Science ABC Book
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
A
AIR PRESSURE
The force of air molecules pushing on an area
Photo by explainthatstuff
B
BACTERIA
Part of classification system that divides all living things into six kingdoms. Kingdom Bacteria includes microscopic single-celled organism found in many environments. Bacteria can be associated with disease in other organism.
Photo by NIAID
C
CONDENSATION
The process by which a gas changes into a liquid
Photo by Garret Voight
D
DEW POINT
The temperature at which air with a given amount of water vapor will reach saturation.
Photo by jenny downing
F
FRUIT
The ripened ovary of a flowering plant that contains the seeds
Photo by ecstaticist
G
GERMINATION
The beginning of growth of a new plant from a spore or a seed
Photo by IITA Image Library
H
HURRICANE
A tropical low-pressure system with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
J
JET STREAM
A wind that flows in the upper troposphere from west to east over vast distance at great speed
Photo by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits
L
LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM
A large and often stormy weather system that occurs when air moves around into a low-pressure center, then moves up to higher altitudes
Photo by Ethan Hein
M
MAGNETIC FIELD
An area surrounding a magnet within which the magnet can exert a force.
Magnetic fields are concentrated into
a pattern of lines that extend from magnets north to its south pole.
Photo by CORE-Materials
O
ORGANISM
An individual living thing, made up of one or many cells, that is capable of growing and reproducing
Photo by Natesh Ramasamy
P
POLLEN
Tiny multicellular grains that contain the undeveloped sperm cell of a plant
Q
QUANITIVE
Observation with a number in it
Photo by Steve Snodgrass
R
REPTILE
A cold-blooded vertebrate that has skin covered with scales or horny plates and has lungs
Photo by Joe Parks
S
SLEET
Small pellets of ice that form when rain passes through a layer of cold air and freezes before hitting the ground
Photo by Nick Kenrick .
U
ULTRA VIOLET RADIATION
Radiation of higher frequencies than visible light, which can cause sunburn and other types of damage
Photo by cerealbawx
V
VOLUME
An amount of three-dimensional space, often used to describe the space that an object takes up
Photo by grace_kat
Y
Y- AXIS
The factor that changes in an experiment because of the manipulated variable
Photo by jurvetson
