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EES. 3.1 Trey Buck
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Water | A clear liquid that all living things need to survive. |
| Capillary Action | Water moving up through small spaces, like in a plant stem. |
| Cohesion | Water molecules sticking to each other. |
| Adhesion | Water molecules sticking to other surfaces. |
| property | A characteristic that tells what something is like. |
| polarity | When a molecule has slightly positive and negative ends. |
| transfer | Moving something from one place to another. |
| energy | The ability to cause change or do work. |
| atmosphere | The layer of gases surrounding Earth. |
| hydroshpere | All the water on Earth. |
| climate | The average weather of a place over a long time. |
| convection | Heat transfer by the movement of liquids or gases. |
| frezze | To change from a liquid to a solid. |
| dissolve | To mix completely into a liquid. |
| specific heat capacity | How much heat a substance can hold. |
| soild | A state of matter with a fixed shape and volume. |
| liquid | A state of matter with a fixed volume but no fixed shape. |
| gas | A state of matter with no fixed shape or volume. |
| soulte | The substance that gets dissolved. |
| solvent | The substance that does the dissolving. |
| surface tension | A mixture where one substance is dissolved in another. |
| water cycle | The movement of water through Earth and the atmosphere. |
| Kevin scale | A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero. |
| absolute scale | A temperature scale based on absolute zero. |
| universal solvent | Water, because it dissolves many substances. |
| homogeneous solution | A mixture that looks the same throughout. |
| heterogeneous solution | A mixture with different visible parts. |
| Examples of a heterogeneous solution | Salad, sand and water. |
| Examples of a homogeneous solution | Salt water, sugar water. |
| Example of cohesion | Water droplets sticking together. |
| Example of adhesion | Water sticking to a glass. |
| Example of surface tension | A bug walking on water. |
| Example of capillary action | Water moving up a paper towel. |
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