Science Terminology

Today in room 7 Mrs Raj did a few scientific experiments. From this experiment I learned that ice, water and steam are all made of water and I also learned about the 3 states of matter, condensation and evaporation.

Scientific Terminology

1. Definition: Condensation

Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

2.Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs from the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase that is not saturated with the evaporating substance. The other type of vaporization is boiling which is characterized by bubbles of vapour forming in the liquid phrase.

3. 3 states of matter

States of Matter. Gases, liquids and solids are all made up of microscopic particles, but the behaviours of these particles differ in the three phases.

4.Ice

Frozen water, a brittle, transparent crystalline solid.: "The pipes were blocked with ice".

5.Water

A stretch or area of water, such as a river, sea, or lake.: "the lawns ran down to the water's edge".

6.Steam

The vapour into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air.

7. Solid

Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.: "the stream was frozen solid" "solid fuels".

8. Gaseous

Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a gas.: "gaseous emissions from motor vehicles" "gaseous oxygen".

9. Liquid

A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure.

10.Water cycle

The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's ocean atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow.