Science Vocabulary

What helps control floods? Select all that apply.

• dam

• levee

• grass

• Storm Drains

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

What is happening in the picture?

• weathering

• erosion

• depostion

• flooding

How do scientists predict or measure earthquakes?

• tremors

• phonograph

• seismograph

• microscopes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Looking at this image of a rock, what process has changed it from its original state?

• erosion

• depositon

• weathering

• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A state of matter that does not have a definite shape or take up a definite amount of space. A ___ can expand to fill any available space in a container.

• liquid

• gas

• solid

• displacement

Something you do to explore a question.

• powder

• property

• investigate

• compress

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A state of matter that does not have a definite shape but takes up a definite amount of space. A ____ fills the bottom of its container when at rest, and flows freely when poured.

• liquid

• powder

• solid

• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A solid material in the form of tiny, loose particles.

• weight

• powder

• gas

• volume

A characteristic that helps to describe or identify an object, a material, or a state of matter. For example, a ______ of a liquid is that it can pour; a _______ of iron is that a magnet attracts it.

• gas

• procedure

• accurate

• property

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

A state of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space. It keeps it shape when at rest, whether or not it is in a container.

• gas

• state

• solid

• volume

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4