Science Definitions Quiz

What is the definition of a solid?

• Matter with a definite volume but no definite shape.

• Matter with a definite shape and volume.

What is the definition of a liquid?

• Matter with a definite volume but no definite shape.

• A process in which a new kind of matter forms.

What is the definition of a gas?

• Matter with a definite shape and volume.

• Matter that does not have a definite shape or volume.

What does it mean to differentiate?

• To back up an idea or claim.

• To identify the difference between two or more objects.

What is a physical change?

• The process in which one or more substances change into one or more different substances.

• A change in some properties of matter that does not change what the substance is made of.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What does it mean to establish something?

• To show an idea.

• To back up an idea or claim.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a chemical change?

• The process in which one or more substances change into one or more different substances.

• A process in which a new kind of matter forms.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What is a chemical reaction?

• A change in some properties of matter that does not change what the substance is made of.

• A process in which a new kind of matter forms.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What is the conservation of matter?

• The process in which one or more substances change into one or more different substances.

• Scientific law that in any physical or chemical change, the total mass of the matter does not change.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What does it mean to support something?

• To back up an idea or claim.

• To identify the difference between two or more objects.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5