Term | Definition |
water cycle | constant movement of water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere |
water vapor | water in the form of gas |
solid | state of matter that has a definite shape and volume (particles are packed together) |
Precipitation | water in the atmosphere that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet. |
liquid | state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape. (particles slide past each other ) |
gas | state of matter that has no definite shape or volume (Particles bounce fast off each other) |
evaporation | the process of a liquid changing to a gas. |
condensation | the process of a gas changing to a liquid |
matter | anything that has mass and takes up space. |
density | the amount of matter in a given space. ( The water had more of this than the syrup) |
weight | measure the amount of gravity between an object and a planet, such as EArth |
gravity | Is a force or pull between all objects. The more mass the stronger the pull of gravity |
buoyancy | upward force of a liquid or gas of an object |
volume | how much space an object takes up |
property | is a characteristic that you can observe |
mass | amount of matter making up an object |
graduated cylinder | tool used to measure volume by adding water to it. |
physical change | change that begins and ends with the same type of matter |
chemical change | change that produces new matter with different properties from the original matter. |