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Vocab 15
Words about water and other good stuff.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| infer | Mentally processing information gathered from an observation. |
| observe | To receive information from one of the senses as contrasted with inferring. For example, one can observe no food coloring in a cup of the parts per million activity, even though one might infer that food coloring is present. |
| concentration | The amount of substance contained in a given quantity of the solution or mixture. If a food coloring solution has a concentration of 10%, then 100 parts of solution will contain 10 parts of food coloring. If the concentration of pesticide in groundwater |
| solution | A uniform mixture of a substance with water |
| serial dilution | Process of adding solvent (usually water) to solute using regular ratios or proportions in order to create a series of dilute solutions. In the parts per million activity, a serial dilution of food coloring pigments using increments of factors of ten is |
| solvent | The liquid in a solution |
| Oppress | To treat cruelly and take away rights |
| Annex | To make a territory part of a country |
| interrogation | questioning |
| altercation | a fight or argument |