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19 Cards in this Set
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The passing of heat, electricity, or sound through a material.
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conductor
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One of the changes in a situation that may affect the outcome of an experiment.
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variable
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The way light bounces off a mineral's surface.
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luster
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A cold, treeless biome of the far north, marked by spongy topsoil.
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tundra
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A seed plant that does not produce flowers.
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gymnosperm
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A cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.
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taiga
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The support about which a lever turns.
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fulcrum
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Any group of gymnosperms that produce seeds in comes and have needlelike leaves.
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conifer
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Said of a plant that loses its leaves each fall.
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deciduous
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The resistance to motion between two in contact.
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friction
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A weight that balances another.
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counterweight
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The northern or southern half of the earth divided by the equator or the eastern or western half divided by a meridian.
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hemisphere
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One of the Earth's large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals.
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biome
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Fungi of bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.
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decomposers
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A thermometer scale where the difference between the freezing point and boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees.
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centigrade
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A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment.
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adaptation
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All the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions with each other.
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ecosystem
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An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface passing through the north and south poles and any given place between.
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meridian
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A rock formed under heat and pressure from another kind of rock.
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metamorphic rock
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