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Adaptation

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ad·ap·ta·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a structure or feature of an organism that helps it meet a particular need in its natural habitat
  • *Dictionary:** a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** adjustment; alteration

Why don’t humans have an adaptation to be immune to the flu?

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Air Pressure

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air pres·sure

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The weight of air pressing down on an area; atmospheric pressure
  • *Dictionary:** the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth
  • *Antonym:** unconfined
  • *Synonym:** compressed

A car’s tires should always have high air pressure.

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Asteroid

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as·ter·oid

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** celestial body orbiting a star between Mars and Jupiter
  • *Dictionary:** a chunk of rock or iron less than 1,000km (621 miles) in diameter that orbits the sun
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** planetoid; starlike

In Science, I found out that in Mars and Jupiter, a lot of asteroids are orbiting the sun.

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Astronomer

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as·tron·o·mer

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a scientific observer of the celestial bodies; an expert in astronomy
  • *Dictionary:** one who studies the stars and planets and their movement
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** stargazer; uranologist

I read about the astronomer Galileo Galilei in Science today.

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Atmosphere

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at·mos·phere

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The layer of air that surrounds Earth
  • *Dictionary:** the mixture of gases that surround a planet
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** air; pressure

The astronauts must have had a challenge with getting through the atmosphere.

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Audible

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au·di·ble

  • *Part of Speech:** adjective
  • *Own:** loud enough to be heard; able to be heard
  • *Dictionary:** capable of being heard
  • *Antonym:** inaudible
  • *Synonym:** aural; resounding; roaring

My brother’s voice was audible from my room.

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Balanced Force

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bal·anced force

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** forces that are equal in all except direction; even
  • *Dictionary:** forces that cancel each other out because they are equal in size
  • *Antonym:** disproportioned; unbalanced force
  • *Synonym:** equilibrium; equated

While it’s hard to comprehend, 100 pounds of feathers and 100 of bricks are balanced forces.

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Bladder

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blad·der

Part of Speech: noun
Own: organ that holds urine
Dictionary: organ in the excretory system that stores and releases urine
Antonym:
Synonym:

My uncle has sugery on his bladder two years ago.

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Carnivore

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car·ni·vore

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** an animal that eats other animals
  • *Dictionary:** An animal that feeds chiefly on the flesh of other animals.
  • *Antonym:** herbivore
  • *Synonym:** hunter; killer; meat-eater; predator

Many humans are not carnivores, but many definitely love their meat.

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Chemical Change

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  • a change in one or more substances, caused by a reaction, that forms new and different substances
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Circulatory System

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cir·cu·la·to·ry sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a system of organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lynphs through the body
  • *Dictionary:** the system of organs and tissues, including the heart, blood, blood vessels, lymph, lymphatic vessels, and lymph glands, involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body.
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

The Circulatory System controls blood and lymphs

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Climate

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cli·mate

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time; weather of region
  • *Dictionary:** the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** conditions; temperature

The climate in Antarctica is the coldest in the world.

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Comet

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com·et

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a celestial body moving about the sun
  • *Dictionary:** a chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice, and dust orbiting the sun
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** meteor; fireball

I have never actually seen a comet, because I always miss them.

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Compound

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  • a substance made of two or more different atoms that have combined chemically
  • a substance formed by at least two types of atoms that are chemically combined
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Condensation

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con·den·sa·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The process by which a gas changes back into a liquid
  • *Dictionary:** the process by which a gas changes into a liquid
  • *Antonym:** unabridgment
  • *Synonym:** abstract; reduction; boildown

The vent cooled all the steam, which caused a lot of air to go through condensation.

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Conduction

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  • heat transfer between two objects that touch
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Conservation

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con·ser·va·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the preservation from injury and decaying
  • *Dictionary:** the preserving and protecting of an ecosystem or a resource
  • *Antonym:** destruction; neglect; waste
  • *Synonym:** care; keeping; salvation

Fossils are kept under conservation in museums.

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Constant Variable

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  • a variable in an experiment that does not change, no matter what
  • it is held constant at all times throughout the experiment
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Constellation

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con·stel·la·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the grouping of various stars
  • *Dictionary:** a group of stars
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** gathering; company

I like trying to find constellations at night.

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Consumer

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con·sum·er

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own: **person who buys merchandise, services
  • *Dictionary:** a person who buys or uses goods or services
  • *Antonym:** marketer; merchandiser
  • *Synonym:** buyer; purchaserI wish I was producer so I would never be hungry, but I am stuck being a consumer.
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Control

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  • the experiment setup to which you will compare all the other setups
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Convection

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  • transfer of thermal energy by movement of a liquid or gas
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Decomposer

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de·com·pos·er

Part of Speech: noun
Own: consumers that break down the tissues of dead organisms
**Dictionary: **an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances.
Antonym:
Synonym:

Worms are the most common decomposers.

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Density

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  • is found by dividing the mass of an object by its volume
  • mass per unit of volume in a substance
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Digestive System

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di·ges·tive sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the system by which ingested food is acted upon to privde the body with nutrients and excrete waste products
  • *Dictionary:** the system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients and to excrete waste products
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

The Digestive System is what makes you use the restroom.

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Dissolve

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  • when something breaks up into particles so tiny they can’t be seen even with a microscope
  • when something is mixed into something else and disappears

- a substance mixed into something (liquid) to make a solution

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Ecosystem

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ec·o·sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** Earth’s system of natural resources and living things
  • *Dictionary:** a community of organisms and the environment in which they live
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** ecological; environment

Humans made a major impact on the ecosystem.

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Element

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  • matter that is made of only one kind of atom
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Elliptical

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el·lip·ti·cal

  • *Part of Speech:** adjective
  • *Own:** shaped like an oval
  • *Dictionary:** shaped like a ellipse
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** egg-shaped; oblong

Since I can’t draw a perfect circle, I always make an elliptical shape.

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Evaporation

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e·vap·o·ra·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The process by which a liquid changes into a gas
  • *Dictionary:** the process by which a liquid changes into a gas
  • *Antonym:** dampening; soaking
  • *Synonym:** dissipation; vaporization

When something dries, it is because the water on it went trhough evaporation.

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Exoskeleton

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ex·o·skel·e·ton

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** an hard outer cover that protects the body
  • *Dictionary:** a hard outer covering, found in many types of animals, that supports and protects the body
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

Roaches have exoskeletons.

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Extinction

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ex·tinc·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** dying out to the point of disappearing
  • *Dictionary:** the death of all the organisms of a certain kind of living thing.
  • *Antonym:** conserve; preserve
  • *Synonym**: death; elimination

Dinosaurs went through extinction long ago.

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Food Chain

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Food Chain

Part of Speech: noun
Own: the ways in which the organisms in an ecosystem interact with one another according to what they eat
Dictionary: a sequence of organisms in an ecosystem in which each species is the food of the next member of the chain
Antonym:
Synonym: food cycle; food web

Lions are at the top of the food chain.

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Friction

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fric·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a rubbing or discord caused by difference
  • *Dictionary:** a force that acts between two touching objects and that opposes motion
  • *Antonym:** NONE
  • *Synonym:** irritation; erosion

The friction between the magnifying glass and the grass created fire.

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fulcrum

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ful·crum

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the point on which a lever rest
  • *Dictionary:** the fixed point on a lever
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

The easiest way to see a fulcrum is by looking at an unused see-saw.

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full moon

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full moon

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** when the whole moon is being shown
  • *Dictionary:** the moon when the whole of its disk is illuminated, occuring when in opposition, to the sun.
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

Last month, I missed the full moon because I fell asleep.

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Galaxy

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gal·ax·y

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a large system of stars
  • *Dictionary:** a group of billions of stars, objects that orbit those stars, gas, and dust
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** nebula; star cluster

The galaxy we live in is the Milky Way.

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Gravity

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grav·i·ty

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the attraction between celestial bodies; forces of attraction
  • *Dictionary:** the force of attraction between two objects, such as the attraction between Earth and objects on it.
  • *Antonym:** weightedness
  • *Synonym:** heaviness; weight

The gravity chamber at NASA was incredible.

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Habitat

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hab·i·tat

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a place in an ecosystem where a population lives
  • *Dictionary:** the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive
  • *Antonym:** unnatural surroundings
  • *Synonym:** residence; environment; surroundings

A whale’s habitat is the ocean.

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Hazardous

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haz·ard·ous

  • *Part of Speech:** adjective
  • *Own:** dangerous; unsecure
  • *Dictionary:** full of risk; perilous
  • *Antonym:** safe; secure
  • *Synonym:** dangerous; unsafe

Jumping out of a plane is very hazardous, especially with no parachute.

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Herbivore

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her·bi·vore

Part of Speech: noun
Own: an animal that eats plants
Dictionary: plant-eater
Antonym:
Synonym: fruitarian; vegan

I am not a herbivore since I had steak for dinner last night.

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Humidity

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hu·mid·i·ty

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** A measure of the amount of water in the air; very damp weather
  • *Dictionary:** the amount of water vapor in the air
  • *Antonym:** aridity; dryness
  • *Synonym:** moisture; dampness

Florida always has high humidity.

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inclined plane

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in·clined plane

  • *Part of Speech:** verb
  • *Own:** lean or slope; less than a right angle
  • *Dictionary:** A flat, sloping surface
  • *Antonym:** flat; straight
  • *Synonym:** ramp; slant; tilt

A playground slide is an inclined plane.

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Inertia

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in·er·tia

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** unwillingness to move; stillness
  • *Dictionary:** The property of matter that keeps it moving in a straight line or keeps it at rest
  • *Antonym:** activity; moving
  • *Synonym:** laziness; inactivity

You have to fight inertia if your car is in neutral.

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Inherited

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in·her·it·ed

Part of Speech: noun / adjective
Own: hereditary
Dictionary: a characteristic that passed from parent to offspring
Antonym:
Synonym: genetic; rooted

I inherited $5,000,000,000 from a lost relative.

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Instinct

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in·stinct

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a behavior that an organism inherits
  • *Dictionary:** a behavior that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught
  • *Antonym:** knowledge; urge
  • *Synonym:** intuition; sense; feeling

I have a lot of faith in my instincts.

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Kidney

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kid·ney

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** either of the two organs that remove waste products from the blood
  • *Dictionary:** organs in the human excretory system that removes waste materials from the blood
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

My mom used to suffer from kidney infections all childhood life.

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Liver

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liv·er

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** an organ of the body that processes food and cleans the blood
  • *Dictionary:** a large organ that makes a digestive juice called bile
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

The liver helps my body keep a perfect digestive state.

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Lunar Eclipse

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lu·nar e·clipse

Part of Speech: noun
Own:
Dictionary: the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth’s shadow. The Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned and the Earth is in the middle.
Antonym: solar eclipse
Synonym:

I got to witness a lunar eclipse last year.

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Manipulated Variable

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  • any condition that can be changed in an experiment
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Mass

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  • the amount of matter in something
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Mixture

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  • a combination of two or more different substances in which the substances keep their identities\

- two substances physically combined and easy to separate

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Momentum

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mo·men·tum

  • *Part of Speech**: noun
  • *Own:** force of speed of movement
  • *Dictionary:** A measure of how hard it is to slow down or stop an object
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** force; drive; thrust

The momentum at which he was running would have made a cheetah jealous.

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Moon Phases

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Moon Phas·es

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the stages of the Moon
  • *Dictionary:** a stage in the changing shape the Moon seems to have when it is viewed from Earth
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

I did a project which made me see all the Moon phases.

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Nervous System

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nerv·ous sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The system of cells, tissues, and organs that regulates the body’s responses to internal and external stimuli.
  • *Dictionary**: the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
  • *Antonym:** None
  • *Synonym:** central nervous system

My nervous system was stimulated and I was very hyper.

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New moon

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New moon

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** when no moon or only an adge can be seen
  • *Dictionary:** the moon either when in conjunction with the sun or soon after
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

I learned that there is a New Moon exvery 28 days.

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Omnivore

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om·ni·vore

Part of Speech: noun
Own: an animal that eats both plants and other animals
Dictionary: an animal whose normal diet includes both plants and animals.
Antonym:
Synonym: predator; hunter

Most humans are omnivores.

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Orbit

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or·bit

  • *Part of Speech:** noun / verb
  • *Own:** noun - an orb or sphere / verb - to move around in an elliptical path
  • *Dictionary:** the path an object follows as it revolves around another object
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** rotation; path; track

Earth is one of eight planets that orbit the Sun.

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Organs

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or·gans

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** tissues that work together to perform a specific function
  • *Dictionary:** a body part that is made of smaller parts that work together to do a certain job
  • *Antonym:** part
  • *Synonym:** none

The heart is one of our many organs.

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Pancreas

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pan·cre·as

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a gland that secretes digestive fluids and insulin
  • *Dictionary:** a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

Diabetes causes weakening in the Pancreas.

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Parallel Circuit

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Par·al·lel Cir·cuit

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** consisting of or having component parts connected in the same direction
  • *Dictionary:** an electric circuit that has more than one path for the electric charges to follow
  • *Antonym:** Series Circuit
  • *Synonym:**

The lights in my backyard run on a parallel circuit.

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Photosynthesis

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pho·to·syn·the·sis

Part of Speech: noun
Own:how plants get food
Dictionary: the process by which plants make food
Antonym:
Synonym:

THe roots are the first part of photosynthesis.

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Physical Change

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  • a change in which the form or shape of a substance changes but the substance still has the same chemical makeup
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Pollution

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pol·lu·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** contamination of harmful substances in the environment
  • *Dictionary:** a waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem
  • *Antonym:** cleanliness; purification
  • *Synonym:** deterioration; infection

Cars produce a lot of pollution.

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Precipitation

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pre·cip·i·ta·tion

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** any form of water that falls from clouds; such as rain or snow
  • *Dictionary:** water that falls from the air to Earth’s surface
  • *Antonym:** dryness
  • *Synonym:** condensation; rain

There is so much precipitation in Florida, that floods are mostly ignored as a common thing.

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Primary Source

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  • original materials/information that have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation by a second party
  • when someone or something states facts, opinions or observations that they have or have seen themselves
  • a source that was recorded when the event happened
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Producer

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pro·duc·er

Part of Speech: noun
Own: organisms that make their own food
Dictionary: a person who creates economic value, or produces goods and services
Antonym:
Synonym: assembler; fabricator; inventor

Plants are producers since they make their own food.

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Properties

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  • they are the characteristics used to describe or identify something
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pulley

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pul·ley

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a wheel with a grooved rim for carrying a line
  • *Dictionary:** a wheel that has a groove along its edge
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

A well is used by lowering a bucket with a pulley, then raising it.

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Radiation

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  • transfer of energy in the form of waves
  • transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves
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Remnant

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rem·nant

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a fragment or scrap; leftover part
  • *Dictionary:** a part or piece left over from something
  • *Antonym:** whole
  • *Synonym:** excess; fragment; piece

My grandma keeps a lot of remnants of fabric from when she used to sew.

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Replicate

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  • to allow scientist to duplicate an experiment with the same conditions to test whether the same results occur
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Reproductive System

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re·pro·duc·tive sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the organ system that allows us to reproduce
  • *Dictionary:** the system of organs involved with animal reproduction
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

A female Reproductive System allows them to have babies.

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Respiration

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res·pi·ra·tion

Part of Speech: noun
Own: the process that gives us energy
Dictionary: the process that releases energy from food
Antonym:
Synonym: breathing

Humans perform respiration through their noses and lungs.

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Respiratory System

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res·pi·ra·to·ry sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the breathing system
  • *Dictionary:** the system by which oxygen is taken into the body and an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

When I get the flu, my Respiratory System is affected.

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Responding Variable

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  • the result of a change in the maniputed variable
  • a value of measure, that came from the manipulated and controlled variables
  • the one variable that changes as a result of altering the manipulating variables

- similar to the results

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Runoff

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run·off

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** precipitation water drained by streams and rivers
  • *Dictionary:** water that does not soak into the ground and that flows across Earth’s surface
  • *Antonym:** NONE
  • *Synonym:** NONE

Even though it rains a lot in Florida, there is not much run-off, as it is very flat in the Sunshine State.

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Scavenger

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scav·en·ger

Part of Speech: noun
Own: an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
Dictionary: an animal that eats the remains of animals that have died
Antonym:
Synonym: hunter; scrounger

Scavengers are not decomposers.

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screw

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screw

  • *Part of Speech**: verb
  • *Own:** a threaded cylinder pin or rod
  • *Dictionary:** an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder or cone
  • *Antonym:** untwist
  • *Synonym:** spiral; wind

Some toys require you to take out the screws before opening.

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Secondary Source

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  • sources that contain commentary on or a discussion about a primary source
  • where an author cites another persons facts or opinions
  • source based on other sources for example; a book about the event or a biography written by person A about person B
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Series Circuit

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Se·ries Cir·cuit

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a circuit having its parts connected in order
  • *Dictionary:** an electric circuit in which the electric charges have only one path to follow
  • *Antonym:** Parallel Circuit
  • *Synonym:** NONE

The entire school’s cafeteria runs on a series circuit.

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Solar Eclipse

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so·lar e·clipse

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:**
  • *Dictionary:** the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured. This can only happen during a new moon.
  • *Antonym:** lunar eclipse
  • *Synonym:**

I missed the Solar Eclipse last year because I fell asleep.

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Solar System

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so·lar sys·tem

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it
  • *Dictionary:** a star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** planetary system

There are eight planets in the Solar System, but Pluto used to be the ninth.

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Solute

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  • the substance dissolved in a given solution
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Solution

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  • a mixture that has the same composition throughout because all the parts are mixed evenly
  • a mixture that has the same composition throughout

- a type of mixture where one substance can be dissolved by another

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Solvent

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  • a liquid used to dissolve a substance
  • a substance that dissolves another to form a solution
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Spring Scale

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  • a tool used to measure force.
  • force is a push or a pull
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Systems

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sys·tems

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** Organs that work together to perform a particular function
  • *Dictionary:** a group of organs that work together to do one type of job
  • *Antonym:** part
  • *Synonym:** whole, organization

I got a stomach virus with the flu that caused my digestive and respiratory systems to become upset.

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Technology

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  • the use of scientific knowledge to solve practical problems, especially in industry and commerce
  • anything that uses information from the field of science and math to solve problems
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Transpiration

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tran·spi·ra·tion

Part of Speech: noun
Own: when plants give off water
Dictionary: the process in which plants give off water through their stomata
Antonym:
Synonym:

The idea of transpiration is very confusing to my brother.

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Unbalanced Force

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un·bal·anced force

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own: f**orces that are unequal and are on an object; not even
  • *Dictionary:** forces that cause a change in motion because they act on an object and don’t cancel each other out
  • *Antonym:** balanced force; sound
  • *Synonym:** irregular; unstable

The ocean waves cause an unbalnced force which makes floating objects sway in their direction.

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Universe

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u·ni·verse

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** everything that exists - planets, stars, dust, gases, and energy
  • *Dictionary:** everything that exists, including galaxies and everything in them
  • *Antonym:** locality
  • *Synonym:** cosmos; world

My brother’s dream is to explore the universe.

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Velocity

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ve·loc·i·ty

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** speed of motion or action; swiftness
  • *Dictionary:** An object’s speed in a particular direction
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** acceleration; rapidness

He drove at such a high velocity, the car flipped over.

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Volume

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  • the amount of space a solid, liquid or gas takes up
  • the amount of space something takes up
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Waning Moon

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Wan-ing Moon

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** gradually decrease in strength or size
  • *Dictionary:** moon shows a bright area that becomes gradually smaller after being full
  • *Antonym:** waxing
  • *Synonym:** declination; diminution

All though a good player, Kobe Bryant’s skills have been waning for years.

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Waxing Moon

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wax·ing moon

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** increase in size or strength
  • *Dictionary:** moon shows a bright area that becomes gradually larger
  • *Antonym:** shrinking; waning
  • *Synonym:** developing; magnifying

In old times, letters were sealed by waxing.

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Weather

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weath·er

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** The happenings in the atmosphere at a certain time; atmospheric conditions
  • *Dictionary:** what is happening in the atmosphere at a certain place and time
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:** clime; elements

The weather in the Amazon Rainforest must be very disastrous.

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wedge

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wedge

  • *Part of Speech**: noun
  • *Own:** something that serves to part or split
  • *Dictionary:** a simple machine composed of one or two inclined planes
  • *Antonym:** whole
  • *Synonym:** shim; prung

Many people use a wedge as a dor-stopper.

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wheel and axle

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wheel and ax·le

  • *Part of Speech:** noun
  • *Own:** a machine which has a wheel that moves on a central part
  • *Dictionary: a** simple machine that has a central pivot around which a wheel moves
  • *Antonym:**
  • *Synonym:**

A Jack-in-the-box is controlled by a wheel and axle.

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