Vocabulary Review

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Anything that has mass

and volume.
The amount of space
something takes up.
A measure of the energy of
the motion of the particles
in matter.
Determines whether one
substance will sink or float
in another.
Solid, liquid & gas
The ability of a substance
to dissolve when mixed in
another.
The ability of a substance
to attract another
magnetic substance
(usually iron or other
metals).
A substance that allows
heat or electricity to easily
travel through it.
A substance that does not
allow heat or electricity to
pass through it easily.
A combination of 2 or more
substances that keep their
identities when combined.
A mixture that has the
same composition

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A push or a pull.
A force of attraction
between 2 objects in space
(pull toward the center of
the earth).
A force that opposes
motion.
The ability to do work.
The energy of motion.
Energy that is stored in
matter and can be
released by a chemical
reaction.
Energy that comes from
electric current.
A complete pathway made
of conductors through
which electric current can
flow. (Series or parallel)
A form of energy that
moves in waves and can
travel through space.
The BOUNCING of light off
of an object.
The BENDING of light off of
an object.
The physical or chemical
process that breaks down
on or near Earths surface.
Moves weathered materials
to a new place.

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An agent of erosion
drops/deposits its load of
sediment in a new place.
A type of rock formed
when sediment is
deposited in layers,
squeezed together and
cemented my minerals.
Mountain made of
hardened lava and ash that
erupted from underneath
Earths surface.
The shaking of Earths
crust caused by large
pieces of rock underneath
the earths surface moving
against each other.
A crack in the Earths crust
caused by an earthquake.
Occurs when gravity pulls
some of the land on a
slope.
Preserved remains or
traces of a living thing
(usually found in
sedimentary rock).
An energy-rich resource
formed from the buried
remains of once-living
organisms. (coal, oil &
natural gas)
Anything useful or
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naturally on Earth.
Resources that nature can
replace when they are
used.
Resources that nature
cannot replace once they
are used up.
Solar energy, wind energy,
hydroelectric energy,
geothermal energy,
biofuels.
The long-term weather
patterns of a place.
Describes what the
atmosphere is like at a
given time and place.
The imaginary line that
divides the earth in half.

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To go around

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The path one object in

space takes around
another.
To spin around a fixed
point.
The imaginary line that
goes through Earth from
pole to pole. Earth spins
around this point.
Includes all the organisms
living in a place in addition
to their environment.
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organism lives.
The complete role, or
function, of an organism in
its ecosystem.