Amplify Science Unit 1: Energy Conversions Vocabulary

a person who uses science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem

• scientist

• egineer

• teacher

• professor

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what something can do

• action

• argument

• function

• motion

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to put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something

• claim

• evidence

• synthesize

• argument

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a group of parts that work together as a whole

• machine

• system

• mechanical energy

• convert

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a machine that converts electrical energy to another form of energy

• electrical device

• engineer

• system

• source

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a type or kind of energy (ex: light, sound, motion, thermal)

• form of energy

• converter

• system

• electricty

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the form of energy that is transferred through wires

• electrical energy

• motion energy

• chemical energy

• sound energy

information that helps you figure out an answer to a question

• evidence

• criteria

• claim

• argument

the ability to makes things move or change

• energy

• magic

• science

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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a proposed answer to a question

• energy

• claim

• evidence

• argument

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