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another

insects and fool predators.

like a stick? (It can hide from predators or attack its own prey.)

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Defi ne:

Diff er ent kinds of matt

er blended together

Ex ample:

Soda is a

mixture

of sugar, w ater , and other

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Vocabulary Routine

When one thing imitates the traits of Some insects use mimicry to look like other

insects and fool predators.

Why do some insects use mimicry to look

like a stick? (It can hide from predators or

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insects and fool predators

like a stick? (It can hide from predators or attack its own prey.)

Vocabulary R outine

Defi ne:

Diff erent kinds of matt

er blended together

Ex ample:

Soda is a

mixture

of sugar, water

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adaptation

(aªdapªtā

ºshәn)

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Defi ne: To take in.

others

absorb?

Defi n e:

A special trait tha

t helps a living thing

sur-vive in its environment

Ex ample:

A fi sh’

s gills are an example of

s an

adaptation

that

helps it feed?

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algae

(alºjē)

Defi ne: A balloonlike structure in plants and animals

for holding gases

it swim?

Defi n e:

Tiny one-celled or

ganisms that use

wate

r, air, and sunlight to

make food

Ex ample:

e of a pond is a

living thing?

Defi ne: An animal that spends part of its life in

water and part on land

of small streams?

Defi n e:

A cold biome above

the Arctic Circle

Ex ample:

How does the gr

ound in the artic tundr

a

keep trees from gr

owing there?

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astr onaut (asº

trә not)

Defi ne: A large piece of rock or metal in space.

traveling through space?

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Defi n e:

A person who travels int

o space

Ex ample:

Astr onauts tr

aveled to

the Moon to study

it up close

Ask:

Why do

astr onauts tr

av

el to the Moon?

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atom

(atº әm)

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Defi ne: Someone who studies how objects in the

universe interact

planets move around the Sun

might an astrophysicist try to answer?

Defi n e:

The smalles

t unit of an element that has

the properties of that element

Ex ample:

Ato ms

are t

oo small to see on your o

wn

Ask:

How can y

ou observe the properties of

an at

om if y

ou cannot see it?

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Defi ne: A real or imaginary line through the center

of a spinning object

the ends of Earth’s axis.

the way around on its axis?

Defi n e:

Two stars that act as a pair

Ex ample:

If one of the binary s

ould you see

?

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biome

(bīºōm)

Defi n e:

An area of land or wate

r that has certain

kinds of living and nonliving things

Ex ample:

A desert biome

is very diff er

st

biome begins

?

energy

steam, or electricity?

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Defi ne: A freshwater wetland fi lled with moss

and rich soil

spongelike

Defi n e:

The living and nonliving things tha

t exis

t in a

place with a mixtur

e of fresh and salt wate

r

Ex ample:

Many marine animals la

y their eggs in a

brackish en vironment

Ask:

What types of water ar

e found in a

brackish

envir onment?

Defi ne: Something that supports or strengthens.

called buttresses that spread out from the

trunk and support the tree

a buttress?

Defi n e:

An adaptation that allows

an animal to

blend into its surroundings

Ex ample:

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carbon

(kärºbәn)

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Defi n e:

One of the basic elements

Ex ample:

All living matter on Earth c

upper-most branches of the tallest trees

because of the sunlight and food found there

canopy and never travel to the forest fl oor?

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chemical change

(kemºi kәl chānj)

chemical

energy

(kemºi k

әl en

ºәr jē)

Defi ne: A change that causes matter with diff erent

properties to form

makes it taste diff erent

energy can be released?

Defi n e:

Energy tha

t is stor

ed in a substance

Ex ample:

chemical energy

?

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comet

(komºit)

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Defi ne: The average weather patterns of a region.

animals to survive in a desert climate?

Defi n e:

A chunk of ice mix

ed with rocks and dus

t

moving through space

Ex ample:

Ask:

Why can a

com et

be seen from Earth during

the day

?

ºәn)

Defi ne: All the diff erent populations in an ecosystem.

cows, and grasses

grassland community?

Defi n e:

The struggle among living things

Ex ample:

Defi ne: A wave that moves in a back and forth

motion

waves.

and down a valley after a landslide?

Defi n e:

What happens when matter changes stat

e

from gas t

o liquid

Ex ample:

When wate

r vapor in the air

condenses

, it

can form dewd

rops

Ask:

Why do water dr

oplets co

ndense on the

wall aft

er a hot shower?

n ste lāºshun)

Defi ne: A kind of forest biome that stays green

all year

forests

same function a leaf on other trees?

Defi n e:

A group of stars that f

orms a pattern or

picture

Ex ample:

Cassiopeia is a major

cons tellation

Ask:

Why do people think that the Orion

cons tellation

looks like a hunt

er with a bow

and arrows?

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Defi ne: Colorful rocklike formations created by

certain marine animals

parts of the ocean

thing?

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Defi n e:

The clear, outer c

overing of the ey

e

Ex ample:

A contact lens res

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deciduous

(di siºjә wәs)

Defi ne: The phase of the moon in which the lighted

side has almost disappeared

wax or almost done waning

is a crescent moon?

Defi n e:

A kind of fore

st biome with man

y trees that

lose their leav

es each winter

Ex ample:

Maples, birches, and oaks can be found in

deciduous fo

rests

Defi ne: The distance away from the surface.

colder as depth increases.

depth of one hundred feet?

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Defi n e:

A hot, dry place with very little rain

Ex ample:

The Mojave

Desert is a hot desert

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dinosaur

(dīºnә sorª)

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Defi ne: Water vapor that has condensed into liquid

on a cool object

as the moist air cools

morning?

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Defi n e:

An extinct kind of lar

ge reptile

Ex ample:

The word

dinosaur

comes fr

om Greek words

meaning “fearfully great lizar

әl en

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Defi ne: All the living and nonliving things that

Energy produced b

y the movement of

small particles called electrons

Ex ample:

A light bulb uses electrical ener

gy to

create light

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electron microscope

(i lekºtron mīºkrә skōpª)

element

(elºә mәn

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Defi n e:

A basic building block of matter

Ex ample:

Oxygen, carbon, and iron ar

see only with an electron microscope?

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energy

(enºәr jē)

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Defi n e:

The ability t

o do work

Ex ample:

Matter needs

energy

to mov

e, grow

a

sail-boat across the wa

ter?

emergent layer of the rain forest.

emergent layer of a forest?

Defi n e:

The imaginary line that divides Earth int

o the

northern and southern hemispheres

Ex ample:

Sunlight strik

es Earth most directly at the

equato r.

surround a living thing

can get sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and other nutrients

for most insects to live in?

Vocabulary R outine

Defi n e:

T o spread out

Ex ample:

Pumping air into a balloon causes the

state from a liquid to a gas

sunlight

makes it evaporate?

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Defi n e:

All dead, no more left aliv

e on Earth

Ex ample:

The mammoths became

extinct

after

a change in climate killed them all

Ask:

How can scientis

ts study animals tha

out very carefully

explanation for a scientifi c event might

be correct?

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Defi ne: A push or pull.

move

make electricity?

Defi n e:

A biome that has many trees

Ex ample:

Defi ne: The ground level of a forest biome

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Defi n e:

The hardened remains of a living thing

Ex ample:

Most

foss ils

are buried deep in the ground

Defi ne: A source of energy that comes from the

breakdown of animal and plant remains

every day?

Vocabulary R outine

Defi n e:

What happens when matter changes stat

e

from liquid t

o solid

Ex ample:

When wate

r fr

eez es

, it becomes ice

Ask:

When wate

r fr

eez es

, what stat

e is it in?

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friction

(frikºshәn)

freshwater environment

Defi ne: The living and nonliving things that exist in a

place where the water is not salty

environments.

freshwater environment and the ocean?

Defi n e:

The forc

e created when surfaces rub agains

t

each other

Ex ample:

Friction fr

om rubbing your hands together

makes them warm

Ask:

How does

friction mak

e your hands warmer

when you rub them together?

Defi ne: A source of stored energy

engines run

fuel?

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Defi n e:

A very lar

ge group of stars

Ex ample:

Our galax

y is called the Milk

y Way

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gamma waves

(gaºmә wāvz)

gas

(gas)

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Defi ne: An invisible form of light with high energy.

plants

distant stars explode?

Defi n e:

Matter in a sta

te that has no defi nit

e shape

or volume

Ex ample:

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Defi ne: Heat from inside the Earth.

is an example of geothermal energy.

into steam?

Defi n e:

More than half but not y

et full

Ex ample:

A gibbous

moon can be waxing tow

ard full

or waning tow

ard half

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Defi ne: Body parts in fi sh and other animals that

allow them to breathe in water

its gills?

Defi n e:

A biome that is covered with grass

Ex ample:

Gras slands pr

ovide a great deal of f

o a desert

when it does not get enough rain

?

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heat energy

(hēt enºәr

Defi ne: The place where a living thing makes

its home

habitat?

Defi n e:

Ex ample:

The Sun is the main source

warm

your hands

?

Defi ne: To sleep through the winter.

fall until spring

the winter?

Defi n e:

The distant line where the land seems t

o

meet the sky

Ex ample:

The Sun rises over the eas

Defi ne: Leftover decomposed plant or animal

material in soil

rock and humus.

trees and bushes?

Defi n e:

Using wate

r to creat

e energy

Ex ample:

Many dams turn a river’s

current int

o

hyd ro powe r.

Ask:

How do the ocean tides pro

vide

hyd ro powe

r t

o mak

e electricity?

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Defi ne: A picture produced by the refl ection of light.

appear on the smooth surface of a pond?

Defi n e:

A form of light ener

gy that w

e feel as heat

Ex ample:

Devic

es that detect

infrar

ed wa ve

s can be

used to “see” in the dark

s ar

e

striking your skin?

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iris

Defi ne: The four planets closest to the Sun.

inner planets.

planets closest to?

Defi n e:

In the ey

e, the colored cir

cle around the

pupil

Ex ample:

The

iris changes the siz

e of the pupil in

diff erent light conditions

Ask:

How does the

iris c

ontrol the amount of

light inside the eye?

enºәr jē)

Defi ne: A type of algae that groups together.

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Defi n e:

Energy in the form of mov

ement or motion

Ex ample:

A falling leaf has

kinetic energy

Ask:

Why does a rock rolling do

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Defi ne: A tool that uses a very thin beam of light

scalpels?

Defi n e:

A piece of clear material tha

t aff ects the

path of light rays coming int

o the eye

Ex ample:

The

lens in y

our ey

e focuses incoming light

Ask:

What happens to light as it passes thr

ough

the lens

of a telescope?

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Defi ne: A form of energy made up of transverse

waves

our planet?

Defi n e:

Matter in a sta

te that has a defi nit

e volume

but not a defi nit

e shape

Ex ample:

Ask:

Why does a

liquid change shape if it is not

contained?

Defi ne: The full sequence of the Moon’s phases.

Defi n e:

A period of time when the Moon mov

es int

o

Earth’s shadow

Ex ample:

The Moon ma

y appear to

be dark red during

a full lunar eclipse

Defi ne: A kind of tropical tree often found in

swamps

and shrimp

to protect the coast from wind, waves, and

fl oods?

Defi n e:

Another name for a saltwater en

vironment

Ex ample:

Whales and dolphins live in a

marine

envir onment.

Ask:

What types of living beings exis

t in a marine

envir onment?

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Defi ne: A type of wetland featuring soft plants

such as grasses

a marsh?

Defi n e:

A measure of the amount of matter in an

object

Ex ample:

ock.)

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Defi ne: Anything that takes up space.

eraser are both made of matter?

Defi n e:

The ener

gy in moving objects

Ex ample:

The rushing water in a riv

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