List of Words for Letter 'C'
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camouflage
an adaptation that allows an animal to blend into its surroundings
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canopy
the part of a forest just below the uppermost branches of the tallest trees
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canyon
a deep, narrow valley with steep sides
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carbon dioxide
a gas in the air
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carbonic acid
a weak acid that forms when carbon dioxide reacts with rainwater
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carnivore
an animal that eats other animals
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cell
the smallest unit of life
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chaparral
an area with dense thickets of small shrubs and trees
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chemical weathering
the process in which rocks break down due to chemical changes to the minerals
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chlorophyll
a material in plants that helps them take in sunlight
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cinder-cone volcano
a volcano shaped like a cone
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circuit
the path along which electric current flows
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circuit breaker
something that switches off a circuit when the current gets too high
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classify
to place similar materials together in a group
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cleavage
the way a mineral splits or breaks along flat surfaces
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climate
the typical weather patterns of a region
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closed circuit
a complete, unbroken electrical circuit
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communicate
to share information
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compass
an instrument that tells direction using Earth's magnetic forces
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competition
the struggle among living things for the same resources
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composite volcano
a volcano made up of layers of lava and ash
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conductor
a material through which heat or electricity flows easily
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conglomerate
a substance formed from rocks that have been lumped together
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conserve
to save or protect
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consumer
an organism that eats plants and other animals
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contour plowing
a farming method that cuts into the soil across a hillside rather than up and down the hillside
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crater
a cuplike shape in the earth
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creep
a slow movement of plates along a fault
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crust
the outermost layer of Earth
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crystal
the geometric shape a mineral forms when its atoms and molecules are in fixed patterns