5th Grade Science Vocab 1

Nonliving organisms

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Dibotic

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Light is taken in and transferred to heat energy

• Transmit

• Reflect

• Absorption

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The final stage of complete and incomplete Metamorphosis

• Egg

• Adult

• Nymph

The movement of the sun across the sky

• Apparent Movement

• Soltice

• Day and Night

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Magnets pull together

• Repel

• Attract

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A fuel made from living organisms. Ex: Corn being harvested to make ethanol

• Wind

• Biofuel

• Geothermal

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Structure or characteristic of an organism that helps it survive

• Inherited trait

• Learned Behavior

• Adaptation

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Water gathers together in one place

• Accumulation

• Outspread

• Disperse

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Renewable energy that does not harm the environment. (wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, biomass)

• Fossil Fuel

• Alternative Energy

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The blanket of air that surrounds and protects the Earth.

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

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