Next Generation Science Standards - Topics A vocabulary consisting of the NGSS topics. JES & Co. 2013-05-22 2015-01-07 Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment Weather and Climate Waves: Light and Sound Structure, Function, and Information Processing Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles Structure and Properties of Matter Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems Earth's Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth Engineering Design Forces and Interactions Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles and Traits Energy Waves: Waves and Information Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems Earth's Systems Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System Chemical Reactions Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms Natural Selection and Adaptations Space Systems History of Earth Human Impacts Structure and Function Inheritance and Variation of Traits Natural Selection and Evolution