Science Studies Weekly Week 2 – Flashcards
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matter
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Anything that has mass and takes up space
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property
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A quality, attribute, or distinctive feature of anything, esp. a characteristic attribute such as the density or strength of a material
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inventor
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a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
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invention
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A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.
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state
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he substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed; physical or corporeal substance in general, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous
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phase
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a stage in a process of change or development:
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physical property
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any process involving a substance's change from one state (gas, liquid, solid) to another without alteration of the chemical composition;
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chemical property
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a usually irreversible chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance:
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texture
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the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts:
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magnetism
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the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
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engineer
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A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
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microscope
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An instrument that makes small objects look larger
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temperature
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A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
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mass
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A measure of the amount of matter in an object
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volume
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the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.
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density
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The mass per unit volume of a substance at a specified pressure and temperature.The quantity of something per unit measure, especially per unit length, area, or volume.
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compare
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A type of thinking. To examine the similarities and/or differences.
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contrast
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A statement of the differences among two or more people, events, ideas, etc.
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hypothesis
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A possible answer to a scientific question or explanation for a set of observations.
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displace
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to push aside
