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water
chapter 1/everett
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6th Grade
10/01/2010

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Surface Tension
Definition
The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on each other
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Condensation
Definition
The process by which a gas turns into a liquid
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Ground Water
Definition
Water that fills the cracks and pores in undergound soil and rock layers
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State
Definition
A form of matter; solid, liquid, or gas
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Photosynthesis
Definition
The process by which plants use water, plus carbon dioxide, and energy from the sun, to make food
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Transpiration
Definition
The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves
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Solution
Definition
A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another
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Polar Molecule
Definition
A molecule that has electrically charged atoms
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Specific Heat
Definition
The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of a substance by 1 degree celsius
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Solvent
Definition
A substance that dissolves another substance
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Habitat
Definition
The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to survive
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Precipitation
Definition
Water that falls to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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Evaporation
Definition
The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state
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Irrigation
Definition
The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops
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Water Cycle
Definition
The continuous process by which water moves through living and non-living parts of the environment
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Water Vapor
Definition
The invisible gaseous form of water
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