ABC BOOK OF SCIENCE

A

• A-air pressure
• The force of air molecules pushing on an area

B

• B-barometer
• An instrument that measure air pressure in the atmoshere

C

• C-compound machine
• A machine that is made up of two or more simple machines

D

• D-dichotomous key
• A series of questions each with only two answers that can be use to help identify an organism.

E

• E-energy
• The ability to do work or to cause a change

F

• F-fertilization
• Part of the process of sexual reproduction in which a male reproductive cell and female reproductive
• Cell combine to make a new cell that can develop into a new organism.

G

• G-generator
• A device that converts kinetic energy or the energy of motion into electrical energy.

H

• H-heat
• The flow of energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature.

I

• I-inclined plane
• A simple machine that is a sloping surface such as a ramp.

J

• J-Jet stream
• A wind that flows in the upper troposphere from west to east over vast distances at greatest speeds

K

• K-kinetic energy
• The energy of motion moving object has the most kinetic energy at the point where it moves the fastest

L

• L-lever
• A solid bar that rotates or turns around a fixed point one of the six simple machines.

M

• M-mass
• A measure of how much matter an object is made of.

N

• N-nuclus
• Example-the middle part of a plant

O

• O-organism
• An individual living thing made up of one or many cells that is capable.

P

• P-plant

Q

• Q-quanative
• Example-more then one

R

• R-radiation
• Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves.

S

• S-scale
• One of the thin small overlapping plates that cover most fish and reptiles and some other animals.

T

• T-temperture
• A measure of the average amount of kinetic energy of the particles in an object.

U

• U-radiation
• Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves.

V

• V-vertebrate
• An animal with an internal backbone.

W

• W-weather
• The condition of earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

X

• X-x-axis
• Is the heransantle line of a graph

Y

• Y-y axis
• Is the vertical line of a graph

Z

• Z-zebra
• Example-a animal