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Air and Water in the Environment
Vocabulary
- la matière matter
- les états de matière states of matter
- solide solid
- liquide liquid
- gaz gas
- le vent wind
- l’air air
- l’eau water
- incolore colourless
- inodore odourless
- insipide tasteless
- respirer to breathe
- survivre to survive
- le cycle de l’eau the water cycle
- la collection collection
- l’évaporation evaporation
- la condensation condensation
- la précipitation precipitation
- la vapeur d’eau water vapour (steam)
- la pluie rain
- la neige snow
- la grêle hail
- l’environnement environment
- la pollution pollution
Key Concepts
- anything that you can touch, see, taste or smell is matter
- solids, liquids, gases are states of matter
- living things (plants, animals, humans) need air and water to survive
- air and water make certain activities possible
- air is a gas that surrounds us and whose movement we feel as wind
- pure water is a colourless, odourless, tasteless liquid
- fresh air is invisible, odourless and tasteless
- water exists in three states (solid, liquid, gas) and can change state when the temperature of the surrounding environment changes (e.g., heat-evaporation, cooling-condensation and precipitation)
- human actions can impact the quality of air and water
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