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Adhesion

Process of water molecules sticking to other substances.

Cohesion

Water molecules attract each other because of changes.

Density

Measurement of how much mass is contained in given volume of an object.

Capillary action

Combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials.

Specific heat

Amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of a substance by


1 C.

Surface tension

The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the pulling of polar molecules pulling on eachother.

Phases

State in which matter can exist.

Polar molecule

Molecule that has electrically charged areas.

Solute

Substance that is dissolved.

Soulution

Mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another.

Solvent

Substance that is dissolving (ex.water.

Weathering

Process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface.

Mechanical Weathering

Type of weathering in which a rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces (freezing, thawing, pressure, growth of plants, animals, abrasion).

Chemical Weathering

Process that breaks down rock through chemical changes (water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, organisms, acid rain).

Groundwater

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.