Science Vocabulary

The way an object is shaped or structured determines many of its properties and functions.

• Manipulated variable

• Infer

• Structure and function

• Energy and matter

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Events have causes, sometimes simple, sometimes multifaceted. Deciphering causal relationships, and the mechanisms by which they are mediated, is a major activity of science and engineering.

• Cause and effect

• Controlled variable

• Investigation

• Science

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

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A way of gathering and organizing information about the natural world and universe.

• Investigation

• Science

• Energy and matter

• Infer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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summarize how your results support or contradict your original hypothesis

• Hypothesis

• Infer

• Analysis

• Conclusion

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For both designed and natural systems, conditions that affect stability and factors that control rates of change are critical elements to consider and understand.

• Systems and systems models

• Stability and change

• Scale and proportion

• Structure and function

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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suggest a possible explanation for an observation.

• Conclusion

• Observe

• Infer

• Hypothesis

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

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A system is an organized group of related objects or components; models can be used for understanding and predicting the behavior of systems.

• Systems and systems models

• Cause and effect

• Manipulated variable

• Scale and proportion

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In considering phenomena, it is critical to recognize what is relevant at different size, time, and energy scales, and to recognize proportional relationships between different quantities as scales change.

• Systems and systems models

• Structure and function

• Cause and effect

• Scale and proportion

responds to changes in the experiment, what we measure.

• Manipulated variable

• Controlled variable

• Responding variable

• Estimate

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Then once you collect the data you analyze it to see if your hypothesis is supported or not

• Conclusion

• Estimate

• Investigation

• Analysis

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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