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Process of water molecules sticking to other substances |
Adhesion |
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Water molecules attract each other because of charges |
Cohesive |
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Measurement of how tightly the molecules are packed together |
Density |
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Combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials |
Capillary Acton |
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Amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of a substance by 1 C |
Specific Heat |
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The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on each other |
Surface Tension |
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State in which matter can exist |
Phase |
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Molecule that has electrically charges areas |
Polar Molecule |
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Substance that is dissolved |
Solute |
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Mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another |
Solution |
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Substance that does the disolving |
Solvent |
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Process that breaks down rock and other substances at earth's surface |
Weathering |
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Type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces (Freezing, thawing, pressure, growth of plants, animals, abrasion) |
Physical Weathering |
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Process that breaks down rock through chemical changes(water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, organisms, acid rain) |
Chemical Weathering |
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Water that fills the cracks and spaces underground soil and rock layers |
Groundwater |