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23 Cards in this Set
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What is an adaptation?
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A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment.
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What does attract mean?
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It means to PULL TOWARD (a magnet attracts iron and/or steel; the north end of a magnet attracts the south end of another magnet)
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What is camouflage?
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It is an adaptation in which an animal protects itself against predators by blending in with the environment.
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What are centimeters?
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They are a unit of length metric measurement; 1/100 of a meter; cm
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What is a characteristic?
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It is a special quality or appearnce that makes an individual or group different from others.
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What is condensation?
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It is the changing of a gas into a liquid.
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What is a conductor?
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It is a material that lets electric charges or other forms of energy flow through it.
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What is a consumer?
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It is any animal that eats plants (producers) or eats other animals.
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What is erosion?
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Erosion is the picking up and carrying away of pieces of rock.
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What is a food web?
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A food web is overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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What is a fossil?
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A fossil is any remains or imprint of living things from the past.
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What is a lever?
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A lever is a simple machine when a bar is used to pry or lift a object.
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What is friction?
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Friction is the force that resists motion between objects in contact with one another.
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What is precipitation?
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Precipitation is any form of wather that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground. (rain, snow, sleet,hail)
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What is an orbit?
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An orbit is the PATH of a planet traveling around a star.
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What is a producer?
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A producer is any plant that produce oxygen and food that animals need.
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What is a predator?
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A predator is an animal that hunts other animals for food.
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What does repel mean?
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Repel means to PUSH AWAY (the south end of a magnet repels the south end of another magnet)
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What are sieves?
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Sieves are instruments used to separate larger materials from smaller materials.
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What is a star?
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A star is a ball of hot burning gases that gives off heat and light energy.
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What is a solution?
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A solution is a mixture of substances that are blended so completely that the mixture looks the same everywhere.
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What does rotate mean?
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Rotate means to make a complete SPIN on an axis, causing one day on a planet.
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What are roots?
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Roots are usually underground and are parts of a plat that absorbs and stores water and minerals and holds the plant in place.
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