Vocabulary

Question: What do you want to know?

Hypothesis: What do you think will happen?

Materials: What do you need?Procedure: What will you do?Results: What happens?Conclusion: What did you learn?

The outward appearance or physical characteristic or trait used to identify an object

A science that deals with the composition (what it’s made of), structure (what it looks like), and properties of materials and the way they change

To notice facts about a substance or event using any of your senses

To explain something based on observations, to tell how or why something happened

Example: I can infer that it is cold outside because the students are wearing heavy coats, scarves, and mittens.

Factual information used as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculating

To write down (record) information (data) to use in the future

To restate the information brieflyThink “Summary” (from reading) of

the data

To draw conclusions from the information obtained or to offer an explanation of the information

Interpret = translate: turn the data into answers

A ground-up solid

A very small piece of somethingExamples: powders, crystals,dust

An object or materialExamples: rock, water, paper

The ability of a substance to change into a new substance with different physical properties

To break up into parts and go into a liquid such as water, the substance seems to disappear

The property of a substance that can dissolve

The property of a substance that can not dissolve

Made when a substance dissolves in a liquid

Example: salt dissolves in water and forms a solution that does not separate without a chemical reaction

A response to something, a physical or chemical change

A weak acid solution obtained by fermentation beyond the alcohol stage

Sour tasting liquid made from fruit

Deep red, antiseptic liquid used to treat cuts

Poisonous if swallowed Indicates the presence of starch

Prevents the movement of heat from one place to another, keeps warm things warm and cold things cold

Think “insulator” from the electricity unit (keeps electricity where it belongs)

A blend of two or more substances that don’t form a new substance

Melts and smells like caramel in the heat test

Dissolves in waterAppearance of crystals

Dissolves in waterSnaps and crackles in heat testAppearance of crystals

Fizzes when mixes with vinegarTurns yellow/orange with iodine

Turns purple/black with iodineSmells like burnt toast in heat testSqueaks when rubbed against cupFeels smooth between your fingers