Vocab 1
A tiny piece of matter that is too small to be seen with our eyes
What is a particle?
What is a scale?
A fallen tree that helps other things live and grow
What is a Nurse Log?
Data or observations that support a claim.
What is evidence?
What does it mean when all voices are off and everyone is focused on the speaker?
What is whole body listening?
A part or an element of a larger whole or system
What is a component?
A type of matter made of particles that are moving freely in space.
What is a gas?
Anything that takes up space and can be measured by its weight or mass.
What is matter?
Things working together as parts of a whole.
What is a system?
Should we ask to go to the bathroom when the teacher is speaking?
What is no?
Loose material that covers the ground that is made of rock particles, organic matter, air, and water
What is soil?
Tries to answer a testable question or a hypothesis.
What is a claim?
Explains how the evidence supports the claim.
What is reasoning?
A factor that can change an experiment
What is a variable?
Should we sharpen pencils when we aren't writing or when someone is giving instructions?
What is no?
An activity that produces a representation of objects, phenomena, and/or physical processes.
What is modeling?
Relating to or coming from living matter.
What is organic?
Relating to or coming from living (or once living) matter.
What is organic?
A sealed system that does not allow matter to travel in and out.
What is a closed system?
How should we treat science materials?
What is with care and not as toys?
A controlled, scientific experiment where only one variable is changed at a time, while all other conditions are kept the same.
What is a fair test?
An observable fact or event, such as a rainbow or an earthquake, or an extraordinary or exceptional occurrence?
What is a phenomenon?
An explanation and justification of a scientific claim, supported by evidence and a reasoning process that connects the evidence to the claim.
What is an argument?
Describes an idea, hypothesis, or theory that can be tested or experimented on to see if it's true
What is testable?
Number of people who should leave a class during a class period to get water or go to the bathroom.
What is 5?
(not 6-7)