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photosynthesis

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how plants trap energy and then convert it to food

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plant parts

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roots, stems, leaves, flower

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leaves

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how plants capture light for photosynthesis

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roots

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anchor plant and take in water and nutrients

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flower

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for reproduction

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stem

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for support and movement of water and nutrients

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how do populations thrive?

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by members being able to reproduce (create offpsring)

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how do most plants reproduce?

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by seeds

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what is pollination

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the process by which pollen is transferred from the stamen to the pistil (by animal, wind, or water)

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what attracts pollinators?

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scents and colors

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ecosystem

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an area where living and nonliving things interact

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nonliving factors of an ecosystem

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sunlight, water, nutrients, soil, and air

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food chain

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a single line of food (example, grass, rabbit, bird, wolf)

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food web

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an ecosystem’s interactions with each other

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Where is the greatest amount of energy in an ecosystem?

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producers

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how does the sun’s energy cycle?

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producers through consumers through decomposers

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community

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the population of species that live in the same place at the same time together

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habitat

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place where an animal or plant naturally lives

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what does a habitat have?

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provides food, water, shelter, and space

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niche

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the function or role that an organism performs in the food web of that community

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thermal energy

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energy transfers from the sun and impacts air movement and weather conditions

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What determines an area’s climate?

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The average data from the last 30 years

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what do we use to describe weather?

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temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, precipitation, and cloudiness

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cumulus

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clouds that are fluffy and white with flat bottoms, indicate fair weather

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cumulonimbus

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clouds may produce thunderstorms

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stratus

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smooth, gray clouds that cover the whole sky (block direct sunlight), light rain and drizzle may occur

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cirrus

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feathery clouds, associated with fair weather, snow or rain may come

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high pressure air masses

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clear sky, light winds

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low pressure air masses

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stormy weather and strong winds

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atmosphere

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dynamic system and changes in conditions

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thunderstorm

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typically between 30 minutes to 1 hour, heavy rain, lightning also precedes thunder

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hurricanes

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occur over warm, tropical weather, and have winds equal to or greater than 74 miles per hour

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tornados

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most form from thunderstorms as the wind changes direction and the air begins to rotate.

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weather

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day-to-day state of the atmosphere for a given area

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climate

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weather of a given area averaged over an extended period of time.

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Solar system

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is made up of eight planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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terrestrial planets

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

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gas giants

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Ways earth moves

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rotation, revolution, tilt

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tilt

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The earth is on a tilt, which means it is always at an angle

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rotation

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a turn in place

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revolution

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a circle around something (the Earth revolves around the Sun)

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moon phases

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new, first quarter, full, last quarter

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What causes the phases of the moon?

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the reflection of sunlight off of the moon’s surfaces

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phases of the moon control what?

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tides

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46
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high tide occurs

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at new moon and full moons

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sun

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is a star, about 4.6 billon years old, and is 110 times the diameter of the Earth

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48
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Ocean floor is made up of:

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continental slope, continental shelf, continental rise, abyssal planes, and ocean trenches

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the ocean floor is covered in

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thick layers of sediment

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ocean water is made up of

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mixture of gases, water, and dissolved solids

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salinity

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measure of salt dissolved in water

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ocean current

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caused by wind patterns and the differences in water due to temperature differences

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an example of an ocean current is

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the gulf stream

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plants and floating organisms are

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producers in the ocean food chain

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organisms in the ocean are grouped by

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floating organisms, swimming organisms, or non-moving organisms

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watershed

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an area of land over which surface water flows to a single collection place

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Our watershed is

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the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

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Other major watersheds

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Gulf of Mexico and the North Carolina sound

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natural resources

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necessary or useful to humans, comes from nature

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Virginia’s natural resources

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minerals, plants, animals, water, soil, and land

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Virginia’s Water resources

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lakes, rivers, bays, and the Atlantic Ocean

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Plant resources

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plants hold soil in place (reduce erosion and improve water quality), provide shelter, habitats, and oxygen

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animal resources

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provide food, fiber, and leather

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minerals, ores, and rocks

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natural resources that have a specific purpose

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energy

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the ability to cause change and that change can take multiple forms

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energy forms

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motion (mechanical), light (radiant), sound, electrical and magnetic fields, and thermal energy (heat)

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law of energy

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energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another

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work

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defined as a force acting upon an object, causing the object to move in the direction of the force

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energy is moved from place to place by

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moving objects, through sound, light, or electric currents

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kinetic energy

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moving objects

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motion of an object is described by

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its direction and speed

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speed

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how fast an object is moving

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force

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

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simple circuit has

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bulb, battery, and wire

75
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a closed circuit

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allows electricity to flow within the circuit

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opening a circuit

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means electricity will not flow

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conductors

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allow electricity to flow through them

78
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examples of conductors

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metals

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insulators

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do not allow electricity to move through them

80
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examples of insulators

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rubber, wood, and plastics

81
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static electricity

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transfer of negatively charged particles

82
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what creates a magnetic field?

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a current flowing through a wire

83
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simple electromagnet is made by

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wrapping a wire around iron-bearing metal (like a nail) and creating a closed circuit

84
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the strength of an electromagnet is affected by

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the number of coils

85
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sound is produced

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as waves cause vibrations as they travel through matter

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sound is a type of

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mechanical energy and is transmitted by vibrations

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sound must travel

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through mediums (solids, liquids, and gases)

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pitch

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determined by the speed of the vibration

89
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high pitch

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faster vibration

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low pitch

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slower vibration

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sounds travels faster through

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solids

92
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sound travels slowest through

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gases

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radiant energy

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light

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radiant energy that can be seen

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visible light

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light travels in

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transverse waves

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wavelength

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distance between two corresponding points on successive waves (crest to crest or trough to trough)

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frequency

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number of waves passing a given point in a designated time

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visible spectrum

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red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet

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light travels in

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a straight path unless it hits an object where it is reflected, refracted, transmitted

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refraction

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bending of light

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refract

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when light hits a prism and light is seperated (why you can see a rainbow)

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transparent

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can see through completely

103
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translucent

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can see through somewhat (like wax paper)

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opaque

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cannot see through

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matter

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anything that has mass and takes up space

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mass

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amount of matter in an object

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weight

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how much something weighs

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matter is made up of

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atoms that you cannot see

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mixture

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two or more substances are combined

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solutions

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a type of mixture where you cannot separate it (ex: sugar water, salt water, and soda)

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earth’s layers

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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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convergent boundaries

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plates move toward each other

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divergent boundaries

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plates move apart from each other

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transform boundaries

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plates slip past each other

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plate tectonics

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plates on earth’s crust that move slowly, driven by thermal energy

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types of rocks

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sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

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sedimentary

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layers of sediment cemented together

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igneous

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rock that has melted and cooled

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metamorphic

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changed by heat and pressure

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weathering

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rock and other material that is broken down by chemicals or weather

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erosion

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materials moved by water and win

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deposition

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materials moved to new location as sediment

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non-renewable energy sources

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natural resources that cannot be replaced

124
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examples of non-renewable energy sources

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fossil fuels and natural gas

125
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renewable energy sources

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resources that are replaced naturally and can be used again

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examples of renewable energy sources

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wind, water, and sunlight

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