SCIENCE VOCABULARY REVIEW
All the non-living matter in an environment. Abiotic
Biotic All the living matter in an environment.
Amino acid sequence The order of amino acids in a protein or peptide chain. The primary structure determines the protein type
Protein An organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids. Is a principal component of all cells
Protein Each bead is a small amino acid. The amino acids join to make different proteins. Proteins are sometimes described as long necklaces with different colored beads.
Antoine Lavoisier French chemist know as the father of modern chemistry
Accelerator A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction
Accelerator When you push on the car accelerator the car goes faster.
Accelerator
Albert Einstein (March 14, April 18, 1955) A theoretical physicist, born in Germany, who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. He proposed the theory of relativity and also made major contributions to the development of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and cosmology.
Albert Einstein His famous equation that the energy of a body at rest (E) equals its mass (m) times the speed of light (c) squared:
Atomic bomb Its violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy. The energy is a result from splitting the nuclei of elements by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction
Atomic bomb
John Dalton English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures
Atomic theory A theory that states that all matter is composed of tiny particles called atoms
Atomic configuration The arrangement of atoms or groups in a molecule
Atomic mass The average mass of all the known isotopes of an element
Atomic number The number of protons that an atom contains
Electron A subatomic particle in an atom that is negatively charged and occupies an energy level outside the nucleus
Proton Positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom. Has a positive charge.
Neutron A subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom. It has no charge = Neutral.
Periodic Table of the Elements
Alfred Wegener German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis
Plate tectonics Theory that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on a plastic like layer of the mantle
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name
Fahrenheit A scale used to measure temperature Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Big Bang theory The theory that the universe originated from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature.