5th grade NCES Science EOG Vocab

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1	5th Science EOG Vocab
2	Scientific Inquiry
3	science
4	scientist
5	inquiry
6	investigate
7	process
8	questioning
9	hypothesis
10	procedure
11	observation
12	results
13	conclusion
14	scientific method
15	Forces and Motion
16	motion	an object changing its position over time
17	force	a push or a pull
18	mass	how much matter an object contains
19	direction	the path an object travles. determines the motion of an object in reference to the direction of a force.
20	balanced forces	cause an object to remain in place
21	unbalanced forces	when an object starts moving, stops moving, or changes postition
22	energy	ability to do work
23	gravitational force	attraction one object has for other objects
24	air resistance	or drag: the forace of air pushing against the motion of an object
25	properties	things that describe an object
26	quanitative	described by numbers
27	qualitative	described by words
28	gravity
29	friction
30	mass
31	matter
32	distance
33	time
34	graph
35	force
36	motion
37	momentum
38	acceleration
39	velocity
40	inertia
41	Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
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43	Weather
44	water cycle	cycling of water through the earth and the atmosphere
45	precipitation	water in the form of rain, ice, snow, or dew falls to the earth from clouds
46	evaporation	process by which liquid water changes into gaseous water
47	water vapor	gaseous water
48	condensation	water changes from a gas to a liquid
49	saturated	full of
50	collection	body of water: lakes, rivers, creeks, ocean, pond
51	runoff	precipitation that moves across the land, objects and the ground into a collection
52	groundwater	water that soaks into the ground
53	flood	overflow or increase of a body of water
54	flash flood	flood that rises and falls rapidly
55	drought	long periods of dry weather
56	forecast	a prediction of weather for a specific time in the future
57	air masses	large bodies of air
58	front	boundaries that separate different air masses
59	cold front	leading edge of cold air that is replacing warmer air
60	warm front	leading edge of warmer air that is replacing cooler air
61	high pressure	when air pressure is greater than surrounding areas-usually means dry, cooler weather
62	low pressure	when the air pressure is lower than the surrounding areas-usually means wet, warmer weather
63	wind	air that is in motion
64	wind direction	wind/air moves from high to low pressure
65	wind speed	increase with larger differences in air pressure when air masses meet
66	trend	pattern in weather data
67	climate record	historical record of weather data for a specific region
68	clouds	water droplets or ice crystals in the air (they often form when water condenses in the atmosphere and attaches to other water particles and dust or dirt particles as well
69	meteorologist	scientists who study and forecast weather
70	thermometer	instrument that measures temperature
71	barometer	instrument that measures air pressure
72	anemometer	instrument that measures wind speed
73	gusts	short bursts of high winds
74	rain gauge	instrument that measures the amount of rainfall in one place
75	global wind	movement of air across large distances
76	local wind	movement of air across smaller distances
77	prevailing westerlies	winds moving from west to east in the middle latitudes of Earth
78	trade winds	winds blowing east to west between the equator and 30 degrees into N and S hemispheres
79	polar westerlies	winds blowing from west to east in the N and S pole regions of Earth
80	land breeze	wind that moves from land to sea
81	sea breeze	wind that moves from sea to land
82	Corilolis Effect	in S hemisphere when currents mover to left or couterclockwise
83	La Nina and El Nino	periodic eruptions in temperature of ocean currents along tropical region of Pacific Ocean. results in changes all around the world
84	transpiration
85	biotic
86	abiotic
87	temperature
88	jet stream
89	water currents
90	air pressure
91	wind vane
92	latitude
93	longitude
94	hemisphere
95	cirrus
96	stratus
97	cumulus
98	cumulonimbus
99	nimbostratus
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