Thinking in Scale
Level 1
Describing Scale
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Relative scales (e.g., bigger and smaller; hotter and colder; faster and slower) can be used to describe objects. Objects exist from the very small to the immensely large. Observable phenomena exist from very short to very long time periods
TERMS
Scale - the relative size or extent of something
Objects - a material thing that can be seen and touched
Phenomena - observable events in the natural world (require explanations)
Temperature - the degree of heat present in a substance
Size - the relative extent of something
Time - an irreversible series of events
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