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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

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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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