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IntroductionAs with all word lists, there are bound to be words that you think should have beenincluded. The list is designed as a multi-purpose resource to enable you to developyour own ideas.

Possible Activities

Making students write a science fiction story using as many of the wordsfrom the list as possible.

Trying to connect words from the list by drawing lines between words, aninteresting exercise would be to get students to compare their webs andwhich words they have connected

Grouping words by subject (physics, geology, botany etc.) or topic.Trying to work out the common roots of words, i.e. their beginnings and

endings (mono, hydr Signs, Symbols and Systematics has a usefulsection on this)

Producing short lists from the word list that could be displayed around theclassroom, for example a list of the words related to investigations mighthelp remind students what to include in their write-ups

Constructing tables to show words that have everyday meanings as wellas scientific ones

Use the lists as an assessment exercise where students put a mark byeach word, i.e. (A) I can spell the word, (B) I can define the word, (C) Ican use the word correctly in a sentence.

Use a puzzle building program to create word squares or crosswords

Where the activity fits in

KS3 Science

AcknowledgementThis word list is based on one that wasoriginally put together by Jerry Wellington.

Fun Size: Word List Teacher notes

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Use a puzzle building program to create word squares or crosswords

a

abdomenabsorptionaccelerationaccuracyacidactivityadaptation

adolescenceaerobicair resistancealcoholalkalialkanealkeneallelealphaalternatingammeterammoniaamphibian

amplitudeanaerobicanalogueanimalannualanomalousantagonisticantibioticarteryasexualassociationasteroid

atmosphereatomatomic numberattractaudible

bbacteria

basebatterybetabiasedbicepsbiomassbiotechnologyboilingbondbronchus

bulb

c

calciumcapillarycarbohydratecarboncarbon dioxidecarbonatecarnivorecatalystcausticcellchargechemicalchlorinechlorophyllchloroplastschromatogramchromosomeciliatedciliacircuitclassify

climateclonecoilcometscomponentcompositioncompoundconclusionconductor

conservationconsumercontractioncontrolconvectioncoppercorrelationcorrosioncovalentcracking

crude oilcrystalcurrentcytoplasm

d

datadecomposedensitydepositiondiabetesdiffusion

digestiondilutediodedispersiondisplacementdissipateddissolvedistillationdiversitydormantdragdynamo

eeclipseecosystemegestedelectricalelectrolysiselectromagnet

electronelectrostaticelementendothermicenergyenvironmentenzymeepidemicepithelialequation

erroreruptevaluateevaporationevidenceevolutionexcretionexhaleexothermicexpansionextinction

ffatsfernsfertilisationfertilityfetusfieldfilterfood chainfood webforceformulafossilfreefallfrequencyfrictionfuelfungifuse

ggalaxygamete

gamma raygasgeneratorgenesgestationglucosegranitegravity

hhabitathaemoglobinhalogenhazardherbivorehereditaryhibernationhomeostasishormonehydraulichydrocarbonhydrogen

hypothesis

iigneousimmunisationindicatorinfectioninfrainhaleinheritinoculationinsulation

insulinintensityinterpretintestineinvertebrateionisotope

jjoule

kkidneykilogramkinetic

llavaleverlifelimestoneline graphliquidlithospherelivelongitudinalloudnessluminouslung

mmagmamagnesiummagneticmagnificationmammalmammary glandsmassmass numbermeasurementmeiosismeltingmembranemenstruation

metamorphicmeteorsmetermethanemetre (length)microbemicrowavemigrationmineralmitosismixtureA Word List For Secondary Science

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modelmoleculemomentmonohybridmonoxidemossesmotormucousmutation

nnegativeneutralneutronnitrogennoble gasesnucleusnutrient

oobservation

opaqueorbitorganorganismosmosisovaryoviductovulationoxidationoxideozone

ppalisadeparallelparticlepathogenperiodic tablepesticideph rangephotosynthesis

pitchpivotplacentaplanetpneumaticpolespolymerporositypositivepotassiumpotentialpowerprecipitate

precisionpredatorpredictionpressurepreyproducerproportionalproteinprotonpubertypumice

qquadratqualitativequantitative

rradiationradioactiverangereactreactantreactivityreductionreflectionrefractionrelay

reliabilityreliablerenewablereproductionreptile

repulsionresistanceresistorresonancerespirationreversibleribcageriskrotaterotation

ssaltsample sizesandstonesatellitesaturatedsedimentarysegmentseismic

seriesshaleshellskeletonsodiumsodium hydroxidesolar systemsolenoidsolidsolubilitysolublesolutionsolvent

speciesspectrumspeedspermstimulussustainablesymbol

ttaxonomic

tectonicstemperaturetestistheorythermalthermistorthoraxtissuetoxictoxin

tracheatransfertransformertransparenttranspirationtransversetrialtriceps

uultrasoundultraviolet

universeunsaturatedupthrustuterus

vvaccinationvacuolevariablevariation

veinvelocityventilationventilationvibrationvillusvirusvitaminvoltage

wwavewavelengthweight

xx-raysxylem

y

yeast

zzinc