Amplify Science Ch 1-2 Vocabulary

the use of evidence to say why one idea is the best

• claim

• argument

• evidence

• reasoning

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

something you figure out based on observations and what you already know

• inference

• argument

• modeling

• observation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• inference

• geologist

• model

• observation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

to stick together in the process of forming rock

• sedimentary rock

• rocks

• cement

• rocky outcrop

a scientist who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of the Earth

• paleontologist

• rock scientist

• volcanist

• geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a proposed answer to a question

• canyon

• model

• claim

• investigate

to press together

• cement

• compact

• environment

• evidence

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• fossil

• preservation

• observations

• data

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

all the living an nonliving things in an area

• Investigation

• rocky outcrop

• environment

• geology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

information that supports an answer to a question

• evidence

• observation

• fossil

• claim

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5