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Science Vocabulary
Science
Math- Grade 4
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Oldies but Goodies
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The vertical distance above sea level
What is elevation.
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How do you know when reading a topographic map of a mountain where the areas are steep and where the areas are not so steep?
What is observing the contour lines. If the lines between the elevations are close, then that area has a steep elevation. If the lines between the elevations are spaced further apart, then that area is not steep.
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Round the decimal to the nearest hundred. 4,568.3456
What is 4,600.
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Find the difference of 0.77 - 0.6
What is 0.17
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If Bailey has 12 Nestle Crunch candy bars and 4 Milky Way candy bars, what is the ratio of Nestle Crunch bars to Milky Way bars?
What is 12 : 4
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A side view or cross-section of a landform such as a mountain
What is profile.
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How did the difference in the slope of our stream tables affect the times of the events that occurred?
What is in the stream tables that had a slope, the events such as channels forming, canyons becoming deeper, deltas forming, etc. occurred much faster than the stream tables that did not have a slope.
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Order the decimals from greatest to least. 8.8, 8.802, 8.88, 8.088
What is 8.88, 8.802, 8.8, 8.088
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What is the solution to this problem? 14.041 - 2.32 + 4.689 - 3.50
What is 12.91
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Write the fraction, 3/1,000 as a decimal.
What is 0.003
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an embankment along a stream that protects land from flooding
What is levee.
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How is a delta different that an allevial fan?
A delta is a fan-shaped deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream. An allevial fan is a fan-shaped landform deposited at the end of a steep canyon where the slope becomes flatter. These fans are usually found in very dry areas such as Death Valley.
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Write the word name and the fraction for this decimal: 23.43
What is twenty-three and forty three hundredths. 23 43/100
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Gillian has $44.56 in her checking account. She buys the following items: groceries for $10.52, movie tickets for $8.00, & cherry flavored chapstick for $0.99. She earns the following money: $15.00 for babysitting & $30.78 for shoveling snow for two hours. How much money does Gillian now have in her checking account?
What is Gillian has $70.83 in her checking account.
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What is the area of a triangle that has a base of 6 cm. and a height of 3 cm?
What is 9 square centimeters or 9 cm. squared.
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Has water flowing in it only during certain time of the year
What is intermittent stream.
400
Ash is hiking on a trail with the following stops & elevations: Stop 1 = 200 ft. Stop 2 = 210 ft. Stop 3 = 270 ft. Stop 4 = 282 ft. If Ash starts his hike at an elevation of 150 ft, how many feet will he have hiked when he reaches Stop 4?
What is 132 feet.
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If a hundreds grid has two columns shaded in completely and 1/2 of a column shaded in, what is the decimal or fraction that represents the shaded parts?
What is 0.25 or 25/100
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Estimate the sum of the problem. 8.45 + 9.05 + 24.39
What is 8 + 9 + 24 = 41
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If the length & width of one rectangle is 8 inches by 3 inches and the length & width of another rectangle is 4 inches by 2 inches, what is the total area of both rectangles?
What is 32 square inches or 32 inches squared.
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a large fan-shaped landform deposited at the end of a steep canyon
What is alluvial fan.
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What two important pieces of information does a profile of a mountain such as Mt. Shasta give you that a topographic map of the mountain's contour lines labeled with the elevations does not?
What is a profile gives a side view of a the mountain and shows the slope of the mountain.
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What is the sum of 1/6 + 3/4
What is 11/12.
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Estimate the difference in the problem. 39.924 - 8 - 4.03
What is 40 - 8 - 4 = 28
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Convert the measurement to the most yards, the most feet and the most inches. 2 yards, 14 feet, 14 inches
What is 7 yards, 2 inches