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2nd Six Wks VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
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Science
5th Grade
10/16/2011

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Term
FORCE
Definition
A PUSH OR A PULL
Term
CONDUCTOR
Definition
A MATERIAL THAT ALLOWS ELECTRICITY TO PASS THROUGH
Term
INSULATOR
Definition

A MATERIAL THAT

DOES NOT ALLOW ELECTRICITY

TO PASS THROUGH

Term
OPEN CIRCUIT
Definition

WHEN A PATH OF ENERGY IS INTERRUPTED

AND ENERGY CANNOT CONTINUE.

Term

CLOSED CIRCUIT

Definition

A COMPLETE PATH OF OF ENERGY

THAT IS NOT INTERRUPTED

AND THE ENERGY WILL TRAVEL

THROUGH IT.

Term
CURRENT
Definition

ELECTRICAL ENERGY THAT

FLOWS THROUGH

A CONDUCTOR

Term

MECHANICAL ENERGY

 

Definition

ENERGY OF MOTION

 

M=MOVEMENT

Term
SOLAR ENERGY
Definition
ENERGY THAT COMES FROM THE SUN
Term

HEAT ENERGY (THERMAL ENERGY)

Definition

 

THE ENERGY OF MOVING PARTICLES.

 

THIS ENERGY COMES FROM

A SOURCE OF HEAT

Term

ELECTRICAL ENERGY (ELECTRICITY)

 

Definition

A FORM OF ENERGY THAT IS PRODUCED

WHEN ELECTRONS MOVE FROM

ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE.

Term
LIGHT ENERGY
Definition

A FORM OF ENERGY THAT

TRAVELS IN WAVES

AND CAN MOVE THROUGH

EMPTY SPACE WHERE THERE

IS NO AIR.

Term
SOUND ENERGY
Definition

A FORM OF ENERGY PRODUCED

BY VIBRATING OBJECTS

AND TRAVELS IN WAVES

Term
REFLECTION
Definition

WHEN LIGHT RAYS

 

BOUNCE BACK

 

FROM A SURFACE

 

THEY DO NOT PASS THROUGH IT.

Term
REFRACTION
Definition

WHEN LIGHT RAYS

BEND

AS THEY PASS THROUGH FROM

ONE MATERIAL TO ANOTHER.

 

LIGHT PASSES THROUGH BUT CHANGES DIRECTION

SO THINGS APPEAR DIFFERENT

 

Term
CONVEX LENS
Definition

A LENS THAT IS THICKER IN THE CENTER AND THINNER AT THE EDGES.

IT BENDS LIGHT INWARD AND MAKES OBJECTS

SEEM LARGER

Term
CONCAVE LENS
Definition

A LENS THAT IS THINNER AT THE CENTER

AND BENDS LIGHT OUTWARD.

IT MAKES OBJECTS APPEAR SMALLER.

Term
ELECTROMAGNET
Definition

A TEMPORARY MAGNET CREATED BY

A FLOW OF ELECTRIC CURRENT

AROUND AN IRON BAR

Term
NATURAL RESOURCES
Definition

MATERIALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT

THAT ARE USEFUL TO PEOPLE.

Term
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Definition

RESOURCES THAT NATURE PRODUCES

AGAIN AND AGAIN

Term
NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Definition

RESOURCES THAT NATURE CANNOT

REPLACE QUICKLY ENOUGH

FOR PEOPLE TO USE AGAIN

Term
FOSSIL FUEL
Definition

A FUEL THAT FORMED FROM

THE REMAINS OF

ANCIENT PLANTS AND ANIMALS

Term
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Definition

RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT

WILL NEVER RUN OUT AND

WILL REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS.

IT IS ALSO CALLED CLEAN ENERGY.

Term
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Definition
HEAT FROM MELTED ROCK DEEP BELOW THE SURFACE AND IS USED TO HEAT BUILDINGS OR PRODUCE ELECTRICITY.
Term
HYDROELECTRICITY
Definition

WHEN ENERGY FROM

MOVING WATER IS USED

TO PRODUCE

ELECTRICITY

Term
WIND ENERGY
Definition

WHEN ENERGY FROM THE WIND IS

 

 CHANGED INTO ELECTRICITY.

Term
WATER CYCLE
Definition
THE CHANGE OF WATER FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER AS IT MOVES BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND THE ATMOSPHERE.
Term
EVAPORATION
Definition

THE PROCESS OF CHANGING

FROM A LIQUID TO A GAS

Term
CONDENSATION
Definition

THE PROCESS OF CHANGING FROM

A GAS TO A LIQUID

Term
PRECIPITATION
Definition

WATER THAT FALLS TO EARTH'S SURFACE

AS RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, OR SNOW.

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