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Year 10

LAC WORDS – SCIENCE – YEAR 10

Pollution

Pollution – when we do things that harm the environment.

Pesticides – chemicals that farmers use to kill pests.

Decomposer – microbes that make dead things rot.

Nutrients – chemicals needed for healthy growth.

Energy & Heat

Thermometer – instrument for measuring temperature

Conduction – movement of heat energy through metals

Convection – movement of heat energy through liquids or gases

Radiation – rays that have a heating effect when something absorbs them

Active Body

Skeleton – the bones of your body

Ligament – strong tissue that joins bones together

Cartilage – connective tissue found at the ends of bones

Ureter – tube connecting the kidney to the bladder

Elements, Compounds & Mixtures

Periodic table – a way of classifying all the elements into groups

Sulphuric acid – acid containing sulphur

Hydrochloric acid – acid containing hydrogen & chlorine

Chromatography – way of separating coloured dyes

Forces

Newton-metre – unit used to measure moments/turning forces

Equilibrium – balanced

Pressure – the force with which something presses

Hydraulic – operated by force exerted by moving liquid

Health

Stamina – staying power

Microbes – microscopic organisms e.g. bacteria & viruses

Antibodies – chemicals made by white blood cells when you catch a disease

Antigens – chemicals on the surfaces of germs

Variation

Variation – differences

Inherit – get from our parents

Chromosomes – structures inside cells that carry the ‘instructions’

Genetic – to do with genes

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