Ten-year-old Sherry watches as you flatten one of two equal-sized balls of clay into a pancake.Sherry says they both still have the same amount of clay.What does Sherry understand

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Sherry understands conservation, which is the ability to understand that objects maintain their properties (such as mass, volume, and number) even when their physical appearance changes. In this case, Sherry understands that even though one ball of clay has been flattened into a pancake, it still has the same amount of clay as the other ball.

Ten-Year-Old Sherry Watches as You Flatten One of Two Equal-Sized