STAAR Vocabulary Review

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• mass

• density

• volume

What is the term for the amount of matter in an object?

• mass

• volume

• density

• weight

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the term for the amount of space an object occupies?

• mass

• volume

• density

• weight

Which term means all light can pass through?

• Transparent
• Opaque
• Solid
• Translucent

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Whether an object will sink or float in water is called

• relative density

• volume

• density

• solubility

The flow of electricity through a circuit

• electric current

• flow

• insulator

• conductor

reflection

• light bounces off a surface

• light is absorbed by a surface

• light is bent through a new medium

• light is bent around an object

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When light is bent while passing through a new medium

• refraction

• reflection

• absorption

• laser

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The force that causes objects with mass to attract each other

• gravity

• magnetism

• force

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

When a something is mixed with a liquid and spreads out evenly it ____________. No individual pieces can be seen.

• dissolved

• dissipated

• disappeared

• evaporated

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2