What
is Area?
The
measure of the amount of flat surface that an object covers.
It can be
measured in square inches, square feet,
square centimeters, etc.
What
is Density?
How
heavy something is compared to how big it is. If you
want to figure
out something’s
density, you divide how much the object weighs – it’s
mass – by how big the object is – it’s
volume. Write it like this:
Density = Mass/Volume.
What is Volume?
How big something
is – or
- the amount of space that an object takes up. You will
find units of volume measured in cubic inches, cubic feet,
or cubic centimeters.
What
is Perimeter?
The distance around an
object. It is measured in units of length like inches,
feet, miles,
centimeters or meters.
What
does Miscible Mean?
Liquids
that are able to be mixed, whose molecules merge and
combine in one smooth
mixture.
What
does Immiscible Mean?
Liquids
that will not mix, whose molecules will not merge and
combine into one
smooth mixture.
What
are Molecules?
The
smallest particle of a substance that has all of
the characteristics of that substance.
What is Mass?
How much an object weighs. It is
a collection of particles, parts or objects that form one
body.
What is an Emulsifier?
A
substance that helps immiscible substances to stay together.
What is an Emulsion?
A
mixture of two or more liquids that won’t separate
when mixed together. |