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49 Cards in this Set
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to decide the value or worth of after study
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evaluate
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surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives
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environment
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the act or process of changing something to fit different conditions
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adaptation
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hypothesis was correct or not
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conclusion
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an instruction, indication, or order given with authority
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directions
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natural resources that cannot be replaced once used, such as coal, oil, and gas
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non-renewable
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the place where a population lives in an ecosystem
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habitat
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anything that takes up space
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matter
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the young of a living thing
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off-spring
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to produce off-spring
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reproduce
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a body feature that an animal inherits; It can also be some things that an animal does.
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traits
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a device that makes work easier
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simple machine
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a special quality or appearance that makes something different from others
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characteristic
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a form of matter that has volume that stays the same, but can change shape
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liquid
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a place where something or someone is
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position
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a group of related living things that have the same basic characteristics
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species
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the saving of resources by using them carefully
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conservation
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to search or examine
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investigation
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to continue to live or exist
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survive
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characteristics that help to identify or classify
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properties
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a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust
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earthquake
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an idea that can be tested by experiment or observation
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hypothesis
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to grow strong and healthy
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thrive
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to become destroyed
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perish
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a community and its physical environment together
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ecosystem
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a change in position
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motion
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a form of matter that does not have a definite shape or a definite volume
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gas
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the measure of how hot or cold something is
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temperature
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the path an object takes as it moves around another object in space
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orbit
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the state of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space
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solid
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to change something to fit different conditions
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adaptive
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the measure of the amount of matter an object has in it; measured in grams or kilograms
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mass
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a great mass of ice moving very slowly down a mountain or along a valley, or spreading very slowly over a land area
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glacier
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any living thing
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organism
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a mixture of rock, mineral particles and organic matter
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soil
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the force that pulls objects toward each other
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gravity
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the sun and the objects that orbit it
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solar system
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the line along which something moves
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path
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a simple machine made of a flat surface set at an angle to another surface
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inclined plane
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a resource such as air or water that can be used over and over and cannot be used up
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inexhaustible
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the step-by-step description of how you carried out your experiment;
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procedure
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spins
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rotates
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traits received from parents
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inherited traits
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a force of magnets that attract iron or steel
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magnetism
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anything that you can observe about an object by using your senses (tasting, touching, feeling, smelling, and hearing)
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physical properties
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natural resources that can be renewed or replaced by nature, such as food crops and solar energy
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renewable resource
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materials that are found in nature and that are used by living things
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resources
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travel in a path; large circle
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revolve
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a push or a pull
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force
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