Modeling Matter Vocabulary

Matter that is made of more than one substance

• substance

• mixture

• matter

• molecule

Matter that is made of only one kind of atom or molecule

• substance

• atom

• molecule

• model

What you can observe or measure about something that helps you identify or describe it

• model

• attract

• soluble

• property

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

To use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• property

• observe

• inference

• explain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The stuff that things are made of

• atom

• molecule

• matter

• dissolve

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A group of atoms joined in a particular way

• molecule

• atom

• attract

• substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A tiny piece of matter that is too small to see

• mixture

• molecule

• substance

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• inference

• explain

• model

• property

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

To pull on an object even without touching it

• soluble

• dissolve

• attract

• observe

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Information that supports an answer to a question

• evidence

• inference

• observe

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4