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Science: Terms to Know
For General Science: Chapters 1 & 10-15
Analysis
Boiling Point
Control group
Density
Dependent variable
Hypothesis
Independent variable
Infer (inference)
Mass
Melting Point
Scientific Method
Solubility
Volume
For Hydrology: Chapters 5-8
Adhesion
Aquifer
Benthos
Bioluminescence
Bioindicator
Buoyancy
Chemosynthesis
Cohesion
Condensation
Desalination
Estuary
Eutrophication
Evaporation
Flocs
Groundwater
Hydrosphere
Infiltration
Nekton
Non-point pollution
pH scale
Plankton
Point source pollution
Polarity
Precipitation
River basin
Salinity
Specific heat
Sublimation
Tributary
Transpiration
Turbidity
Turnover
Upwelling
Universal solvent
Watershed
Wetland
For Ecology: Chapter 9
Abiotic
Biome
Biotic
Chemosynthesis
Commensalism
Community
Competition
Consumer/Heterotroph
Deciduous Forest
Decomposer
Density-dependent
Density-independent
Ecosystem
Food chain
Food web
Mutualism
Parasitism
Photosynthesis
Population
Predator
Prey
Producer/Autotroph
Symbiosis
Taxonomy
Trophic
For Chemistry: Chapters 10-15
Atom
Atomic Mass
Atomic Number
Bond
Chemical change
Chemical Formula
Compound
Conductivity
Ductile
Electron
Family / Group
Heterogeneous
Homogeneous
Isotope
Law of Conservation of Matter
Malleable
Metal
Metalloid
Mixture
Neutron
Non-metal
Nucleus
Period
Periodic Table
Physical Property / Physical change
Precipitate
Product
Proton
Reactant
Reactivity
Valence ElectronFor Geologic Time: Chapters 3 & 4
Absolute Age
Adaptation
Carbon 14 dating
Cenozoic
Continental drift/Plate Tectonics
Cyanobacteria
Epoch
Era
Evolution
Extinct
Fault
Fossil
Geologic Time Scale
Index fossil
Law of Superposition
Lithosphere
Mesozoic
Natural selection
Paleozoic
Panagea
Period
Precambrian
Radioactive dating
Relative age
Subduction
Unconformity
Uniformitarianism
For Microbiology: Chapters 16-20
Allergy / allergen
Antibiotic
Antibody
Antigen
ATP
Bacteria
Biotechnology
Carcinogen
Cell
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Chloroplast
Communicable/Contagious/ Infectious
Cytoplasm
Diffusion
DNA
Epidemic
Equilibrium/Homeostasis
Eukaryotic /Multicellular
Flagella / flagellum
Fungi
Host
Immunity
Meiosis
Microbe
Mitosis
Non-infectious
Nucleus
Organelle
Osmosis
Pandemic
Pharmaceutical
Prokaryotic /Unicellular
Protist
Toxic
Vector/Carrier
Virus
For Energy: Not in Science Book
Acid Rain
Biomass
Conservation
Fossil fuel
Geothermal
Natural resource
Non-renewable
Photovoltaic
Nuclear
Reflector
Renewable
Solar
Turbine