ESS Vocab Week 3

Maximum

• A value that occurs most frequently in a set.
• The smallest value in a set.
• The largest value in a set.
• The average value of a set.

Minimum

• The smallest amount or value in a set.
• The average value in a set.
• A random value chosen from a set.
• The largest amount or value in a set.

Define Utilize

• To make practical and effective use of something.
• To use something without any purpose.
• To ignore the usefulness of something.
• To waste resources on something.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Replication

• Following a procedure during an experiment

• Carrying out a test or experiment once

• Repeating an experiment to verify results and ensure reliability

• Removing parts of a procedure from an experiment

Pattern

• A certain style of fabric or clothing

• An event or series of event that repeat and can be predicted

• Random and unrelated events or phenomena

• Unpredictable occurrences in science

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Indicate

• To confuse or mislead.
• To point out or show.
• To ignore or overlook.
• To complicate or obscure.

Sequence

• a single element in a list.

• things that are out of order and unrelated

• a random collection of items.

• A particular order or series of data or events

Validate

• To create a new document.
• To verify the color of an object.
• To delete unnecessary files.
• To check or confirm the accuracy or legitimacy of something.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Synthesize

• To analyze data without combining it.
• To separate elements into distinct parts.
• To create a duplicate of an existing item.
• To combine different things in order to create something new

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Differentiate

• To combine or merge elements into one
• To calculate the density of a material

• To simplify a mathematical expression
• To recognize and identify what separates things from one another