5th Grade Science Vocabulary

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  1. refraction
    the change in direction of a propagating wave
  2. reflection
    the phenomenon of a wave being thrown back from a surface
  3. balance beam
    a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
  4. microscope
    magnifier of the image of small objects
  5. telescope
    a magnifier of images of distant objects
  6. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  7. Pangaea
    (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
  8. evolution
    sequence of events involved in the development of a species
Created on Wed Jun 09 11:45:03 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Jun 09 12:07:56 EDT 2010)

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