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30 Cards in this Set
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Transpiration |
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Heat is transferred by colliding molecules |
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Pollution |
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The process by which plants give off water vapor through their leaves |
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Community |
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Introduction of unwanted substances into the environment |
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Evaporation |
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Made up of all the populations in an area |
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Lines of longitude |
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The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas |
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Lithosphere |
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Distances east and west of the prime meridian |
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Population |
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Earth's outermost solid layer of rock |
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Periodic table |
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All the individuals of one species that live in the same area at the same time |
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Buoyancy |
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Used to arrange elements into different categories |
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Succession |
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An object's ability to float |
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Mixture |
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The series of predictable changes that happen in a community over time |
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Potential energy |
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A physical combination of two or more substances |
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Axis |
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Energy that is stored in an object's position |
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Force |
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An imaginary line passes through the North and South geographic poles |
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Lines of Latitude |
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A push or a pull on an object that can affect its motion |
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Radiation |
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Distances north and south of the Equator |
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Kinetic energy |
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Heat is transferred by electromagnetic waves |
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Solution |
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Energy of motion |
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Lunar cycle |
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A mixture in which all of the substance is are evenly spread out |
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Tides |
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The 29.5 day period during which the moon passes through all its phases |
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Density |
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Cyclic changes in ocean level |
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Minerals |
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A measure of the amount of matter that occupies a given space |
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Producers |
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Naturally formed solids with a definite chemical formula |
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Rock cycle |
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Use light energy to make food; include green plants |
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Fossil |
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Model that shows how natural processes change rocks |
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Consumers |
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Any evidence of past life that is usually found in sedimentary rock |
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Weathering |
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Organisms that obtain energy by taking in food |
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Energy pyramid |
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The process during which rocks are broken into sediments |
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Food web |
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Shows the amount of energy flowing through an ecosystem |
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Conduction |
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Shows the feeding relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem |