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16 Cards in this Set
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Water Cycle
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the movement between Earth's surface and the atmosphere; driven by the sun's energy.
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Evaporation
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liquid water is heated by the sun's energy and changes from a liquid to a gas.
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Transpiration
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water evaporating from the leaves of plants
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Condensation
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water vapor cools and turns into liquid water, forming a cloud
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Precipitation
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clouds get too heavy and water falls to the ground as rain,sleet, or snow
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Matter
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anything that has mass and takes up space
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Physical Property
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a feature of matter that can be observed or measured.
Ex. Color, smell, texture, taste, temperature, state of matter |
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Chemical Property
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a property of matter that cannot be observed without changing the matter into something else
Ex. ability to burn, ability to rust |
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Physical Change
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a change in which no new material form; happens when one or more physical properties are changed.
Ex. cutting paper, coloring paper, drawing on paper, change state (solid, liquid, gas) |
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Mixture
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matter made up of two or more materials; objects are mixed, but nothing new forms
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Chemical Change
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a change in which one or more new types of matter form.
Ex. new materials form, change of color, gases are given off |
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Heat Energy
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the energy of moving particles
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Heat Transfer
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the movement of heat
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Conduction
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the transfer of heat through things that are touching
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Convection
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the transfer the heat through the movement of liquids or gases
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Radiation
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the transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves
(sun or fire) |