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75 Cards in this Set
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Thermometer |
an instrument used to measure temperature |
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Meteorologist
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A person who studies the weather
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Barometer |
An instrument used to measure air pressure |
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Tornado |
Violent windstorm |
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Hurricane |
Violent thunderstorms in high wind |
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Precipitation |
Water that falls from the clouds in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow |
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Wind |
Air that is moving |
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Political Map |
Shows boundaries between regions and cities in an area |
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Resource Map |
Shows the natural resources found in a region |
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Physical Map |
Shows landforms and bodies of water in a region |
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Road Map |
Shows highways and roads in an area |
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Cardinal Directions |
Include North, South, East, West, and Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest |
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Map Grid |
A Combination of numbers and letters that help you identify locations on a map. |
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Conservation |
Means to save and use carefully |
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Map Key |
Symbols that help you identify place on a map. |
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Conserve |
To save and use carefully |
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Vibration |
a continuous slight shaking movement : a series of small, fast movements back and forth or from side to side |
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Pinna |
the part of the ear that is outside the head and is made of cartilage |
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Eardrum |
the thin membrane that separates the outer and middle ear and carries sound waves as vibrations to the chain of tiny bones in the middle ear |
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Sound Wave |
a wave that transmits sound |
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Molecules |
tiny building blocks that make up solids, liquids, and gases |
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Conduction |
the transfer of heat from one molecule to another |
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Magma |
Liquid rock beneath the earth's surface |
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Lava |
Magma that is releases from the vent of a volcano |
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Urban Community |
a large city |
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Suburban Community |
A smaller town or area that is located right outside a larger community |
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Rural Community |
A small community that is not as near to a large city as a suburb |
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Irrigation |
bringing water from other sources to use on crops |
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Pesticides |
chemicals that are sprayed on crops to keep away bugs that could harm the plants |
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Recycle |
reusing materials |
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Extint |
Animals that are no longer found on Earth |
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Endangered Species |
animals that will likely become extinct if not protected |
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Community |
a group of people working and living in the same area or from the same cultural background |
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Culture |
the shared beliefs, behaviors, and way of life of a group of people, or a certain time period or place in the past |
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Civilization |
a culture from the past that reached an advanced level of culture, science, industry, and government compared to other cultures of the time period |
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Timeline |
a chart that shows important events that occur over a given period of time |
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Artifacts |
objects found by scientists, which were used by people long ago. |
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Myths |
Stories told in ancient civilizations to explain natural events and to teach lessons |
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Plague |
a contagious disease that kills many people in an area because there is no known cure |
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Coat of Arms |
a shield design that symbolized values and characteristics of an individual or family during medieval times |
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Historian |
a person who researches past events and writes and talks about why events occurred and what changed as a result |
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Transportation |
how people get from one place to another |
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Life Cycle |
the various stages that animals and plants progress through during their lives |
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Circular pattern |
a type of pattern that occurs over and over again in the same way |
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Chrysalis |
the hard-shelled covering for a pupa |
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Pupa |
an insect in the non-feeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and adult stages of the life cycle |
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Photosynthesis |
the process by which plants make their own food |
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Decomposers |
small creatures in the soil that break down plants and animals |
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Producers |
organisms that make their own food (ex. plants) |
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Consumers |
organisms that eat or consume other organisms for food |
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Carnivores |
animals that eat only other animals |
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Herbivores |
animals that eat only plants |
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Omnivores |
animals that eat plants and animals |
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Proboscis |
the long tongue of a butterfly |
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Clouds |
tiny drops of water and ice crystals in the sky |
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Evaporation |
occurs when the sun heats water and it moves into the atmosphere |
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Transpiration |
the process by which the sun heats plants and water enters the air through tiny holes in the leaves |
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Condensation |
occurs when water vapor forms tiny droplets of water that float in the sky and become clouds |
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Precipitation |
occurs when the water droplets in clouds become too heavy to stay in the sky and fall to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
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Budget |
a plan for how a person or family will spend and save money |
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Debt |
the money a person owes to a bank |
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Interest |
money paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing money |
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Capital Resources |
special tools, material, equipment, machines, and buildings that are used to make other goods and services |
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Natural Resources |
resources that come from the earth |
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Human Resources |
people who work to provide and produce goods and services |
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Consumers |
people who purchase goods and services |
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Producers |
people who provide goods and services |
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Supply |
how much of a good or service is available in an economy |
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Demand |
the amount of a good or service consumers are willing to purchase at a given price |
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Equilibrium |
the price where supply and demand are equal |
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Advertisements |
public announcements created by businesses to persuade people to purchase their goods or services |
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Capital Resource |
special tools, materials, equipment, machines, and buildings that are used to make other goods and services |
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Natural Resources |
come directly from the earth |
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Human Resources |
The people who work to provide and produce goods and services |
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Deforestation |
The removal of trees and growth from a forested area so the area can be used for something else - like farming. |
