Science Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Vocabulary Word | Answer |
Beaker | A tool used to measure liquid. The unit for liquid measurement is the liter |
Classification | The grouping of things by using a set of rules |
Controlled Variable | The part of an experiment that does not change |
Data | List of information collected from an experiment |
Degree Celsius | The unit of measurement for temperature in the Metric System |
Draw Conclusions | To explain in your own words the outcomes of an experiment |
Experiment | A procedure that is carried out to investigate a science question |
Graduated Cylinder | Tool used to measure liquids |
Hand Lens/Magnifying glass | A tool used to make objects bigger |
Hypothesis | An educated guess of a solution for a problem |
Infer | Make a guess based on observations after an experiment |
Manipulated Variable | The part of an experiment that changes are made to in order to test the hypothesis |
Observation | Using the five senses to collect data during an experiment |
Predict | Make a guess as to an outcome prior to doing an experiment |
Record | To write down information or observation |
Safety | Protecting yourself from harmful things |
Thermometer | A tool that measures temperature |
Theory | A generally accepted explanation to a scientific problem that is not proven as fact but is well supported by data and other information |
Triple Beam Balance | The tool used to measure the mass of matter. The unit of mass is the gram |
Variable | A part of an experiment that can be tested |
Absorption | The stopping of light when it hits a wall or other opaque object |
Boiling Point | The temperature at which a liquid begins transformation into a gas; bubbles are formed |
Buoyancy | The ability of matter to float in a liquid or gas |
Capacity | The amount of matter an object can hold |
Circuit | A path that is made for an electric current |
Concave | Curved inward |
Condensation | The process by which a gas changes back into a liquid |
Conduction | The direct transfer of heat between objects that touch |
Conductor | A material that conducts electrons easily |
Convex | Curved outward |
Density | The concentration of matter in an object. The Amount of mass in a given volume |
Dissolve | When one material forms a solution with another material |
Electric Energy | Energy created by the movement of charged particles |
Electromagnet | A temporary magnet made by passing electric current through a wire coiled around an iron bar |
Energy | The ability to cause changes in matter |
evaporation | The process by which a liquid changes into a gas |
Force | A push that causes an object to move |
Freezing Point | The point when matter changes state from a liquid to a solid. The freezing point of water 0 C. |
Friction | A force that opposes, or acts against, motion when two surfaces rub against each other |
Gas | The state of matter that does not have a definite shape or volume |
Gravity | a force that pulls all objects toward each other |
Greenhouse Effect | The process by which the Earth's atmosphere absorbs heat |
Heat | The transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another |
Insulator | A material that does not carry electrons |
Lens | A piece of clear material that bends, or refracts, light rays passing through it |
Light | Energy from the Sun |
Liquid | The state of matter that has definite volume |
Magnetism | The force of repulsion (pushing) or attraction (pulling) between poles of magnets |
Mass | The amount of matter in an object |
Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
Melting | Objects in a solid state of matter changing into a liquid because of the addition of heat |
Mixture | A combination of two or more materials |
Opaque | Reflecting or absorbing all light; no image can be seen |
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