Modeling Matter Vocabulary

Matter that is made of only one kind of atom:

• property

• substance

• observe

• attract

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A group of atoms joined together in a particular way:

• property

• soluble

• molecule

• dissolve

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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

• property

• atom

• mixture

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A tiny piece of matter that is too small to see:

• attract

• atom

• soluble

• substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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

• observe

• inference

• explain

• model

Tags

NGSS.1-PS4-1

NGSS.2-PS1-1

Able to dissolve in water or another liquid:

• substance

• mixture

• soluble

• observe

To pull on an object, even without touching it:

• observe

• explain

• matter

• attract

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Information that supports an answer to a question:

• detail

• evidence

• inference

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world:

• evidence

• matter

• model

• mixture

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

To mix evenly into a liquid by breaking apart into pieces that are too small to see:

• dissolve

• substance

• matter

• molecule