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5th grade science
CMS science EOG definitions
Term | Definition |
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Conduction | Heat transfer through direct cantact |
Convection | Heat transfer through a liquid or gas |
Radiation | Heat transfer through open space using infrared rays |
Conductor | A material that moves heat well |
Insulator | A material that does not move heat well |
Temperature | The measurement of hot or cold something is |
Heat | How fast molecules are moving |
Sun | The driving force of the water cycle |
Evaporation | The slow changing of liquid into gas |
Transperation | The loss of water through plants leaves |
Codensation | Changing of gas to a liquid |
Precipitation | Any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground |
Run Off | Precipitation that flows across the land's surface or falls into rivers and streams |
Matter | Anything that has mass or takes up space |
Chemical Change | A change of matter that is creating a new substance |
Physical Change | A change of matter in size, shape, or state without any change in identity or make-up |
Gas | A state of matter that has no definite shape and whose molecules move freely |
Solid | A state of matter that has no definite shape and whose molecules are closely packed |
Liquid | A state of matter that takes the shape of it's container |
Mixture | A physical combination of two or more substances that are blended together without making a new substance |
Solution | A mixture of substances that are blended so completely that the mixture looks the same everywhere |
Solute | The substance in a solution that is being dissolved |
Property | A way to describe something |
Closed System | When no matter can escape |
Solvent | The substance in a solution that does the dissolving |