Taylor 3Rd Science

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A mixture of gases and dust

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Air

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The force of air pushing down on Earth

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Air Pressure

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Hardness tree sap. Often a source of insect fossils

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Amber

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An animal that has a beak, feathers, two wings and two legs.

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Bird

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A hot, dry place with very little rain.

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Desert

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A material that heat travels through easily

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Conductor

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The unit of measurement for temperature

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Degree

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A form of energy that makes things warmer

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Heat

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A material that heat does NOT travel through easily

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Insulator

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How hot or cold something is

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Temperature

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Two or more simple machines put together

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Compound

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The length between two places

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Distance

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A sudden movement in the rocks that make up earth crust

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Earthquake

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The ability to do work

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Energy

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An animal that lives its whole life in water

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Fish

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A great rush of water over usually dry land

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Flood

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A plant that produces seeds inside of flowers

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Flowering Plant

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A push or pull such as the one that moves a lever

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Force

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The imprint or remains of something that lived long ago

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Fossil

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To turn from water to ice

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Freeze

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A force that occurs when one object rubs against another

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Friction

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A substance burned for its energy

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Fuel

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The phase of the Moon in which all of its sunlit half is visible from Earth

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Full Moon

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Matter that has no definite shape or volume

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Gas

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The home of a living thing

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Habitat

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A mixture of gases and dust

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Air

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The force of air pushing down on Earth

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Air Pressure

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Hardness tree sap. Often a source of insect fossils

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Amber

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An animal that has a beak, feathers, two wings and two legs.

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Bird

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A hot, dry place with very little rain.

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Desert

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A form of energy that makes things warmer.

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Heat

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Leftover decomposed plant and animal matter.

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Humus

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A violent storm with strongs winds and heavy winds

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Hurricane

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A "fire-made" rock formed from melted rock material

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Igneous rock

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A shallow mark or print in a rock

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Imprint

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A table that shows what different symbols on a map stand for.

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Key

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A plant part that grows from the stem and helps the plant get air and make food.

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Leaf

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All the stages in an organism's life

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Life Cycle

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Matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape

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Liquid

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A kind of soil that contains clay, sand, silt, and humus. Plants grow well in _________.

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Loam

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How an object reflects light

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Luster

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A tool that makes work easier

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Machine

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A flat drawing that shows the positions of things.

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Map

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Anything that takes up space and has mass.

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Matter

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To find the size, volume, area, mass, weight, or temperature of an object, or how long an event occurs

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Measure

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To change from a solid to a liquid

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Melt

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A rock that has changed form through squeezing and heating

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Metamorphic Rock

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A device that uses glass lenses to allow people to see very small things

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Microscope

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A naturally occurring substance, neither plant nor animal

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Mineral

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Different types of matter mixed together. The properties of each kinds of matter in the mixture does not change

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Mixture

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The highest of Earths landforms. _________ often have steep sides and pointed tops.

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Mountains

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A phase of the Moon in which none of its sunlit half is visible from Earth.

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New Moon

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Any of the five planets in the solar system that are farthest frm the sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

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Outer Planet

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A gas that is in air and water

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Oxygen

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An apparent change in the Moon's shape

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Phase

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Any of the nine large bodies that orbit the SUn. In order from the Sun outward, they are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

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Planet

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A powdery material needed by the eggs of flowers to make seeds

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Pollen

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The adding of harmful substances to the water, air, or land.

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Pollution

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To state possible results of an event or experiment

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Predict

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A thick piece of glass that refracts light.

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Prism

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To treat something so it can be used again.

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Recycle

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To use less of something

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Reduce

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The bouncing of light off a surface

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Reflect

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The large stream of water that flows across the land

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River

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A plant part that takes in water and grows under that ground.

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Root

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A kind of rock formed when sand, mud, pebbles at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and oceans pile up.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Soil that is made of tiny rocks. _____ is carried by water and deposited as sediment.

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Silt

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A mixture of tiny rock particles, minerals, and decayed plant and animal materials.

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Soil

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The Sun and all the objects that orbit the Sun.

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Solar System

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Matter that has a definite shape and volume

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Solid

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A body that has the shape of a ball or globe

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Sphere

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A huge, hot sphere of gases, like the Sun, that gives off its own light.

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Star

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A lever that opens or closes an electric circuit

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Switch

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How hot or cold something is

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Temperature

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How the surface of an object feels to the touch

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Texture

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A kind of rock formed when sand, mud, pebbles at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and oceans pile up.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Soil that is made of tiny rocks. _____ is carried by water and deposited as sediment.

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Silt

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A mixture of tiny rock particles, minerals, and decayed plant and animal materials.

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Soil

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The Sun and all the objects that orbit the Sun.

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Solar System

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Matter that has a definite shape and volume

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Solid

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A body that has the shape of the ball or globe

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Sphere

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A huge, hot sphere of gases, like the Sun, that gives off its own light

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Star

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A lever that opens or closes an electric circuit

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Switch

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How cold or hot something is

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Temperature

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How the surface of an object feels to the touch

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Texture

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An instrument used to measure temperature

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Thermometer

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A violent, whirling wind that moves across the ground in a narrow path

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Tornado

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An opening in the surface of the Earth

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Volcano

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A measure of how much space matter takes up. How loud or soft a sound is.

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Volume

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The movement of Earth's water over and over from a liquid to a gas and from a gas to a liquid.

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Water Cycle

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The condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place

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Weather

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The measurement of the pull of gravity between an object and Earth

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Weight

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Moving air

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Wind

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The force that changes the motion of an object

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Work