LifePac Science 801 Vocabulary Words
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- alchemy
- the attempt to change base metals into gold by a mixture of science and magic
- atom
- a building block of all matter
- base metals
- metals less valuable than gold
- electron
- a negatively charged atomic particle
- evolution
- the theory that all organisms develop from simpler organisms
- experimentation
- doing repeated tests to prove a scientific fact
- exponent
- the power to which a number is raised
- gram
- the standard metric unit of mass
- hypothesis
- a probable answer to a scientific problem
- law
- a proven scientific fact
- liter
- the standard metric unit of volume
- meter
- the standard metric unit of length
- metric system
- a system of measurement based on the number ten
- neutron
- a neutral atomic particle
- organism
- an individual animal or plant
- philosopher
- a person who is guided in life by the principle that man is a rational and social being
- poliomyelitis
- a crippling disease causing inflammation of the lining of the spinal cord
- proton
- a positive atomic particle
- Renaissance
- the rebirth of true learning
- scholastics
- Medieval men who cataloged the ideas of ancient philosophers
- science
- orderly knowledge demonstrated by repeatable tests
- scientific method
- the nine steps a scientist uses in his/her work
- scientific notation
- a system of writing numbers less than 0.1 and greater than 100 as a multiple of a power of 10
- second
- the standard unit of time
- significant figures
- those digits in a number that have true value
- species
- a group of animals or plants that have characteristics in common and are able to interbreed
- summa
- an encyclopedia-like document written by a scholastic
- theory
- a probable solution to a scientific problem
- animalcules
- the name given by Leeuwenhoek to the microorganisms he viewed through his microscope
- biodegradable
- capable of being broken down by bacterial action
- communication
- the giving and receiving of information
- dynamo
- a generator
- electron microscope
- a very powerful microscope
- expansion
- how much larger a material will get when heated
- fuel
- a source of energy
- generator
- a device for producing electricity
- gunpowder
- an explosive substance
- inclined plane
- a man-made hill
- industry
- the manufacture of goods
- Industrial Revolution
- the change from an agricultural to industrial society in England (1750-1850)
- iron lung
- a device to assist breathing
- microscope
- a device for viewing things which are invisible to the unaided human eye
- pollution
- the contamination of the earth
- printing press
- a device that uses movable type
- shaduf
- a device used by the ancient Egyptians to fill their irrigation ditches from the Nile River
- stress
- how much pressure a material can withstand
- technology
- applied science
- tensile strength
- how far a material will stretch without tearing
- tetracycline
- a medicine
- textile industry
- the manufacture of cloth
- water mill
- a device that uses running water to grind grain
- cloning
- producing many identical organisms at once
- cotton gin
- a device for cleaning cotton in quantity
- penicillin
- a medicine