| A | B |
| balanced forces | two or more forces that cancel each other out and are equal |
| bar graph | used to compare two or more items |
| bedrock | solid rock of Earth's crust that has not been weathered |
| behavior | any reaction to stimulus |
| biome | large geographic are or ecosystem of Earth that has its own climate |
| boiling point | point at which a subtance begins to boil |
| brainstorom | try to think of as many ideas as possible |
| balance | tool used to measure the amount of mass in an object |
| big bang theory | theory that explains universe starting from single point |
| carnivore | animals that eat other animals |
| carbon dioxide | gas in the air that plants use to make food |
| cell | smallest structure of all living things |
| camoflauge | an adaption that gives animals protection by blending in with their environment |
| cementation | process by which tiny particles stick together |
| compaction | process of squeezing rock particles together |
| chloroplast | organelle that converts sun's energy into food energy |
| conclusion | a decision based on investigation and evidence |
| cicle graph | representaion that shows percentages of a whole |
| climate | the average of all weather over time |
| competition | struggle between two or more organisms for survivial including food water and shelter |
| conductivity | the sability to transfer energy |
| consumer | any animal that eats plants or other animals |
| continental drift | slow movement of continents of earths surface |
| data | information |
| density | the amount of matter in a given volume |
| decomposer | organism that eats dead or decaying things |
| digestive system | the body system the takes in all nutrients and turns them into energy the body can use |
| eclipse | lining up of sun, earth and moon |
| element | substance that can not be broken down into any other substances |
| endagered species | species that is near extinct |
| energy | the ability to cause change |
| equator | imaginary line that circles Earth and divides into two halves northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere |
| force | push or pull that causes something to move |
| food web | network of food chains that show balance in an ecosystem |
| extinct | no longer exsisting as a species |
| evaporate | to change from a liquid to a gas |
| conservation | protection and preservation of natural resources |
| capillarries | smallest blood vessels |
| chlorophyll | pigment that helps plants uselight to make food |
| chromosome | thread like sturctures inside the nucleus |