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6th water terms
science water terms
Question | Answer |
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Adhesion | process of water molecules sticking to other substances. |
Capillary action | combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials |
Chemical weathering | process that breaks down rock through chemical changes like water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, organisms, acid rain) |
Cohesion | water molecules attract each other because of charges |
Density | measurement of how much mass is contained in a given volume of an object |
Groundwater | water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layer |
Mechanical weathering | type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces- like freezing, thawing, pressure, growth of plants, animals and abrasions |
Phase | state in which matter can exist |
Polar molecule | molecule that has electrically charged areas |
Solute | substance that is dissolved (example-sugar) |
Solution | mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another |
Solvent | substance that does the dissolving (example-water) |