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5th Grade Science Vocabulary
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5th Grade Science Vocabulary
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1.
the testing of an idea

2. an animal or plant organism in the early stages of growth

3. the process of changing from a gas to a liquid or solid state

4. a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly); intermediate stage of the lifec cycle of some insects that looks like a small adult with no wings

5. young plant or tree grown from a seed

6. phase of the moon in which it looks like a half circle

7.
a nonrenewable energy resource that forms in the Earth's crust for millions of years from dead pants and animals

8.
electricity produced by water

9.
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

10. third planet from the sun; has an atmosphere that protects life and surface temperatures that allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas

11. a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

12. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

13. (used of the moon) more than half full

14.
a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)

15. the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

16. the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water; process of chaning from gas to liquid or solid state

17.
a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees

18.
the arrows between organisms in a food chain or food web that show the flow of energy. The arrow points to the organism that is receiving the energy

19. the act of gathering something together, the process by which precipitation is gathered into a body of water

20. features of the earth's surface, such as landforms, water systems, climate patterns, and plant and animal life

21. atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility

22.
a property used to characterize physical objects

23. resource that can be replaces relatively quickly by natural process; natural resources that has the capacity to replenish itself (Biomass and solar energy)

24. The product of the force on an object and the distance the force moves the object

25.
The total amount of kinetic energy due to the random motion of atoms or molecules in a body of matter; also called thermal energy. Heat is energy in its most random form.