Vocabulary Cards

Cargo (binary/octet-stream)

Cargo

Cargo - goods that are transported on trucks, trains, planes and ships.

Pie de foto: : This is a cargo ship. It's transporting many containers. The containers are full of goods. The goods inside the containers are the cargo.

Heavy (binary/octet-stream)

Heavy

Heavy - something that weighs a lot.  (the opposite of light)

Pie de foto: : The man is carrying a heavy rock. The rock is too heavy for the man to carry.

H20 (binary/octet-stream)

Molecule

Molecule - two or more atoms that are joined together.

Pie de foto: : This is a molecule of water. A molecule of water is made up of 3 atoms. It has 2 atoms of hydrogen (H) and 1 atom of oxygen (O).

Gravity (binary/octet-stream)

Gravity

Gravity - is a force; it is the natural attraction between two objects.

Pie de foto: : The apple and the Earth are two objects. Gravity pulls the apple towards the Earth. The apple and the Earth are attracted to each other.

Kid Pushing And Pulling Vector 20443218 (binary/octet-stream)

Force

Force - a push or a pull on an object.

Pie de foto: : The boy tries to push the rock. The boy tries to pull the box.

Light (binary/octet-stream)

Light

Light - something that does not weigh much.  (the opposite of heavy)

Pie de foto: : The feather is light.

Float (binary/octet-stream)

Float - to rest on the surface of a liquid or fluid.  (the opposite of sink)

Float

Pie de foto: : The egg floats in the water. The egg rests on the surface of the water, because it's floating.

Sink

Sink - to go down to the bottom.  (the opposite of float)

Sink (binary/octet-stream)

Pie de foto: : The egg sinks to the bottom of the glass.

Archimedes (binary/octet-stream)

Pie de foto: : Archimedes

Archimedes

Archimedes was a Greek mathematician and inventor.  He was born circa 287 BCE in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy and died in 212 BCE in the same city. Archimedes discovered the upward force we know as buoyancy and wrote the 'law of buoyancy' called, Archimedes' Principle.

Displacement

Displacement (binary/octet-stream)

Displacement -  the change in position of an object.

Pie de foto: : When the key is placed into the water some of the water is displaced.

Density

Density - the amount of space an object takes up in relation to the amount of matter (mass) in the object.

Comparing+Density (binary/octet-stream)

Pie de foto: : Both cubes have the same volume. One cube is less dense than the other cube. One cube is more dense the the other cube. The high density cube is heavier than the low density cube. The low density cube is lighter than the high density cube.

Volume

Volume - The amount of space an object takes up.

Volume2 (binary/octet-stream)

Pie de foto: : The volume of a cube can be calculated with the following formula: V = length x width x height