Unit 1 Vocabulary

Study of the natural world, observable, testable, tentative, understood and social.

• science

• observations

• evidence

• experiments

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Mass per unit of volume

• length

• mass

• volume

• density

Distance between two points.

• mass

• length

• volume

• density

The amount of matter in an object.

• mass

• volume

• density

• length

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Data collected that contains Numbers.

• qualitative

• quality

• good

• quantitative

Data collected that contains Letters.

• qualitative

• quality

• good

• quantitative

Using your senses to collect data.

• experiment

• graphing

• observations

• science

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

NGSS.K-LS1-1

Used to EXPLAIN scientific concepts.

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Used in science to DESCRIBE natural phenomenon.

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Variable that you are measuring in an experiment. It is what you are measuring.

• constant

• control

• independent variable IV

• dependent variable DV