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Week 3 Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Measures the mass of an object. | Triple Beam Balance |
| Measures the weight of an object. | Spring Scale |
| To put into groups. | Classify |
| How much matter is in something. Measured in grams. Not affected by gravity. | Mass |
| How much space something takes up. Measured in milliliters or liters. | Volume |
| Anything that takes up space. | Matter |
| Able to float because of its shape. | Buoyancy |
| The amount of molecules in matter that allows it to sink or float. | Density |
| The measure of the pull of gravity on an object. | Weight |
| A material that allows heat or electricity to pass through. | Conductor |
| A characteristic of a substance that can be measured or observed using your five senses. | Physical Property |
| Solid, liquid, and gas. | States of Matter |
| Has a definite shape and a definite volume. | Solid |
| Does not have a definite shape but has a definite volume. | Liquid |
| Does not have a definite shape or volume. | Gas |
| Liquid changing to a gas. | Evaporation |
| Gas changing back into a liquid. | Condensation |
| A material that does not allow heat or electricity to pass through it easily. | Insulator |
| A force that can attract or repel certain materials. (iron, nickel, steel, and cobalt) | Magnetism |
| A force that causes objects to pull together. | Attract |
| A force that causes objects to push back or away from one another. | Repel |
| Two or more substances that keep their own physical properties when mixed together. | Mixture |
| A type of mixture in which one substance dissolves in another and tends to be more difficult to separate. | Solution |
| Able to dissolve in a liquid. | Soluble |