Week 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Circulatory

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The heart and blood vessels that circulate blood through the body.

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Concentrate

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To focus all one’s thoughts or efforts on.

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Chamber

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Room; a section of the heart.

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Figurative language

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Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

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Valve

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A flap of tissue in the heart or a vein that prevents blood from flowing backward.

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Convert

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Express a measurement in a different unit; rename units.

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Length

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The measurement of something from end to end (meter, centimeter, kilometer).

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Capacity

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The maximum amount that something can contain (liter, milliliter).

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Weight

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The measurement of how heavy something is or its mass (gram, kilogram).

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Measurement

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The size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring.