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Science Units 1,2,&3

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wetlands   show
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show the saving or protecting of resources.  
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recycle   show
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reduce   show
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reuse   show
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show an imported or non-native organism.  
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show a population of organisms that is likely to become extinct if steps are not taken to save it. (50 or less are left)  
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show There is no more of a particular population of animal.  
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threatened   show
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omnivore   show
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erosion   show
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herbivore   show
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mass movement   show
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show the process of breaking rock into soil, sand, and other tiny pieces.  
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show waste products that damage an ecosystem.  
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show precipitation resulting from pollution condensing into clouds and falling to Earth.  
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conserving   show
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recycle   show
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reduce   show
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reuse   show
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warm front   show
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show how steep a grade or slant there is on a hill.  
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transpiration   show
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mouth   show
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valley   show
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plains   show
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show an imported or non-native organism.  
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show a population of organisms that is likely to become extinct if steps are not taken to save it. (50 or less are left)  
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extinct   show
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show a population of organisms that are likely to become endangered if they are not protected.  
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show a large scale ecosystem  
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show a region throughout which yearly patterns of temperature, rainfall, and amount of sunlight are similar.  
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estuary   show
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show the ways in which the organisms in an ecosystem interact with one anohter according to what they eat.  
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food web   show
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show a behavior that an organism inherits.  
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learned behavior   show
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competition   show
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show a long-term relationship between differnt kinds of organisms.  
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show the role each population has in its habitat.  
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population   show
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producer   show
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consumer   show
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show show the amount of energy available to pass from one level of a food chain to the next.  
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condensation   show
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precipitation   show
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Evaporation   show
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transpiration   show
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water cycle   show
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individual   show
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show a place in an ecosystem where a population lives.  
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ecosystem   show
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decomposer   show
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show all the populations of organisms living together in an environment.  
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humidity   show
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local winds   show
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show the global winds that blow constantly from the same directions. (Sometimes called "westerlies")  
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microclimate   show
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show process by which the Earth's atmosphere absorbs heat.  
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global warming   show
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show A short-term climate change that occurs every two to ten years in the Pacific Ocean.  
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show The average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time.  
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barometer   show
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show an instrument that measures the amount of humidity or water in the air.  
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show an instrument that measures wind direction.  
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show an instrument that measures wind speed.  
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rain gauge   show
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cirrus clouds   show
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show looks like a cotton ball and usually means fair weather, but small amounts of rain may also occur.  
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cumnulonimbus clouds   show
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stratus clouds   show
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natural resource   show
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show a resource that cannot be readilyl replaced once it is used.  
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renewable resource   show
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reusable resource   show
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show the process of taking a resource from a product and making it into a new product.  
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reuse   show
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show to use less of a resource or material.  
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show the weight of air.  
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show the layer of air that surrounds the Earth.  
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show a relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.  
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show the force that pulls all objects in the universe toward one another.  
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magnetism   show
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show The forces acting on an object that are equal in size na dopposite in direction, canceling each other out.  
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show the result of two or more forces acting together on an object.  
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show forces that are not equal.  
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machine   show
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force   show
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show a force that opposes, or acts against, motion when two surfaces rub against each other.  
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show an object's speed in a particular direction.  
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show The property of matter that keeps an object moving in a straight line or keeps it at rest.  
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show the amount of work to be done for each unit of time.  
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show the use of a force to move an object through a distance.  
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acceleration   show
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momentum   show
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show an objects place, or location.  
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show a measure of the distance an object moves in a given amount of time.  
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energy transfer   show
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conduction   show
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convection current   show
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show when energy is transferred from one object to another through rays not contact.  
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show the thickness of an object.  
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contract   show
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expand   show
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uneven heating   show
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