Vocabulary: science,LA,math
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rsmith8th2 on August 16, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 plasma | a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors |
| malleable | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out |
| viscosity | the resistance of a gas or liquid to flow |
| evaporation | the process of becoming a vapor |
| condensation | the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state |
| sublimation | solid to gas |
| mass | a body of matter without definite shape |
| volume | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together |
| precision | the exactness of a measurement |
| quantitative | data that measures a characteristic of an individual, such as height weight or age.(also called measurement data) |
| inference | A reasonable conclusion that you draw from details or clues an author provides. |
| suspence | The tension that the author uses to create feelings of discomfort or unease about what will happen in the future. |
| annotate | add notes giving explanation or comment |
| point of view | the narrator's position in relation to the story being told |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| first person | the narrator is part of the story, explaining the events from his or her own view. |
| second person | Narrator addresses the reader as if he or she is a part of the story. He/she uses the pronoun you. |
| third person | The narrator is detached from the story. |
| omniscient | For this point of view the narrator still uses the pronouns he, she, and they but they are outside of the story |
| dramatic irony | When the words and actions of the characters have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters |
| rational | consistent with or based on or using reason |
| irrational | real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers |
| coefficient | a number that is multiplied by a variable |
| variable | characteristic recorded about each individual in a data set. |
| integer | whole numbers and their opposites |
| whole | including all components without exception |
| terminating decimal | A decimal number that ends or terminates |
| radicand | The number or expression inside a radical symbol |
| constant | a value that does not change |
| like terms | they have the same variable to the same power |
| substitute | to replace a letter with a number or algebraic expression |
| solution | a method for solving a problem |
| phythagorean triple | describes the relationship of the lengths of the sides of a right triangle where in any right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. |
| expression | a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement |
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