Uniform - Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools



| |explosions |

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| |Sometimes the sun shoots large bursts of hot gas into space. |

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|bursts | |

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| |machines |

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|devices |Astronomers can use devices such as satellites and telescopes to study the solar system. |

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| |just a little |

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| |My brother is slightly taller than me. |

|slightly | |

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| |egg-shaped |

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| |The Earth travels on an oval-shaped path around the sun. |

|oval | |

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| |the path in space that an object follows as it moves in a circle around a planet, moon or stars |

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| |It takes 365 days for the Earth to orbit the sun. |

|orbit | |

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| |on a slant |

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| |As the top began to slow down, it tilted to its side. |

|tilted | |

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| |the line where the sky and land or sea seem to meet |

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| |The horizon is where the sky and the ground meet. |

|horizon | |

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| |the sun and all the planets, satellites, asteroids, and comets that revolve around it |

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| |Do you know all of the planets in our solar system? |

|solar system | |

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| |Ways to get somewhere |

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| |My dad has a difficult time following directions. He always seems to get lost. |

|directions | |

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| |to go quietly without being seen |

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| |The tan cat tried to sneak at up on the orange cat to scare him. |

|sneak | |

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| |shaggy and thick |

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| |My grandfather has a bushy beard. |

|bushy | |

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| |eyes partly closed |

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|squinty |My eyes were squinty from looking up at the bright sun. |

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| |marked with a circular pattern |

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| |A raccoon’s ringed tail is black and gray. |

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|ringed | |

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| |soft, sticky mud |

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|clay |We made clay pots during art class. |

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| |fitting very closely together |

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| |My pants were too tight. I need to buy a bigger size. |

|tight | |

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| |beams of light or energy |

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|rays |Rays from the kids’ flashlights bounced off the wall. |

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| |phase of the moon in which it looks like a half circle |

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| |During a quarter moon, the moon looks like a half circle. |

|Quarter moon | |

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| |a thin, narrow piece |

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| |I only ate a sliver of cake because I am on a diet. |

|sliver | |

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| |the curved shape of the waxing or waning moon |

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| |The moonlight was dim because only a sliver of the moon, or crescent moon was lighting up the sky. |

|Crescent moon | |

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| |the moon when it cannot be seen or when it appears as a thin crescent |

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| |When there is a new moon, you will not be able to see it. |

|New moon | |

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| |to happen |

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| |If you do not drive safely, an accident can occur. |

|occur | |

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| |The appearance and shape of the moon or a planet as it is seen at a particular time |

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| |There are eight phases of the moon. |

|phases | |

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| |a person who is trained to pilot or be a part of the crew on a space craft |

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| |When I grow up I want to be an astronaut and fly into space. |

|astronauts | |

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| |the captain leading a ship or voyage |

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|commander |The commander gave directions on how to crew the ship. |

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| |very big |

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| |Redwoods are gigantic trees found in California. |

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|gigantic | |

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| |to circle around a heavenly body, such as Earth or the moon |

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| |The space shuttle will orbit Earth on its next mission. |

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|orbit | |

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| |the force pulling things toward the center of a body in space, such as Earth or the moon |

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| |The lack of gravity in space allows the astronauts to float. |

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|gravity | |

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| |weight of one thing pushing against another |

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| |The nurse told me to apply pressure to my cut so that it would stop bleeding. |

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|pressure | |

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| |the size of a map, picture or model compared with what it represents |

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| |The picture of the planets was not to scale. They are too big to draw in real life. |

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|scale | |

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| |someone who studies stars |

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| |A group of astronomers, or people who study stars, decided that Pluto is not a planet. |

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|astronomers | |

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| |a bending line |

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| |The sign showed us that the road had a curve. |

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|curve | |

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| |a spinning toy |

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| |I had so much fun playing with my new top. I just wish it would keep spinning. |

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|top | |

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| |motion about a center point, or an axis |

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| |You can see the Earth’s rotation by looking at a globe. |

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|rotation | |

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| |area of gas surrounding a planet |

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| |The atmosphere is a blanket of air above the Earth. |

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|atmosphere | |

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| |Pushed or pulled an objet over another |

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| |Our teacher scraped her fingernails over the chalkboard. |

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|scraped | |

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| |traces |

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| |There are no signs or traces of life on other planets. |

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|signs | |

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