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g6 Segment 2
6th Grade STEMscopes CA Segment 2 All Scopes
Question | Answer |
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Atmospheric Movement | Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth; influenced by convection of warm, less dense air (rises and spreads out) and cold, dense air (sinks) |
Climate | Average weather patterns for a particular region |
Conduction | Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gases when two substances of different temperatures touch. |
Conductor | A substance that allows the flow of electrical charge or transfers thermal energy through matter. |
Convection | Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids |
Convection Current | A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid |
Coriolis Effect | The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, is a result of Earth's rotation. |
Density | The amount of matter in a given space or volume |
Energy | The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system |
Global | Relating to the whole world |
Heat Transfer | The thermal energy exchange between two objects of different temperatures; energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer sites to cooler sites until all sites have reached the same temperature |
Insulator | A material that does not conduct heat or electric current |
Kinetic Energy | Energy of Motion |
Law of Conservation of Energy | Scientific law stating that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but just changes form |
Mass | A measure of how much matter is present in a substance |
Matter | Anything that has volume and mass |
Motion | The change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points |
Ocean Currents | Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences |
Radiation | The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles. |
Rotation | The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur |
Salinity | Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water |
Speed | The rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time |
States of Matter | Distinct forms of matter known in everyday experience: solid, liquid, and gas; also referred to as phases |
System | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole |
Temperature | Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit) |
Thermal Energy | The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes |