Science STAAR Vocabulary Review Category 1

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What is relative density?

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The amount of matter packed into a particular volume; compared to water, more dense objects sink and less dense objects float.

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What is the boiling point of water?

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The temperature at which a liquid changes into a gas; for water, this is 100ºC.

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What is water vapor?

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The gas form of water.

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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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What does cooling mean?

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The process of temperature getting colder.

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What is thermal energy?

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The energy that comes from heat; it is the total energy of all the particles in an object.

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What is a physical property?

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A characteristic of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's identity.

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What is volume?

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The amount of space an object occupies.

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What is the melting point?

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The temperature at which a solid changes into a liquid.

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What is a mixture?

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A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically bonded.