My vocabulary test 6 Flashcards

Vocabulary Test 6 (41 cards)

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Falsehood

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A lie or an untruth

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Navigate

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To steer or direct the course of a ship or an aircraft.

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Kindling

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Dried twigs or small pieces of wood used to start a fire.

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Domestic

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Related to the home or family tame; not wild.

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Rustic

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having to do with the country side not the city.

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6
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Lapse

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A small mistake or failure

The passing of time

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Correspond

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To communicate in writing to match in some way.

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Coy

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Shy or bashful

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Law Of Conservation Of Mass

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says that mass cannot create or destroy. It always conserved

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Reflectivity

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a property that tells how well light bounces off or reflects off materials

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magnetism

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when electrons spin in the same direction creating an electron current causing it to be a magnet

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measurable property

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properties that can be measured these include amount, length weight and mass

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observable property

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properties of a material that can be observed or seen

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chemical property

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property about how matter will change under special conditions

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electrical conductivity

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how well substance conducts or carries electricity

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physical property

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property that can be observed or measured changing the matter

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thermal conductivity

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how well materials carry thermal energy

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solubility

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the ability of substance to dissolve in water

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oral history

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recorded interviews with someone who experienced an event in the past

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artifacts

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human made objects that help learn about past civilazations and how they developed

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archeologists

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scientists who excavate and study items left behind by people in history

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primary source

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sources created first hand or by people who actually experienced something

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secondary source

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researched source: written by someone who didn’t experience the event

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pioneers

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people who are among the first to do something

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cattle baron
cattle ranchers/person who raises cows on the Texas prairie.
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cattle drive
trails ranchers used to take their cos to the market. Herding was hard on these drives
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delirious
crazy and insane from illness
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depriving
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feeble
to lack physical strength
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ward
a child who has no parents and no home. The state has to care for them.
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mirage
something that seems to appear but it is not really there and not possible
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sheepishly
in an embarrassed manner
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percent
a fraction who's denominator of 100 is expressed as a % sign
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intersect
to share a point or points
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intersecting lines
lines that cross
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parallel lines
lines that stay the same distance apart, go in the same direction and do not cross.
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perpendicular lines
two lines that interect at right angle.
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exact number
a number that has not been rounded
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round number
a number that ends with one or more zeros.
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round
to express a calculation or measure to a certain degree of accuracy.
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elapsed time
the difference between a starting time and an ending time.