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5TH GRADE SCIENCE VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS A acceleration - change in motion caused by unbalanced forces or a change in velocity acid rain-Precipitation resulting from pollution condensing into clouds and falling to Earth action force- The first force in the third law of motion adaptation-A structure or feature of an organism that helps it meet a particular need in its natural habitat air mass- A large body of air that has nearly the same temperature and humidity throughout air pressure- The weight of air alveoli- Tiny air sacs located at the ends of bronchi in the lungs amphibians- Animals that have moist skin and no scales amplitude- The distance that any point on a wave has moved from its resting position; equal to half the wave height analyze- to examine the parts of angiosperm- A flowering plant anthracite- A hard, black rock; fourth stage of coal formation arachnid- An arthropod with eight legs and no antennae, such as a spider, scorpion, tick, or mite asexual reproduction- Reproduction by simple cell division asteroids- Chunks of rock that look like giant potatoes in space asteroid- A chunk of rock and metal, smaller than a planet and larger than a meteoroid, that orbits the sun asthenosphere- A zone of partially melted rock in the upper mantle of the Earth astronomical unit (AU)- A measurement equal to the distance between Earth and the sun, a distance of about 150 million km (93 million miles) atoll- A ring of islands around a shallow central lagoon atmosphere- The layer of air that surrounds Earth atom- The smallest unit of an element that has all the properties of that element atomic number- The number of protons in an atom axial tilt- The angle that a planets axis is tilted from vertical axis- An imaginary line that passes through Earths center and its North and South poles B balanced forces- The forces acting on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction, canceling each other out bacteria- tiny living cells tha