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Matter
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Water cycle | The recycling of water between the earth and the atmosphere |
| Condensation | The process of changing a gas into a liquid due to cooling |
| precipitation | Form of water that falls from a cloud to the earth: rain, snow, hail, sleet |
| runoff | precipitation that flows across the land's surface or flows into rivers, streams, or collection areas |
| Collection | The area where precipitation/water collects |
| transpiration | The loss of water through a plant's leaves |
| Qualitative | non-numerical data that is observed, descriptive, subjective |
| quantitative | data expressed a certain quantity, amount or range |
| chemical change | Any change that causes a new substance to be formed |
| physical change | change in the state of matter in which the material is still the same type of material and has the same properties as the original material |
| expand | to make something larger, to increase or grow |
| contract | to make something smaller or shrink |