SCIENCE JOURNAL

12/7/2011

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12/7/2011 Science Vocabulary 103

12/7/2011 Guided Question 104

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12/7/2011 Science Vocabulary 103

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constellation – A number of stars

meteor – A fragment of rock, ice, orthat appears to form a pattern.

metal that burns up in Earth’satmosphere.

12/7/2011 Science Vocabulary 103

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Cconclusion 5

conductor 38characteristics 21

condensation 44collection 46camouflage 49classify 53cloud 60class 67consumer 72carnivore 76cycle 89comet 101

Cconstellation 103

Mmodels 5matter 14mass 19magnetism 21mimicry 49

measure 51mountain 97meteor 103

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A student wants to find out which type of soil holds the most water. He uses four identical pots with holes in the bottom. He fills each pot with a different type of soil and waters the pots with the same amount of water. How can he find out how much water stays in the soil in each pot?

12/7/2011 Guided Question 104

A By planting seeds and measuring plant growth in each pot B By measuring the amount of water that drains from each pot

C By observing which soil looks wettest after the water has been added to the pots

D By feeling the soil before and after adding water to each pot

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To determine which soil holds the most water the student needs to measure how much water has come out of the soil. By measuring this amount of water the student can reach a conclusion to the experiment. The Answer is

B By measuring the amount of water that drains from each pot

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