Science Exit TAKS Vocabulary - A
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Created by:
slawren1 on April 26, 2009
Subjects:
Science Vocabulary 9th -11th grade
Description:
TEXAS TAKS Vocab Exit Level
Classes:
11th TAKS, Mrs. Keith's Physics Class, BURTON HS SCIENCE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Precipitate | the solid that sometimes forms in a liquid solution during a chemical reaction |
| Volatile | a volatile substance will easily turn into a vapor (gas) |
| Control group | the part of an experiment that is left untreated so the results may be compared to a "normal" condition. |
| Experimental group | the part of an experiment that receives the experimental treatment |
| Vegetation | a general term for plant life growing in a region |
| Valid | well-grounded; logically correct |
| Volume | the amount of 3-D space that an object takes up; liquid volume is usually measured in liters and solid volume is measured in cm3 or cubic meters. |
| Distilled water | pure water in which all the impurities or chemical solutes have been removed |
| Bar graph | a graph which shows how different quantities compare |
| Density | the mass of a substance divided by the volume; a dense object has a large mass in a small volume |
| Mass | how much matter something has |
| Boiling point | the temperature that a substance begins to boil; for water that is 100 C or 212 F |
| Litmus paper | a strip of paper used to determine if a substance is an acid or a base; litmus turns pink in an acid and blue in a base. |
| Balance | a scale; used to weigh the mass of an object |
| Independent Variable | the part of an experiment decided upon and controlled by the experimenter. |
| Dependent variable | the part of an experiment where the value depends on the results of the experiment |
| Topsoil | the top layer of dirt in which plants have most of their roots. |
| Erosion | the wearing away of land or soil by wind, water, ice or gravity |
| Buoyancy | the ability to float; the upward (floating force) on an object |
| Electron Configuration | the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom |
| Digestive System | the organs responsible of getting food into, absorbed, and out of your body; for example; mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines, colon, anus |
| Aerobic | Oxygen requiring |
| Conduction | the transfer of heat through direct contact |
| Radiation | the transfer of heat through nothing |
| Boyle's Law | a gas law that simply states when pressure increase volume decreases |
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