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Testing Vocabulary
Science STAAR terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a small picture used as an example for something too big to see in real life | model |
| to explain or tell about something | describe |
| to hold | contains |
| the same or close to the same | similar |
| well-known; repeated; shared | common |
| to do | performing |
| to find out or determine | calculate |
| a result or final statement | conclusion |
| to set free; to let go | released |
| to point out | indicates |
| to show clearly; to give examples of | demonstrates |
| to make or have been made | formed |
| stays the same; does not change | constant |
| to be exposed or come in contact with | subjected |
| to be able to change back and forth | reversible |
| to become hard again | hardening |
| the arrangement of numbers based on the decimal point | place value |
| an example of something or in place of something | represent |
| made from 2 substances being mixed together | produced |
| thought of | considered |
| proof that something is true | evidence |
| no charge | neutral |
| to grow bigger or fill | inflate |
| happening | occurring |
| the least | fewest |
| the most | greatest |
| a guess of what will happen | predicted |
| to organize in a way that repeats | alternating |
| the way something is built | structure |
| the center | core |
| to be on every side | surrounded |
| a picture to represent something | diagram |
| to go past | exceeded |
| comparing two things | ratio |
| the smallest particle | atom |
| the negatively charge part of an atom; in the electron cloud outside of the nucleus | electrons |
| where electrons are found; first level holds 2 electrons, second holds 8, third holds 8 | energy levels |
| have the same changes or reactions when mixed with other substances | chemically similar |
| one type of atom; found on the Periodic Table | elements |
| a vertical column of elements that have the same number of valence electrons and react the same way | group |
| a horizontal row of elements that have the same number of shells | period |
| the thing that makes a substance what it is | properties |
| something on the inside that makes a substance what it is or react a certain way | chemical |
| a quality of a substance that can usually be seen, heard, smelled or tasted | physical |
| a change in speed or direction | acceleration |
| being absorbed into the atmosphere | evaporates |
| not equal | unbalanced |
| mass times acceleration; measured in Newtons | force |
| a change | reaction |
| chemical formulas combined together to show a reaction | equation |
| the large number in front of a chemical formula, applies to all elements in the formula | coefficient |
| something that has been proven in science, accepted by most people | law |
| the center of an atom, contains protons and neutrons, positively charged | nucleus |
| two or more atoms combined | molecule |
| a container for mixing substances; usually wider at the bottom and a narrow opening at the top | flask |
| what is formed when 2 or more substances are mixed together forming a new substance | solution |
| the average temperature inside of a room | room temperature |
| the amount of space something takes up | volume |
| the number of protons plus the number of neutrons in an atom | atomic mass |
| changes when mixed with another substance | reactive |
| electrons in the outside shell | valence electrons |
| a change that makes a new substance and cannot go back to the old substance | chemical change |
| a change that changes the appearance of a substance without changing what the substance is | physical change |
| the small number to the right of a chemical formula, applies only to the element right before it. | subscript |