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Science FCAT Vocab
Science Content Words
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DEFINE SOLID | having relative firmness, coherence of particles, or persistence of form, as matter that is not liquid or gaseous |
DEFINE LIQUID | composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid |
DEFINE GAS | a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid |
DEFINE WEIGHT | the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity |
DEFINE MASS | the quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion |
DEFINE VOLUME | the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies |
DEFINE ACCELERATION | increase of speed or velocity |