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Adhesion |
Process of water molecules sticking to other substances. |
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Cohesion |
Water molecules attract each other because of changes. |
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Density |
Measurement of how much mass is contained in given volume of an object. |
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Capillary action |
Combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials. |
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Specific heat |
Amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of a substance by 1 C. |
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Surface tension |
The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the pulling of polar molecules pulling on eachother. |
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Phases |
State in which matter can exist. |
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Polar molecule |
Molecule that has electrically charged areas. |
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Solute |
Substance that is dissolved. |
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Soulution |
Mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another. |
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Solvent |
Substance that is dissolving (ex.water. |
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Weathering |
Process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface. |
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Mechanical Weathering |
Type of weathering in which a rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces (freezing, thawing, pressure, growth of plants, animals, abrasion). |
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Chemical Weathering |
Process that breaks down rock through chemical changes (water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, organisms, acid rain). |
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Groundwater |
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers. |