| WORD |
DEFINITION |
| centimeter |
unit of length;
width of a fingernail;
1/100 meter
|
| millimeter |
unit of length;
thickness of a dime;
1/1,000 meter |
| liter |
unit of volume;
about a quart |
| cubic centimeter
|
unit of volume;
about 20 drops;
equals 1 mL |
| gram |
unit of mass;
about one paper clip |
| mass |
amount of matter compared to a standard |
| volume |
the amount of space an object takes up; L x W x H |
| area |
L x W;
the number of square units in a given space |
| displacement |
to move aside or take the place of |
| solid |
state of matter;
has definite shape and volume;
ice
|
| liquid |
state of matter;
takes the shape of the container;
water |
| gas |
state of matter;
very low density;
fills a container;
steam |
| hypothesis |
a statement that can be tested |
| procedure |
steps to do an experiment |
| data |
observations and measurements in an experiment |
| data table |
way of organizing data |
| matter |
substance that has mass and occupies space |
| observation |
what you see, feel, hear, taste, smell |
| graduated cylinder |
tall glass cylinder used to measure the volume of a liquid |
| balance |
used to measure mass |
| milli- |
prefix meaning 1/1,000 |
| centi- |
prefix meaning 1/100 |
| kilo- |
prefix meaning 1,000 |
| independent variable |
what the scientist manipulates or changes in an experiment; manipulated variable |
| dependent variable |
what is measured or observed; responding variable |
