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Year Long Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asexual Reproduction | the kind of reproduction from a part of a single living thing (needing one parent part) |
| Sexual Reproduction | the kind of reproduction that results from the union of an egg and a sperm (needing two parents) |
| Nonvascular Plants | plants without vessels to carry water, minerals, and food |
| Vascular Plants | plants with tube-like vessels that carry water, minerals, and food throughout the plant |
| Pollination | the process by which of pollen grains transfer from the stamen to the stigma |
| Fertilization | when pollen from the stamen enters the ovule in the ovary of the flower |
| Germination | the growth of an embryo; the early stage of seed growth |
| Photosynthesis | the process in which plants use chlorophyll and light to make sugar/food and oxygen |
| Respiration | the process by which sugar/food is broken down when combined with oxygen from the air |
| Vertebrates | animals with backbones; e.g. fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals |
| Invertebrates | animals without backbones; e.g. sponges, segmented worms, echinoderms, mollusks, and arthropods |
| Endothermic | warm-blooded; animals that maintain a constant internal temperature |
| Ectothermic | cold-blooded; animals that do not maintain a constant internal temperature – they must gain heat to perform internal activities |
| Defense Mechanism | an ability in some animals that is used to protect themselves; e.g. camouflage, smell, stinger, ejection, mimicry, grouping |
| Learned Behavior | behavior that has changed because of a certain experience or practice |
| Inherited Behavior | behavior that is passed on from parents to offspring without teaching/ training |
| Water Cycle | the continuous process of water evaporating, becoming cooled and condensing, and then returning to the earth in the form of precipitation |
| Cumulus Clouds | thick, fluffy clouds formed at medium or low elevation; usually an indication of fair weather |
| Stratus Clouds | thick, flat, gray clouds low in the sky formed at medium and low elevations; usually indicate light rain and drizzle (When close to the ground, they form fog.) |
| Cirrus Clouds | feathery, wispy clouds high in the sky made of ice crystals often indicating fair weather following imminent rain or snow |
| High Pressure | the condition of the atmosphere associated with fair weather where the cool and dry air is descending and air particles are close together |
| Low Pressure | the condition of the atmosphere associated with heavy clouds and precipitation where warmer air particles are rising and moving farther apart allowing the air to hold more moisture |
| Westerly Winds | the prevailing wind belt over much of the middle and higher latitudes where the winds blow generally from the west toward the east |
| Jet Stream | a narrow belt of strong, high-speed, high-pressure air flowing from west to east around Earth |
| Energy | the ability to cause changes in matter; involves either motion or position; can be in many different forms |
| Law of Conservation of Energy | the amount of energy you start with is the amount of energy you end with; the amount of energy always stays the same though its form may change |
| Electromagnet | a coil of wire that uses an electric current to make strong magnetic force |
| Generator | a machine that changes one form of energy to another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy; produces an electric current when a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core is rotated near a magnet |
| Electric Motor | a device that changes electrical energy into mechanical energy; contains an electromagnet |
| Conduction | the transfer of heat between objects that are touching, or from one part of an object to another |
| Convection | the transfer of heat that happens when the particles of a gas or liquid flow within the material itself |
| Radiation | the transfer of energy through space without any particles of matter touching or moving |
| Simple Machine | any tool that is made up of only one or two parts |
| Complex Machine | a device that uses two or more simple machines |
| Observation | Any information collected from our senses |
| Inference | Conclusion drawn from observations |
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