Good Science Victorian Curriculum Year 7
Digital sample of Matilda's newest publication, Good Science Victorian Curriculum Year, authored by Emma Craven and Aaron Elias. For more information visit www.matildaeducation.com.au or email Katrina Tucker, katrinatucker@matildaed.com.au
Digital sample of Matilda's newest publication, Good Science Victorian Curriculum Year, authored by Emma Craven and Aaron Elias. For more information visit www.matildaeducation.com.au or email Katrina Tucker, katrinatucker@matildaed.com.au
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prey an organism that is hunted<br />
and killed by another for food<br />
primary data first-hand data, from<br />
your own investigation<br />
producer an organism that<br />
produces energy at the start of<br />
a food chain<br />
prokaryote an organism without a<br />
nucleus or structures inside its cell(s)<br />
protist a microorganism that is not<br />
a fungus or bacteria<br />
pulley a wheel with a grooved rim<br />
for carrying a cable<br />
pure substance a substance<br />
that is composed of only one type<br />
of particle<br />
qualitative written descriptions<br />
and observations<br />
quantitative numerical information<br />
and data<br />
recycle to change something into<br />
something else that is useful<br />
rehabilitation processes that return<br />
the environment to close to how it<br />
was before mining<br />
reliable provides consistent results<br />
when repeated<br />
renewable resource a resource<br />
that cannot run out, or one that can<br />
be restored in a human life span<br />
research to gather data and<br />
information in an organised way to<br />
inform a hypothesis or investigation<br />
residue the solid that does not pass<br />
through a filter<br />
resource a source of something<br />
that is useful<br />
revolve to move in a circular path<br />
around another object<br />
risk the chance that a hazard will<br />
cause harm<br />
rotate to spin on an axis<br />
safety flame the orange (cooler)<br />
flame of a Bunsen burner (approx.<br />
300ºC), used between heating<br />
substances<br />
secondary data second-hand<br />
data, from someone else<br />
sediment the solid that settles to<br />
the bottom of a liquid<br />
selective breeding breeding<br />
organisms with desirable traits<br />
sewage semi-liquid human waste<br />
sewerage pipes that carry sewage<br />
solar energy heat and light energy<br />
from the Sun<br />
solstice the two times each year<br />
when night and day are the most<br />
different in length<br />
soluble something that dissolves<br />
solute a substance that is dissolved<br />
by a solvent<br />
solution a mixture made up of a<br />
solvent and a dissolved solute<br />
solvent a substance that dissolves<br />
a solute<br />
species a single, specific type of<br />
living organism<br />
spore a tiny part of some plants<br />
that is used to reproduce<br />
static friction a friction force<br />
that keeps an object in place on<br />
a surface<br />
stationary not moving<br />
substance matter that has a fixed<br />
chemical make-up<br />
sustainable able to be maintained<br />
at a certain rate or level<br />
sustainably to use a resource in<br />
a way that avoids depletion and<br />
maintains balance<br />
symbiont an organism that lives<br />
with a host organism, and both<br />
organisms benefit<br />
symbiosis a relationship between<br />
two or more organisms that live<br />
closely together<br />
taxonomy the area of science to<br />
do with classifying organisms<br />
temperature the measurement<br />
of how hot a substance is<br />
thermal relating to heat<br />
tilt a sloping position or lean<br />
tracheophyte a plant that contains<br />
vascular tissue<br />
transferred moved from one thing<br />
to another<br />
umbra the inner part of the Moon’s<br />
shadow on Earth<br />
unicellular made of one cell<br />
urbanisation the creation of urban<br />
areas such as cities<br />
valid measures what is intended<br />
to be measured<br />
vascular tissue plant tissue that<br />
transports fluid and nutrients<br />
vertebrate an organism with a<br />
backbone or spinal cord<br />
volume the amount of space taken<br />
up by something<br />
weight the force of a gravitational<br />
field on the mass of a body<br />
yield the amount of something that<br />
is harvested<br />
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