Science Vocabulary Swanson Part 2

a part of the body that takes information and sends it to the brain

• sense organ

• surface

• stimulus

• muscle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

a device that detects and responds to certain changes in the environment, they respond to light, temperature, sound, pressure and then send information to other instruments

• thermometer

• sensor

• gauge

• stimulus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

the dark image cast on some surface by a person or thing blocking the light of the sun or other source of light

• valley

• white light

• shadow

• transmit

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

fine particles of earth, clay, or sand that eventually settle out of water

• silt

• soil

• sand

• waste

to fall or drop slowly to another level

• speed

• leave

• sink

• vibrate

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the top layer of the earth's surface

• soil

• asphalt

• silt

• sediment

to place or separate into groups or types

• multiply

• divide

• sort

• push

rate of motion

• stimuli

• orbit

• phase

• speed

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

a round, solid figure in which every point on the surface is equal distance from the center

• sphere

• cube

• oval

• circle

the distinct forms that different phases of matter take on

• solid

• liquid

• state of matter

• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4