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