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8.E.1.1
Water Cycle
Term | Definition |
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Polarity | When electrons are not shared equally in a covalent bond. |
Cohesion | The fact that water sticks to itself easily. |
Adhesion | The fact that water also sticks to other things. |
SoIvent | An item with the ability to dissolve. |
Permeable | The ability for liquids to pass through other things. |
Ice Caps/Glaciers | 2% of freshwater that is frozen. |
Aquifer | An underground layer of water used for wells. |
Watershed/River Basin | A ridge that separates waters flowing to different rivers. |
Impermeable | An item that does not allow liquids to pass though. |
Groundwater | The water located beneath the earths surface. |
Tributary | A river or stream flowing into a larger body of water. |
Law of Conservation of Mass | Mass cannot be created nor destroyed, just change forms. |
Reactant | The materials of the reaction cause it to happen. |
Product | The materials formed from the reaction. |
Flammability | Able to burn, or catch fire. |
Precipitate | Material formed as a result of chemical change. |
Phase Change | Changing from one state of matter to another |
ChemicaI Change | Reaction that forms a new substance. Evidence include: formation of precipitate, change of temperature, change of color, and formation of gas (bubbles). |
PhysicaI Property | Characteristic that can be observed with your senses or measured. |
Period | A row on the periodic table. |
Family | A column on the periodic table. |
Atomic Mass | The average number of protons and neutrons in an atom. |
EIement | A pure substance that has 2 or more of the same atoms. |
Compound | Two or more elements chemically bonded. |
Conductivity | Able to transmit electricity, heat. |
Unconformity | When a rock disturbs a series of undisturbed layers. |
Law of Superposition | In an undisturbed set layer of rock, the younger rock is on top and the oldest rock is on the bottom. |