Glossary


 * YEAR 7 GLOSSARY WORDS**

TERM 2

(Synonym) || Definition/ Examples of word use ||
 * Glossary Word
 * < **SCIENCE** ||
 * Biology || The study of living things. ||
 * Living || Is alive, possesses all the characteristics of living things ||
 * Non-living || It was never living. ||
 * Dead || It was once alive ||
 * Characteristics || Typical of a particular person, place or thing. A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place or thing and serving to identify it. ||
 * Classification || The action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics. ||

TERM 1


 * Glossary Word (Synonym) || Definition/ Examples of word use ||
 * < **SCIENCE** ||
 * Prediction (Guess) || A thing predicted; a forecast, make known beforehand. To predict what is going to happen in the future. ||
 * Observation ( monitoring, watching, examination, inspection, survey, study,) || The action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information. Making detailed observations are important when conducting experiments. ||
 * Explanation ( account, reason, justification, answers.) || A statement or account that makes something clear, a reason or justification given for an action or belief ||
 * Properties (Characteristics) || E.g. sweetness is a property of sugar. Properties are short scientific statements of what the substance feels like, looks like, and smells like, tastes like and how it behaves. If a substance is sweet, it probably contains sugar! ||
 * Expansion || To become or make larger. E.g. The liquid, solid and gas all expanded when heated. ||
 * Contraction || To become or make smaller. E.g. The liquid, solid and gas all contracted when cooled. ||
 * Chemistry || The study of what substances are made of. ||
 * Biology || The study of living things. ||

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