| A | B |
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| Irrigation | The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops. |
| Photosynthesis | The process by which plants use water, plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to make food. |
| Habitat | The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to survive. |
| Water vapor | The invisible, gaseous form of water. |
| Ground water | Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers. |
| Polar molecule | A molecule that has electrically charged areas. |
| Surface tension | The tightness across the surface of the water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on each other. |
| Solution | A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another. |
| Solvent | A substance that dissolves another substance, forming a substance. |
| State | A form of matter; solid, liquid, or gas. |
| Specific heat | The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of substance by 1 degree Celsius. |
| Water cycle | The continuing process by which water moves through the living and nonliving parts of the environment. |
| Transpiration | The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves. |
| Capillary action | The combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials. |
| Evaporation | The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy (ex. radiant energy from the Sun) to change to the gaseous state. |
| Condensation | The process by which a gas changes to a liquid, caused by cooling or increased pressure. |
| hydr | water |
| dense | thick |
| ate | function, to happen |
| vapor | steam, gas |
| cipit | the head |
| pol | an axis |
| trans | across, through |
| con / com | together |
| syn / sym | together |
| e | out |
| pre | before |
| spir | breathe, a spiral or coil |
| habit | live or dwell |
| phylo | love, loving |
| phob (-ia, -o) | fear, dread |
| Phot / Phos | light |
| sis/sys | the act of |
| tion/sion | the act of |
| -er / -ist | one who does |
| omni | all |
| duc | to lead (as in bring) |
| thesis | an arranging |
| vect | carried |
| de | from, down, or out |
| auto | self |
| -a | to, toward, near, in addition to, by |
| -ic, -id, -ity, -ish, -ite, -ive | a condition of, a quality of |
| Precipitation | Water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail. |
| Solute | A substance that dissolves in another substance to make a solution. |
| Liquid | A state of matter that has no definite shape, but has a definite volume |
| Fluid | A substance that can flow easily, a liquid or gas |
| Flu | flow |
| Fluen | flowing |
| Solid | A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume |
| Gas | A state of matter that has no definite shape or volume |
| Prior Knowledge | Information that is already known about a subject matter |
| Available Evidence | Factual information that can be identified about a subject matter |
| Inference | A logical conclusion drawn from available evidence and prior knoweldge |
| Manipulated Variable | The factor that is changed and tested in an experiment. (Independent Variable - X-Axis) |
| Responding Variable | The factor that is measured and recorded in an experiment to gather data/results. (Dependent Variable - Y-Axis) |
| Controlled Variable | The factors that are kept constant (the same) in an experiment to isolate the effect of the manipulated variable on the outcome to create a "Fair Test." |
