Week 4🔸Science & Tools

science

the study of the natural world through facts and experiments

chemistry

the science of what things are made of and how they change

physics

the science of energy, forces, light, heat and sound

biology

the science of living things

make sense

to be easy to understand; to be a good idea

laboratory (lab)

a room with special equipment for scientific work

experiment

a scientific test to learn sth new or check if an idea is true

measure

to find the size, length or amount of sth

liquid

sth like water that can flow

weigh

to discover how heavy sth is

equipment

the tools or machines you need for a job or an activity

calculate

to find an answer using numbers

store

to keep information or energy to use later

data

facts and numbers that people collect and study

wireless

working without wires or cables, e.g. with Wi-Fi

manual

done or controlled by hand, not by a machine

tool

a thing you hold in your hand to make, fix or do sth

follow the instructions

to do exactly what the information about using sth tells you

turn on / off

to start or stop a machine or a light

button

a small part of a machine that you press to make it work

broken

damaged and not working

restart

to turn a machine, phone or computer off and on again

log out

to stop using a computer or an app

log in (UK also log on)

to type your name and password to start using a computer or an app

solve a problem

to find a way to deal with a problem

It's not rocket science

an idiom that means sth is not very difficult

find out

to get information or learn a fact

cause

to make sth happen / the reason why sth happens

prove

to show that sth is true

light bulb moment

an idiom for the moment when you suddenly understand sth or get a great idea

discovery

the act of finding sth that nobody knew about before

develop

to create sth new or make sth bigger or better

invention

a new thing that sb has created for the first time

advantage / disadvantage

sth that makes a thing better / worse