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VOLUME AND MASS UNIT

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