5th grade Earth Science Vocabulary Cards

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5th grade Earth Science Vocabulary Cards
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Destructive Forces

• the process of
• weathering
• and erosion
• that can be
• harmful

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Constructive Forces

• The process of weathering and erosion that can
  be helpful

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Hurricane

• a very large
• and violent
• tropical storm
• that start as
• small thunderstorms
• over warm water

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Tornado

• a dark funnel
• of strong winds
• that spiral
• upward

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Tsunami

• A large wave
• produced by
• an earthquake,
• volcano, or
• landslide

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Renewable Resource
Oxygen Soil Water Plants Animals
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Non-renewable
Fossil fuels coal, natural gas, and
oil Minerals
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Inexhaustible Resource
Sun, wind, and ocean tides
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Carbon Cycle

• The movement of carbon dioxide
• and oxygen between organisms
• in the air

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Fossil Fuels

• A fuel that formed
• from the decayed
• remains of ancient
• plants and animals
• oil, natural gas, coal

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Greenhouse Effect
The process of Earths atmosphere trapping heat
near Earths surface
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Photosynthesis

• The process of using
• the energy in sunlight
• to make food from
• water and carbon
• dioxide

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Respiration

• The process of
• breathing in air to
• get oxygen and
• breathing out
• waste gases

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Producer

• An organism
• that makes its
• own food

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Consumer

• An organism
• that gets
• energy by
• eating other
• organisms

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Decomposer

• An organism
• that gets
• energy by
• feeding on the
• remains or
• wastes of other
• organisms

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Conservation

• The wise use and
• protection of our
• natural resources.
• REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE

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Earthquake
The shaking of Earths crust caused by rock slabs
moving against each other.
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Glacier
A large body of moving ice that stays frozen all
year.
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Natural resources that can be renewed or replaced by nature, such as water or plants.
Renewable Resource
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Non-renewable
Nonrenewable resources are resources that
nature cannot replace in our lifetime.
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Volcano
A mountain built up from hardened lava, rocks and
ash.
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Rocks that are formed when sediments were pressed
together.
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Metaphoric Rocks
Marble
Rocks that are formed when another kind of rock
was squeezed and heated deep inside Earths crust.
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Igneous Rocks
Rocks that are formed from cooled magma or lava.
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A resource such that can be used over and over and can't be used up.
Inexhaustible Resource
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Orbit
The path an object takes as it moves around
another object in space.
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Path
The line along which something moves.
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Revolve
Travel in a path large circle
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Rotate
Spin The Earth rotates on its axis.
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Solar System
The sun and the objects that orbit around it.
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Erosion
The process of moving sediment from one place to
another.
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Natural Resource
Materials in the environment that are useful to
people.
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Water Cycle
The change of water from one state to another as
it moves between Earths surface and the
atmosphere.
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Weathering
The process by which rock is worn down and broken
apart.
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Evaporation
evaporation
The process of changing from a liquid to a gas.
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Precipitation
precipitation
Water that falls to the Earths surface as rain,
snow, sleet or hail.
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Accumulation
accumulation
The collection of water, such as a stream, puddle
or lake.
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Condensation
To change from a gas to a liquid as the
temperature decreases.