Science Word for Science Olympiad

Absolute Zero

no Kelvin

Absorption

soak in

Abyssal Plains

underwater flat(abyssal plains are flat underwater plains)

Acceleration

change velocity

Adaptation

change to, useful part(??)

Aluminum

wrapping foil

Amoeba

crawling eukaryote, water bacteria

Ampere

current unit

Amplitude

height wave, height crest

Anaerobic

without oxygen

Aerobic

with oxygen

Air

we breathe, general topic

Air Mass

we breathe, amount matter

Air Pressure

we breathe, unit pascals

Alcohol

don't drink, flavor cooking(from that one convo we had about alcohol in cooking), example beer

Algae

green glop, autotroph, kills fish, in ponds

Amphibian

not reptilian

Anatomy

study body

Anemometer

wind speed, measurement tool

Angiosperm

flower semen, not gymno

Angular

not horizontal, not vertical

Ankle

can sprain

Anthracite

type coal

Aquifer

underground freshwater, water rock

Archaeology

ancient study

Arctic

not antarctica

Arthropod

bony spider

Ash

not soot

Asteroid

not meteor

ATP

cell energy

Attract

not repel

Astrophysics

baseball wiggs

Astronomy

space study

Atom

single element

Aurora (Borealis)

northern lights(if you answer Aurora I will say "provide more")

Axis

Hitler

Back

not front

Circulatory System

blood rotation ***************

Barometer

measure pressure, of air

Beaker

pour lab, big cylinder

Bias

partiality towards

Binomial Nomenclature

two names, taxonomy system

Biochemistry

life pitts

Biome

life area

Biosphere

life ball

Bituminous Coal

not anthracite

Black Hole

center universe, dying star

Blizzard

snow storm

Bond

James seven, stocks

Botany

plant study

Boulder

big rock

Bunsen burner

lab fire

Burette

glass tube

Cactus

spiky green, in desert

Calorie

food energy

Calorimetry

heat changes, measurement of

Camera obscura

pinhole image**

Camouflage

disguise forestry

Candela

light intensity, measurement unit

Canine

dog adjective, police dogs

Capacity

holdable amount

Capillary

blood branches (?)

Carbohydrates

bread water, pasta energy, bread energy

Carbon Dioxide

not oxygen (?)

Cardiac Muscle

heart, many tissue

Cartilage

soft bone, squishy bone, in ear

Cast

wrist broken, wear around

Centimeter

not inch

Celestial Body

space object

Cell

single life

Cell Membrane

single life, thin surrounding, not wall

Cell Wall

single life, thick surrounding, not membrane

Cellular respiration

single life, breathing process,creates ATP

Celsius

not Fahrenheit, not Kelvin

Change

only constant, not constant, symbol delta

Charge

plus minus

Chemical

not physical

Chemical Change

not physical, symbol delta

Chemical Reaction

not physical, Newton's third (?)

Chloroplast

produces green, in plants

Chlorophyll

green color, in plants

Circuit

battery wires, complete incomplete

Circulatory System

blood rotation ***************

Cirrus

wispy cloud, type of

Citrus

orange flavor, lime lemon

Class

type of, taxonomy level, above genus, below phylum, 7 Periods

Climate

not weather

Climate Change

Global Warming **********

Climatologist

not weather, scientist of

Coal

black carbon, not graphite, bad santa

Colon

list punctuation

Commensalism

whale barnacle, their relationship

Comet

not asteroid

Community

more populations, component ecosystem, example Bridgeland

Compression

not expansion

Condense

make compact, make smaller, to reduce

Conduction

not convection, not radiation

Congenital

from birth

Conservation

saving of, not preservation

Endoplasmic Reticulum

nucleus membrane; emergency room