vocablary Flashcards

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falsehood

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a lie or the 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 or tamed not wild or staying in the country

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rustic

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having to do with the countryside not the city

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lapse

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a small mistake or failure or the passing of time

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correspond

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to communicate in writing or 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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mass can not be destroyed

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reflectivity

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a property of matter it tells how well light bounces off or reflects off of something

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magnetism

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when a materials electrons spin in the same direction it becomes a magnet

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measurable property

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thing that can be measured

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observable property

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can be observed or seen

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chemical property

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tells how matter will change under special conditions

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physical property

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can be observed or measured

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electrical conductivity

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refers to how well a substance conducts or carries electricity

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thermal conductivity

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how well materials carries thermal energy

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solubility

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the ability of a subtance to dissolve in water

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oral history

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interviews recorded on audio or video with or with someone who experienced the event

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artifact

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humanmanmade objects that helps us learn about past civilizations

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archaeologists

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

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primary source

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created by people who saw or experienced something

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secondary source

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are made by people who did see not it experienced the event

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pioneers

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people who are were among the first to do something

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cattle boron

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a person who raise cattle

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cattle drive

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trails ranchers to take their cow to the market

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delirious

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crazy from sickness

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depriving

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not giving something

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feeble

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lacking physical strength

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ward

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a child with no parents and is home less and the city has to care for them

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mirage

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something the appears but is not their

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sheepishly

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a embarrassed manner

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percent

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a fraction who’s denomerater is a percent sing

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intersect

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to show points or parts

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intersecting lines

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lines that cross

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parallel lines

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lines that stay the same distance and do not cross

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perpendicular lines

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two lines that intersect at a right angle

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exact number

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a number that has been rounded

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round number

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a whole number that ends in one or more zeros

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round

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to express a calculation or measured to a degree

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elapsed time

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the diffens between the start and the end