5th Grade Science Vocabulary

amount of matter in an object

• mass

• volume

• balance

• graduated cylinder

the amount of space an oject takes up

• mass

• volume

• balance

• graduated cylinder

a tool used to measure mass

• mass

• volume

• balance

• graduated cylinder

a tool used to measure volume

• mass

• volume

• balance

• graduated cylinder

a tool used to measure force

• graduated cylinder

• balance

• spring scale

• hand lens

to take the place by removing or pushing aside

• graduated cylinder

• displacement

• volume

• mass

a type of metal containing iron, nickel, steel or cobalt that has a magnetic field

• hand lens

• mass

• filter

• magnet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a tool used to separate solids and liquids and different size solids from one another

• hand lens

• filter

• balance

• graduated cylinder

a tool used to make small things look bigger

• balance

• spring scale

• magnet

• hand lens

an educated guess about the outcome of an investigation that can be tested

• control

• variable

• hypothesis

• trial

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2