Matts vocab words
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mclellan35 on September 27, 2010
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 describe | give a description of |
| qualitative | involving distinctions based on qualities |
| quantitative | expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement |
| compare | consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous |
| contrast | put in opposition to show or emphasize differences |
| trillion | the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros |
| volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object |
| mass | a body of matter without definite shape, measured in kilograms |
| weight | the force of gravity on an object, measured in newtons |
| melt | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid |
| vibrate | when the molecule in an object shake back and forth |
| heat | the amount of energy movement in an object |
| flame | the visible light emitted from fire |
| Kelvin Scale | a temperature scale that goes by tens and 0 is absolute zero, as which no matter moves |
| clockwise | a motion in which you move from top to right in a circle |
| counter clockwise | a motion in which you move from top to left in a circle |
| accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose |
| newton | English mathematician and physicist |
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