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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pathogen

organism which causes disease

penicillin

first antibiotic, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming

Periodic Table

the table showing all the elements

Physical

properties concerning changes that do not involve the formation of a new substance

Pitch

how high or low a sound is

Plant kingdom

group of living things which make their food using chlorophyll

Plasma

fluid part of the blood which carries everything apart from oxygen around the body

Population size

number of individuals in a species in a specific area at a specific time

Porous

a rock with spaces between the grains

Predators

an animal which hunts other animals for food

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