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The loose top layer of the Earth

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Soil

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A temperature at which a liquid will turn to a gas is called

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The boiling point

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An animal that eats plants and animals is called

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An Omnivore

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A behavior that is developed from observing other animals or being taught is called

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Learned behavior

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A measure of gravity pulling on an object

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Weight

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The order in which animals eat plants and other animals is called

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The food chain

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All living and non living things in a certain environment is called

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An ecosystem

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a natural resource

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Materials from nature that are useful to people is called

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An idea that can be tested by an experiment or observation is called a

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Hypothesis

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A unit of measure that is equal to one hundredth of a meter is called a

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Centimeter

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A mountain built from harden lava, rocks and ash from eruptions on the earth

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Volcano

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The spinning of the Earth on its axis

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Rotation

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A behavior that an animal inherits from its parents to is not taught this is called

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Instinct

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The temperature at which a solid will become a liquid is called the

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Melting point

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A combination of two or more substances put together

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Mixture

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Matter

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Anything that takes up space

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To gather information using any of the five senses

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Observe

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The final decision explaining whether your experiment supports your hypothesis or not is called

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Conclusion

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Temperature

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The measurement of how hot or cold a substance is.

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Organisms that break down and digest dead materials and wastes

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Decomposers

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Conclusion

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The final decision explaining whether your experiment supports your hypothesis or not is called.

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An animal that is hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal is called

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Prey

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A predator

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Hunts other animals for food

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The feel and the appearance of a substance

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Texture

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A giraffes long neck enables it to reach leaves high above other animals this is an example of.

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An adaptation

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Hypothesis

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An educated guess about how something works. In other words a guess about what will happen

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Fossil fuels

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Include petroleum (oil),coal and natural gas. These materials are called fossil fuels because, like fossils they are the remains of organisms that lived long ago.

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What is renewable energy?

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It is energy made from resources that nature will replace, like wind water and sunshine.

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Evaporate

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Change from a liquid to a gas

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Freeze

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Turn a liquid to a solid

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Boil

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Heat a liquid so that it changes from a liquid to a gas

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Cool

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Take away heat

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Mass

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How much matter an object has

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Balance scale

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A tool that measures mass

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Gas

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Is matter that spreads out to fill the space of whatever it is in. Gas does not have its own shape.

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The 3 states/kinds of matter

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Solid, liquid, and gas

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When you put a liquid into different containers, what changes?

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Its shape changes,but the amount of liquid is the same

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What tool shows which way the wind blows?

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A wind vane

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What tool measures rain?

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Rain gauge

40
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Sun

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The sun is a star that heats Earth

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Insects

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Animals that have three body parts and six legs

The three body parts are the Head, thorax and Abdomen.

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Grassland

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A dry place with a lot of grass

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Forest

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A place where there are a lot of trees

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Pond

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A small body of water that has little or no salt

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Ocean

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A large body of salt water

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Pollen

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Powder inside a flower that makes seeds

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Food chain

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Shows the order in which living things get the food they need

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