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What is the water cycle?

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The repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms; also called the hydrologic cycle

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What is a proton?

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A small positively charged atomic particle.

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What is a trait?

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A feature such as a body part or behavior

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What is a sedimentary rock?

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A type of rock that forms when sediments are pressed together in layers

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What is magma?

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The molten rock beneath Earth’s surface

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What does it mean to migrate?

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To move from one place to another

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What is osmosis?

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A special form of diffusion that works to keep water inside the cell

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts other animals for food

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What is a volcano?

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An opening in Earth’s crust through which melted rock, hot gases, rock fragments, and ash reach the surface

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What is temperature?

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The average motion energy of particles in matter, a measure of hot or cold

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What is a satellite?

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An object that orbits another object in space

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What is a microscope?

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A tool that makes small objects appear larger

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What is an organism?

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A living thing

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What is velocity?

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The speed and direction of a moving object

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What is a mixture?

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A physical combination of two or more substances

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What is a parasite?

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An organism that lives on or in another organism, helping itself but hurting the other organism

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food

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What is a barometer?

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An instrument for measuring air pressure

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What is a conductor?

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A material through which heat or electricity flows easliy

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What is an ecosystem?

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An area in which living things interact with one another and with nonliving things

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What is feces?

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Solid waste produced by the body during digestion

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What is a gem?

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A mineral valued for its beauty

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What is a generator?

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A device that converts other forms of energy into electricity

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What is humus?

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Decayed plant or animal material in soil

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy of motion

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What is genetics?

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The study of how organisms pass along traits over periods of time

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What is a hypothesis?

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A suggested statement or explanation that can be tested to answer a question

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What is a kingdom?

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The broadest group into which organisms are classified

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What is geothermal?

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Heat energy produced form within Earth’s crust

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What does igneous mean?

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Type of rock formed when melted rock hardens

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What is a landslide?

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The sudden movement of loose rock and soil down a steep slope

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What is a headland?

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A point of land, usually high, that extends out into the water

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What is an invertebrate?

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An animal that does not have a backbone

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What is lichen?

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A living thing composed of a fungus and an algae which can survive in harsh enviroments

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What is a herbivore?

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An animal that eats only plants

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What is a jet stream?

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A narrow belt of high speed winds in the upper troposphere

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What is the lithosphere?

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The cool, solid portion of Earth that includes all of the crust and part of the upper mantle

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What is a machine?

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Something that changes stored energy into motion and heat

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What is Jupiter?

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The fifth planet from the sun and the largest planet in the solar system

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What is humidity?

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The amount of water vapor in the air at any given time

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What is gravity?

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The pulling force between two objects

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What is an insect?

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A type of animal that has three main body parts and six legs

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What is lava?

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Molten rock that reaches Earth’s surface

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What is lens?

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An object that refracts light

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What is an insulator?

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Something that slows or stops the flow of energy, such as heat, electricity, or sound

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What is a habitat?

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The place where a plant of animal lives

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What is heat?

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The form of energy related to the random motion of the atoms and molecules that make up matter

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What is an island?

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A landform that can be the result of a volcanic eruption at a hot spot

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What is light?

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A form of energy that can travel in waves through empty space

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What is a glacier?

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A large mass of slow moving ice

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What is inertia?

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The property of matter that keeps an object at rest or moving in a straight line

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What is latitude?

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A measure of how far a place is north or south of the equator

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What is a telescope?

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A tool that makes distant objects appear larger, brighter, and sharper

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What is rotation?

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To turn on an axis

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What is a forest?

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A biome that has many trees

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What is the epicenter?

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Where the earthquake is felt most strongly or has its greatest intensity

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What is cytoplasm?

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The gel like substance that fills a cell

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What is gas?

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The form of matter that has no definite shape or volume

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What is a fault?

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A break or crack in Earth’s crust where two plates come together

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What is diversity?

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A measure of the number of the number and variety of species in an ecosystem

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What is a circuit?

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A path that electricity follows

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What is balance?

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A tool that measures an objects mass.

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What is a fungus?

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A plant like organism that breaks down dead or dying plants

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What is an eruption?

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The flow of lava or ash from a volcano

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What is diffusion?

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The movement of materials from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

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What is a Chemical Compound?

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A substance made of two or more materials

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What is a atom

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The smallest particle of matter that has the properties of that matter

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What is a fossil?

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The remains or signs of past life

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What is the equator?

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An imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the North and South poles

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What is a decomposer?

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Consumer that breaks down the remains and wastes of plants and animals

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that eats meat of other animals

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What is an amphibian?

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A vertebrate animal that spends part of its life in water and part on land

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What is force?

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A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change direction

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work or cause change; ability to make things move, stretch, or grow

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What is the crust?

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The layer of rock that forms the outer surface of Earth

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What is a boiling point?

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The particular temperature at which a substance changes state from liquid to gas

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What is accommodation?

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An individual organism’s response to a change in the ecosystem

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What is fission?

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A reaction in which the nucleus of an atom is split

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What is an electron?

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A particle in an atom that has a negative charge

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What is a constellation?

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A group of stars that forms a pattern or picture

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What is bedrock?

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The bottom layer of soil, made mostly of solid rock

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What is abiotic?

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A nonliving part of an ecosystem

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What is a food chain?

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The path of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals

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What is an element?

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A basic building block of matter

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What is a consumer?

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A living thing that eats other living things for food

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What is a biome?

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A region of the world defined by its climate and the types of plants and animals that live there

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What is acid?

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A chemical compound that:

  1. turns blue litmus paper red
  2. has a pH less than 7
  3. tastes sour, sharp or biting
  4. when combined with a base can form a salt
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What is camouflage?

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An adaptation that allows an animal to blend into its surroundings

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What is an adaptation?

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A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive and meet its needs

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What is friction?

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A force that occurs when one object rubs against another object

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What is erosion?

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The movement of rock material from one place to another

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What is density?

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A measure of how tightly matter is packed in a given amount of space

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What is a cell?

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The smallest unit of life

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What is an aquifer?

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An underground layer of rock, sand, or gravel through which water easily moves

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What is a galaxy?

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A very large group of stars

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What does extinct mean?

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All dead; no more left alive on Earth

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What is digestion?

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The process that changes food into a form that the body can use

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What is chlorophyll?

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A green pigment that allows a plant cell to use light to make food

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What are bacteria?

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Microorganisms that have cell membranes but no nuclei

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What is population?

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A group of organisms of the same species living together in an ecosystem

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What is the rock cycle?

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An endless process in which rocks are changed from one type to another by weathering, erosion, heat, and pressure

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What is work?

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The result of a force causing an object to move in the direction the force is applied

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What is the universe?

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Everything that exists, including stars, planets, and energy

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What is symbiosis?

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A relationship between two organisms that helps one or both of them

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What is a magnet?

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An object that can attract iron and produce a magnetic field

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What is opaque?

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Not allowing light to pass through

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What is a pole?

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The part of a magnet where the magnetic force is strongest

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What is resistance?

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The ability of a material to slow down or stop electric current

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What is weathering?

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The process by which rock material is broken into smaller pieces

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What is a nucleus?

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  1. the center of an atom containing protons and neutrons
  2. the central part of a cell that directs the cell’s activities and stores information to pass on to new cells
  3. a mass of dust and frozen water and gases at the center of a comet
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What is a mantle?

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The thick layer of Earth beneath the crust: Magma is created in the mantle

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What is a stratus cloud?

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A type of cloud that forms low in the atmosphere, possibly leading to light percipitation

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What is a tundra?

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Earth’s coldest biome, with ground whose lower layers stay frozen all year long

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What is mass?

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A measure of the amount of matter in an object

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What is a planet?

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A large body in space that moves around a star

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What does reproduce mean?

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To make more organisms of their own kind

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What is a water shed?

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An area of land that is drained by a series of creeks and rivers

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What is through?

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The lowest point of a wave

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What is a seed?

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An undeveloped plant with stored food in a protective covering

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