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Year 7 Learning List: Reproduction
Key word
Sounds like
Meaning
Ow va ree
The female reproductive organ that produces eggs
Oviduct
Ovv ee duk-t
The tube through which the eggs pass to the uterus
Uterus
You ter uss
Also called the womb. A muscular cavity where embryos
develop
Egg
A reproductive cell from a female
Vaj ine ah
The tube-shaped part of the reproductive tract that connects
to the uterus at one end and opens to the outside of the body
at the other
Sir viks
The narrow outer end of the uterus
Plah sen tah
An organ formed in a female during pregnancy which
surrounds the fetus
Umm bill ik al
Kord
The tube that connects the fetus to the placenta. It supplies
nourishment and removes waste
Fetus
Fee tuss
Unborn offspring in later stages of development and in which
all major organs are in place
Hormone
Hor moan
A chemical substance produced by a gland and transported in
the blood
Ovulation
Ovv you lay
shun
To release eggs from the ovary
Menstruation
Men strew ay
shun
The monthly flow of blood from the uterus
Fertilization
Fer till ise ay
shun
The joining of male and female reproductive cells
Gestation
Jess tay shun
The development of the embryo – from conception to birth
P-you ber tee
The stage at which the sex organs become functional and
secondary sex characteristics appear
Tess tiss
The male reproductive organ, it makes sperm
Spur-m duk-t
The tube which carries sperm from the testis to the penis
Scrow tumm
A pouch of skin containing the testicles
Spur-m
Pee niss
A male reproductive cell
The male reproductive organ that releases sperm
Ovary
Egg
Vagina
Cervix
Placenta
Umbilical
Cord
Puberty
Testis
Sperm duct
Scrotum
Sperm
Penis
Year 7 Learning List: Particles
Key word Sounds like
Meaning
Particle
Par tik ul
A very small piece of matter
Atom
At tomm
The smallest object that retains properties of an element.
Composed of electrons and a nucleus
Element
Ell ee ment
A substance made up from only one type of atom
Symbol
Sim bull
A one or two letter abbreviation for a chemical element (eg.
Hydrogen = H, Helium = He)
V eye bray shun
Rapid, linear motion of a particle about a central point
Kinn ett ik
Relating to movement
F loe
Move along in a steady, continuous stream
Vak you m
A space without any matter. No particles, none.
Sol id
A state of matter in which all particles are connected and there
are no gaps between them. The structure of a solid is rigid.
Lik wid
A state of matter in which all particles are connected but there
are gaps between them and the particles can slide over each
other. A liquid takes up the shape of the container it is in.
Gas
Gass
A state of matter in which none of the particles are touching and
are moving very fast. A gas will fill the container it is in.
Fluid
Floo id
Fluid – a term that means either a gas or a liquid
Model
Mod dull
Something that describes complicated or invisible phenomena
so that we can understand them
Analogy
Anna loj ee
A comparison based on similarities
Theory
Thee or ee
A set of statements used to explain a group of facts
Presh er
Force / area
Vibration
Kinetic
Flow
Vacuum
Solid
Liquid
Pressure
Year 7 Learning List: Electricity
Key word
Sounds like
Meaning
Bah te ree
Two or more cells connected together to produce electrical
energy
Cell
Sell
An item that uses chemical reactions to produce electrical
energy
Bulb
Bull b
A component of a circuit that emits light when a current
passes through it
Ss wich
A device used to open or close an electrical circuit
Connecting
wire
Kon-ekt-ing
wy- er
A flexible, metal conductor which is used to carry electric
current in a circuit
Ammeter
Am eat err
An instrument for measuring electric current in amperes
Kom pow nent
A part of an electrical circuit
Pow ur supp lie
A device that supplies electrical energy to a circuit
Eenergy
transfer
en ur G tran s
fur
The change of energy from one type to another, eg. Chemical
energy to electrical energy
Current
Kurr rent
The flow of electrons in a circuit
Voltage
Vol taj
A measure of electric potential energy at between two points
in a circuit
Ree sis tans
A force that opposes motion. In electricity – the opposition of a
component to the flow of electrons (current)
Battery
Switch
Component
Power
supply
Resistance