Science Terminology for 11-13 Yr Olds --- (Jon Witts)
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This contains 12 individual glossaries based on the units from UK Year 8 Key Stage 3 Science.[11-13 Yr Olds]
They are:
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- Food and Digestion Glossary
- Respiration Glossary
- Microbes and Disease Glossary
- Ecological Relationships Glossary
- Atoms and Elements Glossary
- Compounds and Mixtures Glossary
- Rocks and Weathering Glossary
- The Rock Cycle Glossary
- Heating and Cooling Glossary
- Magnets and Electromagnets Glossary
- Light Glossary
- Sound and Hearing Glossary
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Capillariessmall blood vessels with thin walls, which carry blood between the arteries and veins
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carbohydrategroup of energy-producing substances, for example starch and sugars.
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Carnivoreanimals that eat only other animals
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Cathode ray oscilloscopedevice that shows a graph of a sound
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Cementthe material that ‘glues’ rock grains together
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Cementationthe process of ‘gluing’ rock grains together
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Cementedstuck, or glued, together
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Change of statematerial changing state between solid, liquid or gas
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Characteristicsdistinctive features
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Chemical changea change that involves the formation of a new substance
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chemical digestiondigestion of food which involves chemicals called enzymes.
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Chemical propertiesconcerning changes that do involve the formation of a new substance
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Chemical reactionthe process of change from reactants to products
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Chlorinea green non-metallic element that is a poisonous gas
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Cochleacoiled structure in the ear where hairs detect vibrations in fluid
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Communityall the different species of living things in a habitat | ||
Compactedsquashed by forces underground caused by rock movements
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Compactionthe process of squashing rocks
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Compounda pure substance made of two or more kinds of atom that are chemically joined
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Condenseschanges from gas to liquid state
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Conductionmovement of energy through a solid
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Conductormaterial that is good at letting heat energy pass through it
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Consumersanimals, which must eat other living things for food
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Contractsmaterial getting shorter and thinner as it cools
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Convectionliquids or gases moving due to differences in temperature and density
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Convection currentflow of liquids or gases due to convection
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Corneaouter transparent surface of the eye
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cystic fibrosisinherited disease which affects breathing
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