Scientific Terms
Research Concepts
Matter Mysteries
100

This is something you do to gather scientific evidence.

What is an investigation?

100

A statement that answers a question or explains something

What is a claim?

100

Rules or standards for judging or creating something

What is criteria?

200

Visible energy that enables us to see

What is light? 

200

A conversation where people share ideas

What is a discussion?

200

 The plan made before building something

 What is design?

300

What action involves watching something carefully?

What is observe?

300

A type of energy that is transferred by the flow of an electrical current

What is electricity?

300

Solid, liquid, and gas

What are the three states of matter?

400

Connects evidence to a claim

What is reasoning?

400

The ability to do work

What is energy?

400

A process in which two or more materials react together

What is a chemical reaction?

500

The part a person plays in a situation

What is a role?

500

 Information that supports a claim

What is evidence?

500

A process in which two or more materials react to produce a new substance

 What is a chemical change?