| Term | Definition |
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| Beam | a ray of light; a group of particles traveling together along a well-defined path |
| BEAMS | the acronym for Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science |
| CEBAF | former name of Jefferson Lab; stands for Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility |
| Celsius | a temperature scale on which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° |
| Charge | the amount of electricity carried by a body (A charge can be negative, like an electron, or positive, like a proton. Objects with opposite charges attract one another, while objects with like charges repel one another.) |
| Chemical Change | a change in the chemical composition of a substance to produce a new material with new properties (An example of a chemical change is wood turning to ash and smoke when it burns.) |
| Chemical Properties | characteristics of a substance that determine how it will react with other substances |
| Chemical Reaction | a chemical change in which one or more substances are changed into one or more new substances |
| Circuit | a closed path through which an electric current flows |
| Colloidal Suspension | a material that has properties of more than one state of matter, such as Jell-o |
| Compound | a substance composed of two or more elements, such as water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), or table sugar (C12H22O11) |
| Computer | a programmable machine that inputs, processes and outputs data |
| Coordinate | a set of numbers that determines the location of a point in space |
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