6th Science Vocabulary

A small particle that is the building block of matter.

• Cell

• Work

• Nutrient

• Atom

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A characteristic of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the matter.

• Mixture

• Physical Property

• Population

• Mutualism

The ability of a substance to be hammered or rolled into sheets.

• Malleability

• Revolution

• Trait

• Neap Tide

Two or more substances that are physically blended but do not combine chemically.

• Medium

• Work

• Friction

• Mixture

The ability or inability of a substance to combine with or change into one or more new substances

• Sediment

• Chemical Property

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Multicellular

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching

• Work

• Friction

• Population

• Nonrenewable Resource

The combination of all the forces acting on an object

• Revolution

• Rock Cycle

• Medium

• Net Force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When an object applies a force on another object, the second object applies a force of the same strength on the first object, but the force is in the opposite direction

• Newton’s Third Law of Motion

• Abiotic

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Mantle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

The transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes an object move in the direction of the force

• Malleability

• Work

• Friction

• Sediment

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Law that states that energy is always transferring or transforming, but energy is not created or destroyed

• Neap Tide

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Population

• Work

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5