Science Word of the Day 3rd Nine Weeks

Jan. 6th Jan. 8th

Jan. 11th Jan. 15th
Wednesday, January 6th
Renewable Resource - Resources
that nature can provide again and
again in a relatively short period of
time. Plants and trees are examples
of renewable resources.
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Thursday, January 7
Nonrenewable Resource Resources that nature cannot
replace quick enough to meet
peoples needs. Coal, petroleum
and natural gas are all examples of
nonrenewable resources.
Friday, January 8th
Name three types of natural
resources and give an example of
each.
Please put your grade and
section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega

Monday, January 12
Alternative energy - Energy
generated by natural processes that
is renewable.
Tuesday, January 13 Geothermal Energy that comes
from the natural heat inside the
Earth.
Wednesday, January 14 Hydroelectric Electricity made
from the energy of moving or
falling water.
Thursday, January 15
Biofuel Fuel made from plants,
animal wastes, and decomposing
plant and animal tissue.
Friday, January 16 Challenge:
Select one form of alternative
energy and explain why you think
this would be the best type of
alternative energy to use in our
school.
Please put your grade and
section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega

Jan. 25th Jan. 29th

Jan. 18th Jan. 22nd
Monday Jan. 18th
NO School

Monday, Jan. 25th

Weather The condition of the air
outdoors, such as temperature,
cloud cover, wind speed, and
rainfall.

Tuesday, Jan. 19th

Natural Gas A gaseous fossil fuel
produced from organic matter that
is used to cook and heat homes
Wednesday, Dec. 20th
Oil A liquid produced from
organic matter under pressure for
millions of years
Thursday, Dec. 21st
Coal - a black or brownish-black
hard substance within the earth
that is used as a fuel
Friday, Jan. 22nd
Challenge Use a circle map to
describe the characteristics of oil.
In your frame of reference answer:
What is oil? How does it form?
How is it collected from the
ground?
Please put your grade and
section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega

Tuesday, Jan. 26th

Climate Average weather
conditions of a region year after
year.
Wednesday, Jan. 27th
Weather map a map or chart
showing weather conditions over a
wide area at a particular time,
compiled from simultaneous
observations at different places.
Thursday, Jan. 28th
Weather symbol pictures and
numbers used for current weather
such as warm front symbol, cold
front symbol, stationary front
symbol, rain, sleet, snow,
thunderstorm symbols, partly
cloudy, cloudy, mostly cloudy,
overcast symbols.
Friday, Jan. 29th
Challenge Write a paragraph
describing the climate in El Paso.
Please put your grade and
section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega

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Feb. 1st Feb. 5th

Feb. 8th Feb. 12th
Monday, February 1st
Monday, February 8th
Water Cycle - The process through
which water is cycled. It consists
of evaporation, condensation and
precipitation.

Orbit The path that one object in

space takes around another object
in space.

Tuesday, February 2nd

Tuesday, February 9th

Precipitation - Rain, snow, sleet, or

hail that falls from clouds in the
sky.

Rotation - Spinning around a

central axis. The hands of a clock
rotate around to tell us time.

Wednesday, February 3rd

Wednesday, February 10th

Condensation is the physical

change in matter from a gas to a
liquid.

Revolution - The complete trip

(orbit) of a planet around a star,
moon or a planet. The Moon
revolves around the Earth.

Thursday, February 4th

Run-off The movement of water
on a surface to areas of lower
elevation.
Friday, February 5th
Draw and label the water cycle.
Make sure you use all the
vocabulary word from this week.
Please put your grade and
section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega

Thursday, February 11th

Axis an imaginary line that runs
from the North Pole to the South
Pole. The Earth rotates around is
axis.
Friday, February 12th
Challenge Illustrate the
difference between rotation and
revolution.
Please put your grade and
section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega

Feb. 15th Feb. 19th

Monday, February 15th
Planet - A round body in space
made of rocks or gases.
Tuesday, February 16

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Moon A natural satellite that

orbits a planet; some planets have
no moons; other have over 60
moons. Look for the moon tonight
to see how it looks (it may still be
out in the morning).
Wednesday, February 17th
Craters - Bowl-shaped structures
on a planet or moon caused by the
impact of meteorites.
Thursday, February 18th
Full moon The full moon is
when the whole of its disk is
illuminated, it occur s when it is
opposite from the sun.
Friday, February 19th
Challenge Illustrate the way the
moon looked sometime this week.
Predict when you think the next
full moon will be.

Please put your grade and

section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega
Feb. 22nd Feb. 26th
Monday, February 22nd
Sun The sun is Earths local
star - the star at the center of the
solar system. All energy comes
from the sun.
Tuesday, February 23rd
Sunspots A place on the Suns
surface disrupted by a magnetic
field that is cooler than its
surroundings.
Wednesday, February 24th
Tide the change in the height of
the surface of oceans and other
large bodies of water that happens
about every twelve hours. Tides
are caused by the pull of the moon
and sun.
Thursday, February 25th
Season one of the four parts of
the year; spring, summer, fall, and
winter.
Friday, February 19th
Challenge Use a flow map to
illustrate the season in a year.

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Please put your grade and

section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega
Feb. 29th March 4th
Monday, February 29th
Ecosystem All of the living and
non-living things and all of their
interactions in an area.
Tuesday, March 1st
Organism Living things, such as
plants or animals are organisms.
Wednesday, March 2nd
Individual A single organism in
an environment is an individual.
Thursday, March 3rd

Non-living element is a part of

the ecosystem that is not living,
such as sunlight, air, water, rocks
and soil.
Friday, March 4th
Challenge Illustrate and
ecosystem and label the living and
non-living elements in your
illustration.
Please put your grade and
section on your challenge and
turn it in to Mrs. Vega