Modeling Matter Vocabulary

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

• property

• observe

• mixture

• substance

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

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

• feature
• characteristic
• property
• attribute

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

matter that is made of more than one substance

• compound
• mixture
• element
• solution

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

• substance

• mixture

• observe

• property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

the stuff that things are made of

• matter
• compounds
• substances
• elements

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

something scientist make to answer questions about the real world

• atoms

• guesses

• models

• molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a tiny piece of matter that is to small to see

• particle
• cell
• molecule
• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• molecule
• mixture

• observe

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

information that supports an answer to a question

• proof
• data
• testimony
• evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

to pull an object even without touching it

• inference

• attract

• explain

• molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5