Science Vocabulary

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To use the materials in old things to make new things.

• conservation

• pollution

• recycling

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The amount of matter in an object compared to the space it takes up

• density

• temperature

• mass

• volume

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The physical forms (such as solid, liquid, and gas) that matter can exist in.

• volume

• mass

• state of matter

• density

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Mass is

• not a science word

• how hot or cold something is

• how much matter an object has

• how fast something moves

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How hot or cold something is

• density

• temperature

• mass

• volume

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The physical property of attracting certain metals.

• magnetism

• temperature

• volume

• mass

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Anything that takes up space that you can taste, smell, and touch is

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A combination of two or more different substances in which the substances keep their identities.

• Mixture

• Solution

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A mixture that has the same composition throughout because all its parts are mixed evenly.

• Mixture

• Solution

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An object that attracts iron and a few other, but not all metals

• magnet

• thermometer

• graduated cylinder

• beaker

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A force that acts between two touching objects and that opposes motion

• friction

• magnets

• gravity

• mass

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A force that attracts all objects in the universe toward one another; near Earth's surface, a force that pulls things toward the center of Earth

• gravity

• friction

• tides

• moon phase

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A law that states that matter cannot be made or destroyed but can change into a new form

• Newton's law

• law of conservation of matter

• gravity

• friction

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The movement of energy from place to place or from one object to another

• energy transfer

• wave

• sound energy

• thermal energy

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The result of two objects bumping into each other

• wave

• sound

• collision

• heat

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A kind of energy you hear when something vibrates

• wave

• sound

• collision

• light

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The up and down movement of surface water. It can also be a disturbance that carries energy through space.

• sound

• collision

• wave

• light

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A material that transfers energy easily.

• Conductor

• Insulator

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A material that reduces or prevents the transfer of energy.

• Conductor

• Insulator

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The closed path or loop that an electric charge flows through.

• circuit

• light

• electrical energy

• thermal energy

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Energy that lets you see

• light

• sound

• thermal

• electrical

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Energy caused by the movement of electric charges.

• electrical energy

• thermal energy

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The energy of a system related to the system's temperature and mass.

• electrical energy

• thermal energy

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What is happening in the atmosphere at a certain place and time.

• climate

• weather

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Water that falls from the air to Earth's surface

• precipitation

• weather

• climate

• seasons

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A time of year that has a certain kind of weather

• weather

• climate

• season

• Earth

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The path of one object in space around another object

• orbit

• asteroid

• moon

• sun

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One of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth

• season

• new moon

• full moon

• moon phase

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The phase of the moon when a moon cannot be seen from Earth

• full moon

• new moon

• first quarter moon

• last quarter moon

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The phase of the moon when the moon looks like the right half of a circle when seen from Earth's Northern Hemisphere; occurs after a new moon and before a full moon.

• new moon

• full moon

• first quarter moon

• last quarter moon

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The phase of the moon when the moon looks like the left half of a circle when seen from Earth's Northern Hemisphere; occurs after a full moon and before a new moon.

• full moon

• new moon

• first quarter moon

• last/third quarter moon

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The phase of the moon when the moon looks like a full circle when seen from Earth.

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing gibbous

• waning crescent

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The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.

• evaporation

• condensation

• runoff

• precipitation

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The mixture of gases that surround a planet.

• atmosphere

• bubble

• dome

• air

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The process in which water continuously moves from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and back again.

• rain

• precipitation

• runoff

• water cycle

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The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• runoff

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Precipitation that flows over the land and into streams and rivers.

• rain

• precipitation

• condensation

• runoff

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The process of moving sediment from one place to another.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

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The dropping or settling of eroded materials.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

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The breaking down of rocks on Earth’s surface into smaller pieces.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

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Very small pieces of rock, sand, and silt.

• rock

• sand

• silt

• sediment