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Science vocabulary
Science
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What is a artifact

a item worked on or made by man

100

what was life in the old stone age

Stone Age men lived in no permanent homes, hunted for food

100

atom 

the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element

100

Stress that stretches or pulls rock apart is called 

tension

200

what is counterweight

an equal weight

200

What are the two primary city-states in Greece

Sparta, and the athens

200

Streak 

the color of a mineral in powdered form

200

Earth core has _ parts 

2

300

what is a steppe

dry,level grasslands with few to no trees

300

What was Sparta known for 

Sparta was known for the military

300

soil horizon

each layer of soil within a soil profile

400

what is barren 

not able to have children

400

When kids were seven in Sparta what did they do 

They left their homes and lived in military barracks where they were trained in physical fitness, discipline, and the ways of war

400

sand bar

a low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea

500

what is a oligarchy

Political rule by a small group

500

what is benevolent

It means kindly

500

alluvial fan

a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply