Amplify Science: Modeling Matter Vocab

Front

What is the term for pulling on an object, even without touching it?

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Attract

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Front

What is a tiny piece of matter that is too small to see?

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Atom

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Front

What do you call something you figure out based on observations and what you already know?

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Inference

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

What is the stuff that ALL things are made of?

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Matter

Front

What do you call matter that is made of more than one substance?

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Mixture

Front

What is the term for a combination of two or more substances that can be separated?

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Mixture

Front

What is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element?

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Atom

Front

What is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances?

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Element

Front

What is the term for a characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing it?

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Property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Front

What do you call a visual representation of an idea or concept?

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Model

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4