Vocabulary Unit 4

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Conservation

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The idea that matter cannot be created or destroyed, even when it changes form.

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Interaction

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When two or more things affect each other.

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Physical Change

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A change that affects the way something looks or feels but doesn’t change what it’s made of.

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Qualitative Data

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Information you can observe with your senses, like the color or texture of something.

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Quantitative Data

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Information you can measure or count, like the height of a plant.

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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Chemical Change

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A change that results in the formation of new chemical substances.

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Control

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The standard to which comparisons are made in an experiment.

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Experiment

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A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

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Hypothesis

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A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, which can be tested.