Vocabulary test 6! Flashcards

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Falsehood

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a lie or an untruth;not true

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Navigate

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to steer or direct the course of a ship or 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;tamed/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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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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mass cannot be created or destroyed/it is always conserved

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Reflectivity

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a property that tells us how well light bounces off or reflects off something

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Magnetism

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electrons spin around the atom creating a electric current in the same direction

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measurable property

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property’s of matter that can be measured they include amount,length,weight,mass,volume,and density

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Observable property

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a property that can be observed

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Chemical property

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property that tells us matter will change under special conditions

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Phisical property

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property that can be observed or measured without changing the matter

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Electrical conductivity

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how well a substance conducts or carries electricity

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Thermal conductivity

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how well materials carry conductivity

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solubility

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the ability of a substance to dissolve in a water

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Oral history

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recorded interviews that someone who experiences an event in the past

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Artifacts

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human made artifacts that help us learn about the past civilizations and how they developed

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Archeologist

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

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Primary sources

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sources created first hand and by people who actually experienced something

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Secondary sources

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researched sources made by people who didn’t see or 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 barron

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a cattle rancher who raises cows on Texas land

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Cattle drive

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trails ranchers used to take there cows to the market/herding was hard

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Delirious

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a disturbed state of mind from illness

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Depriving

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not giving/holding back

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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 no home, the state must care for them

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Mirage

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something that seems to appear but is not possible

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Sheepishly

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in an embarrassed manner

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Percent

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a fraction whose denominator of 100 is expressed as a percent sign

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Intersect

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to share a point or points

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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 in the same direction apart, go in the same direction, ad don’t cross

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Perpendicular lines

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two line that intersect at right angles

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Exact number

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a number that has not been rounded

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Round number

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a whole number that ends with one or more zeros

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Round

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to express a calculation or measured to a certain degree of accuracy

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Elapsed time

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the difference between the starting time and the ending time