Vocabulary Worksheet: Nurse Log and Matter

What is a nurse log? Fill in the blank: A nurse log is ____________.

• a fallen tree that helps other things live and grow

• a type of medical equipment used in hospitals

• a special kind of soil found in rainforests

• a tool used by nurses to record patient data

What is matter? Fill in the blank: Matter is ____________.

• anything that takes up space and can be measured by its weight or mass

• a type of energy that cannot be seen or touched

• only the air that surrounds us

• something that does not have mass or volume

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-1

What is the loose material that covers the ground and is made of rock particles, organic matter, air, and water?

• soil

• sand

• clay

• gravel

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

What do we call a tiny piece of matter that is too small to be seen with our eyes?

• particle

• planet

• cloud

• rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a type of matter made of particles that are moving freely in space.

• gas

• solid

• liquid

• plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Fill in the blank: ______ is the ability to cause a change.

• energy

• mass

• volume

• distance

What is the word for 'to take in or soak up'?

• absorb

• release

• ignore

• scatter

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What do you call a living organism that produces its own food, usually using matter from air and water and by transferring energy from the Sun?

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is a sequence of organisms that eat each other, showing how matter and energy move in a natural system called?

• food chain

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the natural environment that helps organisms live, grow, and survive called?

• habitat

• organism

• ecosystem

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5