Vocabulary Review

a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• Question

• Pattern

• Theory

• Claim

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

• Evidence

• Support

• Theory

• Observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• Chart

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

• Model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

• Prediction

• Reasoning

• Theory

• Evidence

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

to notice how two or more things are alike or different

• Identify

• Describe

• Compare

• Evaluate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

to examine in detail for a purpose

• Analyze

• Compare

• Pattern

• Differentiate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• Pattern

• Routine

how often or fast something happens

• Time

• Movement

• Pattern

• Rate

the relative size of things

• Scale

• Phase

• Uplift

• Model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

to provide evidence that goes against a claim

• Analyze

• Refute

• Support

• Compare