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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Decayrotting process involving bacteria where nutrients are released from detritus
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Decibelsunit for measuring loudness of sound
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Degrees Celsiuscommon unit for temperature measurement
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Depositionwhen sediments are put down or dropped
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Detrituswaste and dead material
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digestionthe process by which nutrients from food are broken down and absorbed into the body.
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digestive systemthe organs involved in digestion.
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Dispersionsplitting light into a spectrum
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Domainsmall region within a magnetised substance where all the magnetism is in the same direction | |
Double pumpthe right-hand side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs; the left-hand side pumps blood to the rest of the body
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