Easy
Average
Difficult
100

anything that occupies space and has mass

Matter
100

a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes

Model

100

a constructed copy of an object that is designed to represent that object

physical model

200

molecules are very very close to each other

Solid

200

a picture that shows exactly how an experiment has been set up

diagram

200

one of the distinct forms that different phases of matter take on (solid, liquid or gas)

state of matter

300

one of the very small parts of matter (as a molecule, atom, or electron)

particle

300

cannot be created nor destroyed, can only be transferred from one form to another

energy

300

the measure of hotness or coldness expressed in terms of any of several scales, including Fahrenheit and Celsius

temperature

400

it has no fixed shape or volume.

gas

400

it follows the size of its container

liquid

400

uses a mathematical description, or model, of a real system in the form of a computer program.

computer simulation