Phase Change Vocabulary

What does phase mean?

• the way molecules in a substance move around relative to each other

• the energy that an object has because it is moving

• a noticeably different form or state of the same substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What does molecule mean?

• a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• a noticeably different form or state of the same substance

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What does kinetic energy mean?

• the energy that an object has because it is moving

• the way molecules in a substance move around relative to each other

• the relative size of things

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5