Science Vocabulary Review

Reflection

• Light energy BENDS as it transmits

• Light energy BOUNCES off a surface

• Light energy is blocked

• Light energy is absorbed

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Refraction

• Light energy BENDS as it transmits through a medium

• Light energy BOUNCES off a surface

• Light energy is blocked

• Light energy is absorbed

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Revolution

• To SPIN around a center (on an axis)

• To orbit around another object

• A week

• To turn around

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Rotation

• To spin around a center (on an axis)

• To orbit around another object

• A week

• To turn around

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Consumer

• An organism at the top of the food chain

• An organism that breaks down dead things

• An organism that makes its own food, consumed by other organsims

• An organism that cannot make its own food, eats other organisms

Producer

• An organism at the top of the food chain

• An organism that breaks down dead things

• An organism that makes its own food, consumed by other organsims

• An organism that cannot make its own food, eats other organsisms

Cementation

• Layers of sediment deposited in layers pressed together by weight of top layers

• Layers of sediment become solid rock when minerals in water bind them together

• Rock broken down into smaller pieces by wind, water, ice or living things

• Small pieces of weathered rock, sediments

Compaction

• Layers of sediment deposited in layers pressed together by weight of top layers

• Layers of sediment become solid rock when minerals in water bind them together

• Rock broken down into smaller pieces by wind, water, ice or living things

• Small pieces of weathered rock, sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1