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End of Year Exam Vocab

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Definition
Mixture   Physical Combination of Substances  
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Colloid   Mixture like a Suspension Except Its Parts do not Settle  
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Solution   Mixture with Parts that Blend so it looks the Same Everywhere, Even Under a Microscope  
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Solute   The Part that is Dissolved in a Solution  
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Solvent   The Part that Dissolves the Solute in a Solution  
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Alloy   Solution of a Metal and Another Solid (Usually a Metal)  
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Solubility   The Maximum Amount of a Solute that can Dissolve in a Solvent  
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Distillation   The Process of Separating Liquids by Using Evaporation and Condensation  
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Heat   Thermal Energy that Flows Between Objects due to a Difference in Temperature  
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Temperature   Measurement of the Average Kinetic Energy of Particles in an Object  
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Conduction   The Passing of Heat Through a Material While the Material Itself Stays in Place  
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Convection   The Flow of Thermal Energy Through a Liquid or Gas Caused by Hot Parts Rising And Cool Parts Sinking  
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Radiation   The Transfer of Energy Through Electromagnetic Rays  
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Thermal Conductivity   The Ability of a Material to Transfer Heat  
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Sound Wave   A Series of Rarefactions and Compressions Traveling Through a Substance  
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Medium   The Substance The Waves Travel Through  
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Vacuum   A Region That Contains Few or no Particles  
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Absorption   Transfer of Energy When a Wave Disappears Into a Surface  
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Frequency   Number of Times an Object Vibrates per Second  
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Pitch   How High or Low a Sound is  
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Amplitude   How Dense the Air is in Rarefactions and Compressions Compared to Normal Air  
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Echolocation   Finding Things Using Echos  
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Wavelength   The Distance Between one Peak and the Next in a Wave  
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Photon   A Tiny Bundle of Energy by Which Light Travels  
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Spectrum   Light Passing Through a Prism  
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Electromagnetic Spectrum   All Light Visible and Invisible  
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Reflect   To Scatter  
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Refract   Bend  
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