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50 Cards in this Set
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The process scientists go through to perform experiments.
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Scientific Inquiry
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Scientists begin their studies by being curious and asking ___________.
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Questions
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Scientist begin their studies by forming a ____________ or a possible answer to a question.
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Hypothesis
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Scientists use these to test their hypothesis.
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Experiments
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Scientists uses these to gather facts and information.
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Observations
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Scientists develop this based on their findings.
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Conclusion
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Seed, seedling, flower, pollination, and then fruit.
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Life Cycle of a Plant
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This supports the leaves of the plant.
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Stem
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This helps during pollination.
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Pistil
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What makes food during photosynthesis?
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Leaves
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These help to bring water into the plant.
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Roots
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Plants need what things to grow?
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Water and Sunshine
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Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off what?
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Oxygen
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What is the green coloring in plants?
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Chlorophyll
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A machine that has few parts.
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Simple Machine
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This has a wheel with a bar through the center, example a doorknob.
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Wheel and axle
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A flat, slanted surface, example: a ramp.
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Inclined Plane
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Two inclined planes back to back - example: an ax.
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Wedge
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This can be used to lift heavy objects and has a fulcrum or a pivot point. Example: see saw, baseball bat, and a wheelbarrow.
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Lever
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This includes a rope and a wheel with a groove. Example: a flag pole.
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Pulley
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These are wheels with teeth. Example: a clock.
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Gears
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A twisted inclined plane. Example: a mountain road and a wooden screw.
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Screw
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Sun and fire.
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Sources of light
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What occurs when light strikes a surface and bounces off?
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Reflection
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Objects that reflect light.
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Mirror and water
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This type of light is made of the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
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White Light
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An object that separates white light into the colors that make it up.
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Prism
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The bending of light as it passes from one material into another.
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Refraction
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These materials reflect some light and let the rest pass through.
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Translucent Materials
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These materials let all light pass through.
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Transparent Materials
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What is the ability to do work?
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Energy
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How often something vibrates per second.
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Frequency
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The highness and lowness or a sound.
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Pitch
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What travels the fastest through solids?
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Sound
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What cannot travel though outer space?
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Sound
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What is needed to start an object vibrating?
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Energy
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What is the order of the planets from the sun?
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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What does the Earth's rotation cause?
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Day and night
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What does the Earth revolve around?
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Sun
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What does the Earth's rotation cause?
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Seasons
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What can cause quick changes to the Earth?
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Earthquakes, Meteorites, and Tornadoes
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Slow changes to the Earth are caused by what?
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Wind
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Protein, carbohydrates, fat, water, vitamins, and minerals are all examples of what?
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Nutrients
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Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Oils, Milk, Meat and Beans are all part of what?
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Food Guide Pyramid
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What are the main body systems?
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Skeletal, muscular, skin, nervous, digestive, circulatory, and respiratory.
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What types of germs cause disease?
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Pathogens
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What type of diseases can be spread by people, animals, and the environment?
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Communicable Diseases
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What type of diseases last a long time (or even your whole life)?
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Chronic Diseases
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What is the reaction to any demand on your mind or body?
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Stress
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The movement back and forth that quickly produces a sound.
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Vibration
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