McCartha-Essential Science Vocabulary 2024 - Grade 5

What is the process scientists use to research and develop explanations of the natural world?

• investigation

• imagination

• procrastination

• fabrication

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What are facts that come from observations called?

• evidence

• opinions

• guesses

• predictions

What is a series of steps to complete something called?

• procedure

• accident

• mistake

• shortcut

What does 'replicable' mean in scientific investigations?

• repeatable

• expensive

• unpredictable

• subjective

What is the amount of matter an object possesses called?

• mass

• volume

• weight

• density

What is the amount of space an object occupies called?

• volume

• mass

• weight

• density

What is a visually observable physical property based on what light reflects off an object?

• color

• weight

• temperature

• volume

What is a physical property experienced by the skin touching the surface of an object?

• texture

• color

• weight

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the amount of heat or a measure of how hot or cold something is called?

• temperature

• volume

• mass

• density

What does it mean to dissolve a substance?

• break down into parts so small that they cannot be seen when it is mixed with another substance

• change its color completely

• turn into a gas instantly

• increase in temperature rapidly

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2