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Physical Science 4
Week 4
Term | Definition |
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Observation | Noticing something about the world around you |
Inference | Using clues to find the answer |
Mass | How much matter is in something |
Mass | Always stays the same and is measured in grams |
Volume | How much space something takes up |
Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
Buoyancy | Able to float because of its shape |
Density | The amount of molecules in matter that allows it to sink or float |
Weight | The measurement of the pull of gravity of an object |
Gravity | a force that pulls towards the center of a heavenly body |
Physical Propertiesties | a characteristic of an object that can be measured or observed |
Phases of Matter | Solid, Liquid, Gas |
Soluble | Able to dissolve in liquid |
Solvent | The liquid that does the dissolving |
Solute | The powder that gets dissolved |
Dissolve | to become so small you can no longer see it, but it is still there |
Settling | Allows the dense materials to sink to the bottom |
Texture | How an object feels to the touch |
Evaporation | Water changes to a gas |
Condensation | gas changes back to a liquid Ex: steam on a mirror |