Good Science Victorian Curriculum Year 7

friction 120, 123, 126–7
effect of other forces on 129
heat from 127, 177
kinetic 127
of materials 128, 176
and normal force 129
static 126, 127
froth flotation 76, 158
fruits 27
fulcrum 136
fungi
characteristics 28, 37
classification 28–9
in ecosystems 42
in our diet 28–9
to cause or cure diseases
29
galaxy 98
Galileo Galilei 97
gases 70
compressibility 55, 149
condensation to liquids 61
density 63
expansion and contraction
59, 151
particles in 55, 61
genus 22, 23
geocentric model of the
universe 96
geochemists 112
geologists 113
geophysicists 112
geotechnical engineers 113
global warming 45
glossary 184
good science 10
gravitational force (gravity)
120, 122, 123, 126, 129, 130–1
as an attractive force 130
causing falling objects to
accelerate 132–3
causing objects to
slow down or change
direction 133
change with distance 130–1
measuring 179
and stationary objects 132
unbalanced 132–3
Great Pacific Garbage
Patch 67
gymnosperms 26, 27
hazards 4, 5
health hazards 82, 83
heat
adding or removing 58–9
and changing states 60–1
difference from
temperature 57
from friction 127, 177
as a type of energy 56
heat energy 106
loss of 57
and particles 56–7, 58, 59,
60, 61
transfer of 56, 57
heating flame 5
heating materials 150
heliocentric model of
the universe 97
herbicides 46
herbivores 36, 38
Hubble, Edwin 98
Hubble Space Telescope
98–9
human impacts on
ecosystems 44–7
hydropower 108, 109
hypothesis 10, 11
immiscible liquids 80, 81, 163
impact of forces, reducing
134–5, 180–1
inclined planes 137
independent variable 11
Indigenous knowledge/
management of
ecosystems 48–9
industry, water as a solvent
in 73
inference 8, 9
insoluble substances 70
interaction of forces 120
introduced species 45
invertebrates 25, 144
investigation reports 12–13
investigations 10–11
iron ore processing 77
irrigation 47
keys 20–1
kinetic friction 127
laboratory equipment 6
laboratory safety 4, 5
lenses 168
levers 136, 182
light microscope 7
Linnaean classification
system 22–3
liquids 70
compressibility 55, 149
density 63, 153
evaporation and
crystallisation 78
evaporation to gases 61, 78
expansion and contraction
59
freezing to solids 61
particles in 55, 61
separating liquids that
don’t mix 81
separation from solids 75
living things
classification 18–19
as renewable resources
108
lubrication 128
lunar eclipse 95, 166, 167
lunar samples 99
made resources 104, 105
magnetic separation 76
magnitude of force 125
malaria 43
marine animals, physical
and skeletal features 144
mass 62
and gravitational force 130
and weight 131
materials
friction of 128, 178
heating 150
melting points 152
matter 54
changing states 60–1
particle model 54–5, 56,
60, 63
mean 8
melting 60
melting point 60, 152
metallurgical engineers 113
metals
coefficient of friction 128
mined in Australia 107
separation from ore 69,
76, 113
metric units of
measurement 8
micro-irrigation 47
microorganisms 30–1
beneficial and harmful 43
role in ecosystems 42–3
microscope slides 7
mine site rehabilitation 113
mineral ores/deposits 69, 76,
77, 107, 112
mining 107, 112–13
for chocolate chips 174
different opinions about 115
mining scientists 112–13
mixtures 66, 68, 69
separation techniques
69, 74–86
solutes, solvents and
solutions 70–1, 154–5
models 96
Monera 30–1
monocultures 46
Moon
eclipses 94, 95
humans first walk on 99
origins 99
revolving around the Earth
91
motion, and force 120–5,
134–7
moulds 30, 145
moving object, balanced
forces on 121
mushrooms 28
natural gas 106
natural resources 104–5
naturalists 22
net force 125
non-biodegradable
materials 44, 45
non-renewable resources
104–5, 106–7
conservation and
management 110
reuse and recycling 110, 111
normal force 121, 126, 129
nuclear fuels 106
nutrients 26, 36, 37, 40, 45,
47, 48
observation 8, 9, 142
oil 106
oil slicks 84
oil spills
causes 84
containment and clean
up 85
impact on the environment
84
omnivores 36, 38, 40
ores/ore bodies 68, 69, 76, 77,
107, 113
organic fertilisers 47
organising data 9
organisms 18
characteristics 19, 21
competition for
resources 40
in food chains 38, 39
scientific name 23
overfishing 45, 110
oxygen 84
paper chromatography
80, 162
parasites 28, 35, 40
parasitism 41
partial lunar eclipse 95
partial solar eclipse 94
particle model 54–5, 56, 60
and changing states 60–1
and density 63
particles 54
and heat energy 56–7, 58,
59, 60, 61
in mixtures 69
in pure substances 68
pathogens 42, 43
penicillin 43
penumbra 94, 95
penumbral lunar eclipse 95
pesticides 44, 45, 46
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