Science Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 7

Which term describes the process of using your senses to gather information about the world?

• Hypothesis

• Observation

• Adaptation

• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by experimentation?

• Hypothesis

• Force

• Decomposer

• Atom

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

In an experiment, which variable is deliberately changed by the scientist?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Producer

• Consumer

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is measured or observed in an experiment as a result of changes made to another variable?

• Independent Variable

• Decomposer

• Dependent Variable

• Element

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following is the smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an element?

• Atom

• Compound

• Force

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Which term refers to a pure substance made of only one kind of atom?

• Compound

• Element

• Decomposer

• Consumer

What is formed when two or more different elements are chemically combined?

• Atom

• Compound

• Producer

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the process called when substances interact to form new substances?

• Chemical Reaction

• Friction

• Photosynthesis

• Observation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Which term describes a push or pull that can cause an object to move, stop, or change direction?

• Gravity

• Force

• Kinetic Energy

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What are disturbances that transfer energy from one place to another without transferring matter?

• Waves

• Friction

• Producer

• Atom

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2