Mix And Flow Of Matter Vocab.

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Aqueous

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A solution in which water is the solvent

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Archemedes Principle

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The strength of the buoyant force acting upward on a partially or fully submerged object is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by that object

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Atom

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Tiny collections of matter that cannot be created or destroyed

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Buoyancy

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Tendency of an object to float when placed in a liquid

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Colloid

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A cloudy mixture where the small pieces are too small to separate apart.

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Compound

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A pure substance composed of two or more elements who's composition is constant

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Concentrated

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The amount of solute dissolved in a specific amount of solvent in a solution (written g/mL or kg/L)

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Density

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Mass per unit of volume: calculated by dividing the mass of a substance by its volume

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Dilute

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A solution that has very little solute in the solvent that has dissolved

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Homogeneous

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A mixed substance, but you cannot tell. This substance has many different kinds of substances in it but they are mixed together. (ex. paper, computer screen)

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Heterogeneous

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A mixed substance where you can see the different parts. All of the different substances are visible. (ex. Soil, mixed vegetables)

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Hydraulic

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System that uses a liquid under pressure to move loads, a devise that uses liquids in a confined space to transfer forces; works according to Pascal's law

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Matter

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Anything that has a mass and takes up space

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Mechanical Mixture

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A mixture where you can clearly see the different substances

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Mixture

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A substance made of two or more substances together. They keeps their properties but sometimes you cannot see them.