vocab 1
how an object feels
What is texture?
slows or stops the flow of thermal energy
What is a thermal insulator?
the amount of matter in an object
plants get energy to make food from this
What is the sun?
process of removing salt from salt water
What is desalination?
the way light bounces off an object
What is reflectivity?
objects that can bend without breaking
What is flexibility?
the space taken up by an object
What is volume?
a product of photosynthesis that animals need to breath
What is oxygen?
process that helps make polluted water drinkable
What is filtration?
a material that stops or slows the flow of energy
What is an insulator?
objects that can stretch and then return to original shape
What is elasticity?
ice, liquid water, water vapor
What are the three states of water?
sugar + ____ = carbon dioxide + water + energy
What is oxygen?
force of attraction between two objects
What is gravity?
material that transfers heat or electricity easily
What is a conductor?
the ability of an object to be pushed or pulled by a magnet
What is magnetism?
solid, liquid, gas
What are three states of matter?
chemical found in plant cells used to make food
What is chlorophyll?
when the lit part of the Moon grows larger
What is waxing?
how well electricity can move through material
What is electrical conductivity?
how resistant an object is to scratching, bending, or denting
What is hardness?
no definite shape and no definite volume
What is gas?
a behavior when plants lean toward the sun
What is phototropism?
the tendency of an object to continue moving in a straight line
What is inertia?