Kidscience: Matter Vocabulary Quiz

How does height affect the skill of the basketball player?The independent variable is the ______________.

Quantitative observations are made using ___________________ to describe something.

Which below represents the conclusion?

• Act or power of noticing something by using one or more of your senses.

• Educated guess; suggested outcome that is tested during an experiment.

• Last step in an experiment that explains the experiment and its results.

• Variable in an experiment that must remain the same so it does not affect the results.

All of the following are physical properties except_________________.

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

• Flammability

• Color and texture

A(n) _________ is to assume something is true, usually based on reasoning or previous experience.

Qualitative observations are made using ______________ to describe something.

To change from a particles sliding past each other to particles moving faster andfarther apart.

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Freezing

• Evaporation

When condensation occurs____________________.

• Particles move faster and farther apart

• Particles slow down into fixed positions and are solid

• Particles cool, come closer together, and are liquid

• Energy is added to the particles

Which substances are flammable?The dependent variable is __________________.