Monday, May 18, 2015

5th Science - 5/18/15


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HwJcPCXs-zx7OC4oAcYxRciqLSYk1bZN-0CaqCRvmg0/pub

Homework:

5/19 - Copy  vocabulary words in NB

1.   evaporation - the process in which a liquid is converted to the gaseous state.

2.  condensation - the physical change of state of a gas to a liquid.

3.  water cycle - also known as the hydrologic cycle or the H 2 O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.

4.  carbon cycle - the process in which carbon atoms are recycled over and over again on Earth.

5. nitrogen cycle - the series of natural processes by which certain nitrogen-containing substances from air and soil are made useful to living things, are used by them

6. water vapor - Water in its gaseous state, especially in the atmosphere and at a temperature below the boiling point.

7. precipitation - is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

8. photosynthesis - is the process plants use to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar using sunlight.

9. fertilizers - is any material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is applied to soils or to plant tissues (usually leaves) to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants.

10. nitrogen - is an odorless, tasteless, colorless nonmetallic chemical element which appears in great abundance in the Earth's atmosphere. 78% of the atmosphere

11. oxygen - O, nonmetallic chemical element of Group 16 of the periodic table. Oxygen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas essential to living organisms, being taken up by animals, which convert it to carbon dioxide.