5th Grade Science - Unit 1

alchemist

a name for people in the past who studied the combination of chemicals

mixture

a combination of two or more things

mix

to combine two or more things

state of matter

the different forms of matter that include solid, liquid, and gas

liquid

a state of matter, such as water when you can pour it

gas

a state of matter, such as water when it is steam

oxygen

a type of gas that plants release and animals breathe in

matter

anything that takes up space and has weight; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas

experiment

a test used to discover new information about a question

model

a pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or

quantitative

number data

qualitative

word/ description data