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85 Cards in this Set
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An electrolyte that increases the concentration hydrogen in a substance.
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Acid
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The force of the weight of air on everything else on earth.
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Air Pressure
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A tiny particle made of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
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Atom
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Joint that makes a swinging, rotating movement,like your wrist.
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Ball-And-Socket Joint
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an electrolyte that increases the concentration of hydroxide in a substance
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Base
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Trees that have leaves of all different shapes and sizes.
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broad leaves
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Coloring that lets animals blend in to their serroundings.
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Camouflage
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Soft bone that makes up your nose,ears and pads between backbones
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Cartilage
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controls the rate of a chemical reaction
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Catalyst
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Green material in plants used to make food
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Chlorophyll
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The tread-like parts of cells that hold genes
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Chromosomes
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A path along which electricity travels
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Circuit
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the system made up of the heart,arteries,veins, and capillaries
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Circulatory System
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water droplets collected on tiny specks of dust or salt particles in the air
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Clouds
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a machine made of two or more simple machines
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Compound Machine
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a summary of the procedure and results of an exeperiment
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Conclusion
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movement of heated material from one place to another, transferring energy
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Conduction
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a substance that carries electricity, such as metal
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conductor
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treeswith needle like leaves
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conifers
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animals that cannot make their own food and have to get it from other plants or animals
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consumer
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movement of heated material from one place to another, transfering energy
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convection
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system of measurement used in the U.S., including feet, gallons, and pounds
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conventional system
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measures how much mass fills a given amount of space
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density
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removing salt and other minerals from ocean water
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desalination
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a plant that has bundles of food tubes throughtout the stem
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dicot
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system that breaks down food collecting nutrients and getting rid of wastes
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digestive system
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a group of plants and animals interacting and living in the same community
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ecosystem
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animals that are in danger of becoming extinct
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endangered
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the system that develops and releases hormones into the blood
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endocrine system
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the ability to do work
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energy
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process of moving surface soil with wind, water, ice, or gravity
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erosion
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animals that are gone forever
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exticnt
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a joint that doesnt move
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fixed joint
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group of plants and animals that feed off one another
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food chain
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a series of interconnected food chains
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food web
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the push or pull that one object exerts on another
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force
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the force that keeps some things from moving or slows them down when they do move
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friction
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parts of the cell that determine characteristic living things inherit from their parents
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genes
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system used to divide earths history into meaningful parts
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geologic time scale
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several bones next to one another bend together in limited gliding motion
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gliding joint
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a force that draws objects toward itself
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gravity
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a long, heavy sleep that lasts all winter for some animals
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hibernation
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joint that moves in only one direction like a door hinge
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hinge joint
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amount of moisture in the air
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humidity
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all the water that exists on earth
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hydrosphere
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rocks that come from the magma of volcanic eruptions
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igneous rock
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a substance that does not carry electricity, such as rubber
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insulator
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the system made up of hair, skin, and nails
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integumentary system
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animals that do not have a backbone
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invertebrates
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features of the landscape, such as mountains, plains, plateaus, and deltas
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landforms
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when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are ing a direct line and the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow
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lunar eclipse
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the push and pull force of a magnet
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magnetism
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substance inside bones
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marrow
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anything that occupies space and has mass
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matter
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rocks that are formed from other kinds of rocks through pressure and heat under the earth
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metamorphic rocks
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system of measurement used around the world, including grams, liters, and meters
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metric system
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solid substances found in nature
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minerals
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classifies a mineral's hardness useing a simple scratch test
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Mohs Hardness Scale
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a plant that has bundles of food tubes arranged in a ring around the edge of the stem
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monocot
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the system of muscles that allow the body to move and hold the body together
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muscular system
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the system made up of the brain and spinal cord that send informatons throught the body
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nervous system
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objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion: acceleration of an object depends on its mass and the size and direction of the force
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Newton's Laws of Motion
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process of plants getting energy from sunlight
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photosynthesis
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a joint that makes a rotating motion
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pivot joint
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what you think will happen in an experiment, based on what you know about the relationship of the things you are testing
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prediction
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steps done in an experiment
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procedure
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plants that use photosynthesis to make their own food
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producers
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the feeling of blood pumped through the veins by the heart
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pulse
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reason of doing an experiment; what you want to learn from the experiment
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purpose
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a special type of wave that delivers heat and light, transferring energy
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radiation
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the system that allows living things to creat new life
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reproductive system
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the system made up of the lungs that takes in oxygen and pushes out carbon dioxide
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respiratory system
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outcome of each procedure in an experiment
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results
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rocks that are formed from hardened layers of sediment eroded off older rocks
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sedimentary rocks
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somthing that changes the direction of the force or the amount of force requires to move an object
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simple machine
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the system of bones in a body
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skeletal system
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a mixture of rock, and decaying vegetable and animal matter
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soil
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when the new Moon is between the Earth and The sun blocking the view of the Sun
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solar eclipse
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system made up of the Sun and the ten and their moons that orbit it
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solar system
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the form matter takes, either solid, liquid, or gas
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state of matter
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plates that move beneath the earths surface, causing earthquakes, eruptions, and continental movement
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tectonic plates
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the heat or coolness of the air around us
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temperature
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a seismic sea wave caused by tectonic plate movement
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tsunami
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system made up of the kidneys and bladder that rids the body of waste
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urinary system
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process of water moving from one place to another in the hydrosphere
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water cycle
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