5th Grade Science Vocabulary Flashcard

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A closed conducting circle or loop through which current can flow.

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Complete Circuit

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Matter that light travels through.

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Medium

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A substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily

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Conductor

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A substance or object that does not allow energy to flow through it easily.

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Insulator

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The ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water

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Solubility

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The process by which weathered and eroded material is deposited by wind, water, and ice

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Deposition

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The movement of weathered material by wind, water, or ice (e.g. glaciers).

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Erosion

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Rock that forms when sediments are compacted and cemented together.

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Sedimentary

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A push or pull that can change the position or motion of an object / material.

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Force

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Day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere in an area; weather has short-term variations (e.g., weather can change from minute-to-minute, day-to-day, or week-to-week)

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Weather