Monday, 6 May 2024, 6:37 PM
Site: edulabs.org academy
Course: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossary: Science Terminology for 11-13 Yr Olds --- (Jon Witts)
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pathogenorganism which causes disease
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penicillinfirst antibiotic, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming
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Periodic Tablethe table showing all the elements
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Physicalproperties concerning changes that do not involve the formation of a new substance
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Pitchhow high or low a sound is
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Plant kingdomgroup of living things which make their food using chlorophyll
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Plasmafluid part of the blood which carries everything apart from oxygen around the body
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Population sizenumber of individuals in a species in a specific area at a specific time
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Porous
a rock with spaces between the grains
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Predatorsan animal which hunts other animals for food
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prescriptionform written by a doctor to get medicines, includes antibiotics
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Preyan animal which is hunted and eaten by another animal
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Primary coloursthree colours (red, blue and green) that combine to give all the other colours seen by the human eye
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Primary consumerthe first animal in a food chain; it always eats the producer
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Producersplants, which produce their own food using energy from the Sun
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Producta substance that is made during a chemical change
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Propertiesthe characteristics of a substance
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proteinfood needed for growth and repair of tissues, also used to make enzymes.
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Pyramid of numbers
a diagram showing the number of organisms at each level of a food chain
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