Physical Science Vocabulary Matching Game

A tool used to compare weights of objects by balancing them with standard weights

• spring scale

• digital scale

• balance scale

• see-saw

The process where a liquid turns to vapor when it is heated

• condense

• melt

• freeze

• boil

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A metric unit of measurement that is useful for measuring the length of smaller objects

2.54 of these units equal one inch.

• meter

• centimeter

• decimeter

• millimeter

Process by which substances are changed into different substances with different properties

• chemical change

• physical change

• change of state

• metamorphosis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A process where water is changed from a gas (water vapor) to a liquid;

a stage of the water cycle

• run off

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Breaking organic matter down by chemical change;

to decay or rot

• decompose

• combine

• compose

• mix

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

To mix a dry ingredient with a liquid and it becomes part of the liquid

• combine

• dissolve

• separate

• pour

The process by which water is changed from a liquid to a gas;

part of the water cycle

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• run off

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

To become solid in the absence of heat

• evaporate

• melt

• burn

• freeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the state of matter in which the particles are far apart, fast-moving, and not organized in any particular way

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• run off

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4