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Science Vocab FCAT
FCAT VOCABULARY
Question | Answer |
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Define Mass | the quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion |
Define Volume | the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies |
Define Weight | the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass |
Define Acceleration | increasing in speed or velocity |
Define Speed | the measure of how fast something is going |
Define Gravity | the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth |
Define Pressure | the exertion of force upon a surface by an object |