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Science ABC Vocabulary

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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Air pressure

The force of air molecules pushing on an area
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Barometer

An istrument thT measures air pressure
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Condensation

The process by which a gas changes into a liquid
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Dew point

The temperature at which air with a given amount of water vapor will reach saturation

Evaporation

The process by which liquid changes into gas

Force

Push or pull; Something that changes the motion of an object

Gill

A respiratory organ that filters oxygen dissolved in water

Humidity

The amount of water vapor in air

Inclined plane

A simple machine that has a slopping surface

Jet stream

A wind that flows in the upper tropshere from west to east

Kingdom

1 of 6 large groupings of living things that have common characteristics
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Lever

A that rotates, or turns, around a fixed point

Machine

Any device that makes work easier

Newton

It is equal to the force that would give a mass of one kilogram an acceleration of one meter per second per second
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Organism

A living thing made up of one or many cells

Prey

An animal that another animal hunts or eats

Radiation

Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves
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Simple machine

A basic machines on which all other mechanical machines are based

Thermometer

A device for measuring temperature
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UVR

Radiation of higher freqencies than visible light

Volume

An amount of 3-dimensional space

Weather

The condition of Earths atmosphere at a perticular time and place
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X-axis

the principal or horizontal axis of a system of coordinates, points along which have a value of zero for all other coordinates.
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Y-axis

the secondary or vertical axis of a system of coordinates, points along which have a value of zero for all other coordinates
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Zebra

an African wild horse with black-and-white stripes and an erect mane
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