MYP 1 Sciences - Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the provided lecture notes.

Apparatus

Equipment used in scientific experiments.

Control

A standard of comparison in an experiment.

Experiment

A scientific test to discover or demonstrate something.

Laboratory

A room or building equipped for scientific experiments or research.

Prediction

A statement about what will happen in the future.

Inquirers

Students who develop a natural curiosity and conduct inquiry and research and show independence in learning.

Thinking Routines

Framework, protocol and thinking routines from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education incorporated into activities

ATL Activities

Activities designed to help develop Approaches to Learning skills.

Evidence

Facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

Critical-thinking skills

The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement.

Creative-thinking skills

The ability to generate new ideas or combine existing ones in new ways.

Collaboration skills

The ability to work effectively with others.

Media and information literacy skills

The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms.

Information literacy skills

Skills needed to find, evaluate, use, and share information effectively.

Variable

Anything that can be changed in an experiment.

Independent variable

The variable that is changed in an experiment.

Dependent variable

The variable that is measured in an experiment.

Controlled variables

Variables that are kept the same in an experiment.

Inquiry question

A question that includes controlled variables and is used for the experiment.

Valid experiment

An experiment where the independent variable is truly showing effect

Natural materials

Materials found in nature.

Artificial materials

Materials that humans have made.

Gas

A state of matter that has no fixed shape and no fixed volume.

Liquid

A state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.

Metal

A material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity.

Plastic

A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be molded into shape while soft and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.

Powder

A substance in the form of fine, dry particles.

Solid

A substance that has a definite shape and volume.

Solution

A mixture of two substances that remain mixed.

Solvent

A liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution.

Solute

A substance that is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution.

Suspension

A mixture in which the substances separate out after some time into different layers.

Physical changes

Changes that do not make a new sort of matter, and the same sort of matter is just rearranged.

Chemical changes

Changes in which the material has different properties after the change.

Capillary action

The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, or even in opposition to, external forces like gravity.

Filtration

A process usde to separate the material in suspension.

Distillation

The process of heating a solution or mixture to separate its component materials.

Oxidation

A process where burning has occurred.

Decomposition

A process where bread is being changed by the growth of mould.

Characteristics

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it.

DNA

The chemical ‘alphabet’ inside the cells of all living things.

Reproduce

Produce offspring involving specific cells or special reproductive structures.

Stimuli

A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.

Genes/genetic material

A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Homeostasis

The ability to make physical or chemical adjustments so that conditions within the organism stay in the same stable state.

Communicators

A learner profile attribute for students how collaborate effectively and express themselves confidently.

Modified stems

Allow plants to grow around and up other objects.

Potential energy

Energy that is stored.

Kinetic energy

The energy that things have through movement.

Conserve

Protect something from harm or destruction.

heat

The quality of being hot; high temperature.

Transparent

Allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.