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Mr. Vaughan SOL 6.6

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ADHESION THE TENDENCY OF DISSIMILAR PARTICLES OR SURFACES TO CLING TO ONE ANOTHER. EXAMPLE: WATER DROPLETS ON A LEAF.
CAPILLARY ACTION THE COMBINED FORCE OF ATTRACTION AMONG WATER MOLECULES AND WITH THE MOLECULES OF SURROUNDING MATERIALS.
CHEMICAL WEATHERING THE PROCESS THAT BREAKS DOWN ROCK THROUGH CHEMICAL WEATHERING.
COHESION THE ATTRACTION OF LIKE MOLECULES OR SAME SUBSTANCES STICKING TOGETHER.
COLLOID A MIXTURE WITH SMALL UNDISSOLVED PARTICLES THAT DO NOT SETTLE OUT.
CONDENSATION THE PROCESS BY WHICH A GAS, SUCH AS WATER VAPOR, TURNS INTO A LIQUID, SUCH AS WATER.
EVAPORATION THE PROCESS BY WHICH MOLECULES AT THE SURFACE OF A LIQUID, SUCH AS WATER, ABSORB ENOUGH ENERGY TO CHANGE TO A GASEOUS STATE, SUCH AS WATER VAPOR.
HYDROELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY PRODUCED BY THE KINETIC ENERGY OF WATER MOVING OVER A WATERFALL OR DAM.
PHYSICAL WEATHERING THE TYPE OF WEATHERING IN WHICH ROCK IS PHYSICALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES.
POLAR MOLECULE A MOLECULE THAT HAS ELECTRICALLY CHARGED AREAS.
SOLUTE THE PART OF A SOLUTION THAT IS PRESENT IN A LESSER AMOUNT AND DISSOLVED BY THE SOLVENT.
SOLUTION A MIXTURE IN WHICH ONE SUBSTANCE IS DISSOLVED INTO ANOTHER SUBSTANCE.
SOLVENT THE PART OF A SOLUTION THAT IS PRESENT IN THE LARGEST AMOUNT AND DISSLOVES THE SOLUTE.
SPECIFIC HEAT THE AMOUNT OF THERMAL ENERGY REQUIRED TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF ONE KILOGRAM OF A SUBSTANCE BY 1 DEGREE CELSIUS.
SURFACE TENSION THE TIGHTNESS ACROSS THE SURFACE OF WATER CAUSED BY THE POLAR WATER MOLECULES PULLING ON EACH OTHER.
SUSPENSION A MIXTURE IN WHICH PARTICLES CAN BE SEEN AND EASILY SEPARATED BY SETTLING OR FILTRATION.
THERMAL ENERGY THE TOTAL KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY OF ALL THE PARTICLES OF AN OBJECT.
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