Vocab Words

1. Organic Compounds

1.1. An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon.

1.1.1. organic

1.1.1.1. of, relating to, or derived from living matter.

1.1.2. compound

1.1.2.1. a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture

1.1.3. is consisted of molecules

2. inorganic compounds

2.1. Compounds of carbon are classified as organic when carbon is bound to hydrogen. Carbon compounds such as carbides (e.g., silicon carbide [SiC 2]), some carbonates (e.g., calcium carbonate [CaCO 3]), some cyanides (e.g., sodium cyanide [NaCN]), graphite, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide are classified as inorganic.

2.1.1. inorganic

2.1.1.1. not consisting of or deriving from living matter.

2.1.2. Is consisted of molecules

3. The water cycle

3.1. water

3.1.1. a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms

3.2. cycle

3.2.1. a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.

3.3. the cycle that includes the words with the lines to them

3.4. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/water/quiz316.html

4. transpiration

4.1. an action or instance of transpiring.

4.2. Botany. the passage of water through a plant from the roots through the vascular system to the atmosphere.

4.3. a vital stage in the water cycle

5. Precipitation

5.1. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

5.2. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

5.3. Yet another vital stage in the Water cycle

6. Condensation

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

6.2. the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid

6.3. another very important stage in the water cycle

7. Compound

7.1. a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

7.2. is one or more molecules

8. Molecule

8.1. small

8.2. unit of measure

8.3. a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.

8.4. http://hs-staffserver.stjames.k12.mn.us/~fraken/Earth%20Science%20Files/Grade%208%20Practice%20Quizzes/elementscompound.html

9. hydrocarbons

9.1. a compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those that are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas.

9.2. is made out of molecules