Force and Motion
Science Inquiry
Matter
Energy
Simple Machines
100
A force that resists motion between objects that are in contact.
What is friction?
100
A tool that measures mass.
What is balance?
100
The mass of one unit of volume of a substance.
What is density?
100
The movement of heat between two materials that are touching.
What is conduction?
100
The fixed point on a lever.
What is fulcrum?
200
A change of position of an object.
What is motion?
200
Information from your senses.
What is observation?
200
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
200
The flow of thermal energy from one object to another.
What is heat?
200
A simple machine that is a slanted surface.
What is inclined plane?
300
The property of matter that keeps an object at rest or keeps it moving in a straight line.
What is inertia?
300
A tool that makes an object look several times bigger than it is.
What is microscope?
300
The state of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space.
What is solid?
300
A form of energy that can travel through space and lies partly within the visible range.
What is light?
300
A simple machine made of a bar that pivots on a fixed point.
What is lever?
400
The force of attraction between Earth and other objects.
What is gravity?
400
A possible answer to a question that can be tested to see if it is correct.
What is hypothesis?
400
The amount of space an object takes up.
What is volume?
400
The bending of the path of a wave when it moves from one kind of matter to another.
What is refraction?
400
A simple machine made of a wheel with a line around it.
What is pulley?
500
Any change in the speed or direction of an object's motion.
What is acceleration?
500
A way scientists find out how things work and affect each other.
What is scientific method?
500
The change from a solid to a liquid or from a liquid to a gas.
What is change of state?
500
The movement of heat in liquids and gases from warmer areas to cooler areas.
What is convection?
500
A simple machine made of a wheel and an axle that turn together.
What is wheel and axle?
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