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5th Grade
11/15/2011

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Scientific Method
Definition
the steps scientist use to prove the hypothesis right or wrong
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Problem
Definition
the scientific question to be solved
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Hypothesis
Definition
a possible answer to the problem that is being tested
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Experiment
Definition
to use the scientific method to test a hypothesis
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Data
Definition
information collected during an experiement (usually numbers)
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Analysis
Definition
to determine what the data means
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Conclusion
Definition
explanation of what the data shows
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Breaker
Definition
used to measure and heat liquids
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Graduated cylinder
Definition
used to measure liquids
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Triple Beam Balance
Definition
measures the mass objects
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Erylenmeyer Flask
Definition
used for measuring, storing, or mixing liquids
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Test Tube Clamp
Definition
hold test tubes for heating or pouring
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Tongs
Definition
used to pick up hot objects safely
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Funnel
Definition
cone-shaped device that allows liquids or powders to be poured into other containers
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Bunsen Burner
Definition
used to heat substances with a flame
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Ring Stand
Definition
hold objects over a flame
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Food Web
Definition
all of the food chaine in an ecosystem
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Energy Pyramid
Definition
shows how much energy is available to organisms at each level of a food web
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Food Chain
Definition
the movement of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem
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Heterotroph
Definition
organisms thta get their energy from eating other organisms
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Autotroph
Definition
an organism that makes its own food
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Herbivores
Definition
animals that eat only plants
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Omnivore
Definition
an animal that eats plants and other animals
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Carnivore
Definition
an animal that eats only animals
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Predator
Definition
an organism that hunts and catches other organism
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Prey
Definition
an organism that is hunted by another organism
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Carrying capacity
Definition
food, water, shelter, space
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Organism
Definition
anything that is living or once alive
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2 products from photosynthesis
Definition
oxygen and glucose
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Photosynthesis
Definition
green plants make sugar (ffod)
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3 things needed for photosynthesis
Definition
water, carbon dioxide and sunlight
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Roots
Definition
absorb water and plant nutrients from the soil
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Flower
Definition
collects pollen from the other plants to make seeds
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Stem
Definition
carries food and water to the rest of the plant
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Radiation
Definition
energy in sunlight that plants use during photsynthesis
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Niche
Definition
an organism's job in an ecosystem
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Limiting Factors
Definition
food, water, shelter, space
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Reason for seasons
Definition
tilt of the Earth
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Earth's position from the sun
Definition
third planet from the sun
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East
Definition
the direction the sun rises
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Revolution
Definition
the time it takes the Earth to make one complete orbit around the sun (365 days)
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West
Definition
the sun sets
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Rotation
Definition
the time it takes for the Earth to spin on its axis (24 hours)
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The tilt of the Earth
Definition
23.4 degrees
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Amount of water on the Earth
Definition
75%
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Axis
Definition
a real or imaginary line that an object turns or spins around on
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Atmosphere
Definition
thin layer of air that covers the earth
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Satellite
Definition
another name for a moon
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