Science Proficiency Words
Terms
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- Volume
- The amount of space an object takes up.
- Length
- The longest measured distance of an object.
- Mass
- The amount of "stuff" in something.
- cycles
- A repeated pattern that moves from beginning to middle to end and back to the beginning again.
- Units of Mass (metric)
- milligram (mg)
- prediction
- A good guess made about the future that is based on past observations.
- Units of Length (metric)
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kilometer (km)
meter (m)
centimeter (cm)
millimeter (mm) - category
- A way to group things so that similar things are together.
- science
- The study of the natural world.
- data
- Information to describe events or things.
- classify
- To use characteristics to catergorize things.
- Instruments
- A special tool that scientists use.
- Organize
- Arrange data so that it is easier to use.
- Matter
- The "stuff" or tiny particles, that everything is made of.
- Metric System
- A system of weighing and measuring based on meter and kilogram.