Theme Science: Chemistry, Physics, Geology

Vocabulary Word List for Science: Chemistry, Physics, Geology (467)

• A

  abiosis, abrade, absorption, acceleration, accumulation, acid, acidic, activist, adaptation, agonistic, agrarian, airborne, alchemist, alignment, allele, alluvial, alveoli, ambiparous, amphibian, amplitude, analysis, ancestor, anodize, anomaly, anther, antigen, apiary, apparatus, application, approximation, aquatic, aquifer, arboreal, archeology, artery, assessment, asteroid, atmosphere, atomic, atrophy, attenuate, aven, aviary, axis

• B

  bacteria, balance, bases, biome, biosphere, black hole, blight, buoyancy

• C

  calcium, canopy, capacity, capillary, carapace, carcinogen, catalyst, cauldron, celestial, cells, centigrade, centimeter, centrifugal, chemical reaction, chemicals, chemistry, chlorophyll, choked, chromosome, chronic, churn, classification, climate, cloud, comet, composition, compound, compression, condensation, conditions, conduction, conductivity, conservation, constant, constellation, continental, convection, convention, cool, core, cosmic, crater, creature, crystals, cycle, cytoplasm

• D

  dampness, data, decay, decibel, deciduous, defoliate, density, denude, dependency, deposits, depth, desiccant, detritus, development, digestible, dilute, direction, disappearance, discovery, dislodge, displace, dissection, dissolution, dissolve, distance, diurnal, diverse, doldrums, dynamics

• E

  earthquake, eclipse, ecology, ecosystem, electricity, elements, elevation, embryo, endangered, endocrine, energy, entropy, environment, enzyme, epidermis, epoch, equilibrium, equine, erosion, essential, estuary, ethical, evaporation, event, evidence, evolution, examination, existence, expansion, experiment, exploration extinction, extreme

• F

  facet, fault, fauna, feldspar, ferment, fission, fissure, flora, flourish, flowstone, foliage, food chain, forage, force, forecast, forensics, formations, fossil fuel, frequency, friction, fungi, fusion

• G

  galaxy, gastric, geo-science, geothermal, germination, gestation, global, gravitation, green, greenhouse effect, grotto, groundwater

• H

  habitat, heat, heavens, hemisphere, hemoglobin, herpetologist, hormones, host, humidity, hyaline, hydrogen, hydrology, hypothesis

• I

  ichthyology, illumination, imagination, impact, impulse, incandescent, indigenous, inertia, inevitable, inherit, inquiry, insoluble, instinct, instruments, integrity, intelligence, interact, interdependence, interplanetary, invertebrate, investigation, invisible, ions, irradiate, isobar, isotope

• J

  joule, jungle, jutting

• K

  kilometer, kinetics, kingdom, knot

• L

  laser, latitude, lava, lethal, life, lift, light, limestone, lipid, lithosphere, load, lodestone, luminous, luster

• M

  magma, magnet, magnetism, mangrove, mantle, marine, marsh, mass, matter, measurements, mechanical, meiosis, meridian, metamorphosis, meteor, microbes, microcosm, migration, millennia, minerals, modulate, moisture, molecule, molten, monograph, monolith, motion, movement, mutant, mutation, mysterious

• N

  natural, navigable, navigation, negligence, nervous system, nesting, neutrons, niche, nocturnal, nuclear energy, numerous, nurture

• O

  obsidian, ocean, oceanography, omnivorous, oolites (cave pearls), opaque, orbit, organ, organism, ornithology, osmosis, oxygen

• P

  paleontologist, parallax, particle, penumbra, percolate, permafrost, permutation, petrify, petrograph, phenomena, physical property, planetary, plasma, polar, pole, pollination, polymer, population, precipitation, predator, prehensile, preservation, preserve, pressure, primate, pristine, probe, process, propagation, properties, protected, proton, pulley

• Q

  qualitative data, quantum, quark, quarry

• R

  radiation, radioactivity, rain forest, ratio, reaction, reagent, realm, redwoods, reeds, reflection, refraction, relationships, reptile, research, resistance, resonate, rookery, rubble, runoff

• S

  salinity, sandbar, satellite, saturation, scientific investigation, scientist, sea floor, season, sedentary, sediment, sedimentary, seepage, seismic, sensors, shard, similarity, solar, soluble, solvent, sonic, sound, source, species, spectacular, spectrum, speed, sphere, spring, stage, stalactite, stalagmites, stimulus, substance, subterranean, sulfuric acid, surface, survival, swamp, sylvan, symbiosis, symbol, synergy, synthesis

• T

  taiga, taxidermy, technology, tectonics, temperate, temperature, terrestrial, thermals, thermometer, thrust, torque, toxin, trade winds, transformation tremors, tropical

• U

  umbra, unbelievable, underwater, unearth, unique, unite, unity, universal, unpredictable, unusual, ursine

• V

  vacuole, valuable, vapor, variable, variety, vast, velocity, ventifact, verdant, vespiary, viable, vibration, virus, viscosity, visible, vista, vital, vitreous, volt, volume, vulpine

• W

  wave, wax, weather, westerlies, wetlands, whitewater

• X

  xeriscape, xylem

• Y

  yield

• Z

  zero-impact, zone, zygote

• J

  Jurassic