Modeling Matter Chapter 1 Vocabulary

A tiny piece of matter that is too small to see.

• Mixture

• Atom

• Model

• Substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

To pull on an object, even without touching it.

• Property

• Explain

• Attract

• Dissolve

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

To mix evenly into a liquid by breaking apart into pieces that are too small to see.

• Mixture

• Matter

• Substance

• Dissolve

Information that supports an answer to a question.

• Observe

• Property

• Evidence

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

To describe how something works or why something happens.

• Explain

• Observe

• Evidence

• Property

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Something you figure out based on observations and what you already know.

• Substance

• Observe

• Evidence

• Inference

The stuff that things are made of.

• Substance

• Matter

• Mixture

• Model

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Matter that is made of more than one substance.

• Substance

• Soluble

• Mixture

• Property

Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world.

• Model

• Inference

• Property

• Evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A group of atoms joined together in a particular way.

• Mixture

• Model

• Molecule

• Substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1