Unit 1: Energy Conversions Vocabulary

Someone who uses science knowledge to solve problems

• Engineer

• Function

• Synthesize

• System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

What something does

• Synthesize

• System

• Function

• Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

To take multiple sources of information and develop a new understanding on a topic

• Evidence

• Electrical Device

• Engineer

• Synthesize

A group of parts that work together

• Function

• Converter

• System

• Criteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The ability to make things move or change

• Convert

• Transfer

• Source

• Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A machine that converts electrical energy to another form of energy

• Electrical Device

• Argument

• Convert

• Electrical Grid

The use of evidence to say why one idea is the best idea

• Criteria

• Argument

• Evidence

• Claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A proposed answer to a question

• Evidence

• Claim

• Design

• Transfer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS4-3

Information that supports an answer to a question

• Argument

• Claim

• Criteria

• Evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Something that changes one form of energy to another

• Electrical Grid

• Energy

• Converter

• Transfer

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5