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Elena (week of 4/22-5/3/13)
social & science vocab.
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Literature
5th Grade
04/28/2013

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vegetation
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plant life

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topography
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the surface features of a place or region

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resourceful
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good at finding solutions to problems

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transport systems
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the four systems that work together to move materials through your body; digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and excretory
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respiratory system
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the organ system that brings oxygen to the lungs and then to the body cells and gets rid of carbon dioxide

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circulatory system
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the organ system that uses the heart, blood, and blood vessels to move materials to and from the cells

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excretory system
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the organ system that uses the skin, lungs, and kidneys to move wastes from the body

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digestive system
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the organ system that uses the mouth, stomach, and small intestines to turn food into nutrients that the cells of the body can use

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saliva
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a watery fluid that softens and moistens food

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esophagus
Definition

the long muscular tube that brings food into the stomach

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stomach
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a muscular organ that changes food into a thick soupy liquid

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small intestine
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the organ that completes digestion and allows digested food to enter the blood

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large intestine
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the thick tube-like organ that removes undigested waste

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diaphragm
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a large, flat muscle that pulls air in and pushes air out of the lungs

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lung
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one of two organs that fills with air when you inhale

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capillary
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a tiny blood vessel

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alveoli
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air sacs in the lungs where gases move into and out of the blood

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red blood cells
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the blood cell that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood

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vein
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a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart

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artery
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a thick-walled blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

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