Diffusion

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The point at which a solid changes into liquid

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Melting point

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The point at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid-state

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Freezing point

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The point at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas

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Boiling point

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The boiling point of water

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212°F

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Water as a gas is called this

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Steam

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When steam cools it condenses back to

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Water vapor

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