SCIENCE! Semester 2 MAP Test Practice

Anything that has mass and occupies space

• matter

• mass

• volume

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The property of a body or a system that enables it to do work or cause a change

• matter

• mass

• volume

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

An approach to investigation that consists of a series of steps

• Physical Science

• Scientific law

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Method

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

An explanation based on research and observation that can be tested

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

• data

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A characteristic, number, or quantity that takes different values in different situations

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Variable

• Scientific variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Using one or more of your senses to gather information is called

• observing

• scientific inquiry

• communicating

• inferring

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NGSS.2-PS1-1

You are inferring when you

• make a forecast of what will happen in the future.

• develop an imaginative way to solve a problem.

• explain or interpret the things you observe.

• draw a conclusion about a hypothesis.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A factor that can be measured in an experiment is called a

• conclusion.

• parameter

• hypothesis

• theory

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results is a

• scientific law

• responding variable

• manipulated variable

• scientific theory

What do scientists use to represent objects or processes that cannot be directly observed?

• models

• theories

• laws

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-1