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SVS KS3 Science
keywords to help with SATS exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acid | A substance with a pH lower than 7 |
| Air Resistance | A force that acts against an object moving through air |
| Alkali | A substance with a pH higher than 7 |
| Ammeter | Measures electric current |
| Antibiotic | A chemical that works in the blood destroying bacteria e.g. penicillin |
| Antiseptic | A chemical that kills germs e.g. TCP |
| Bacteria | Small microbes |
| Boiling | Changing a liquid into a gas by heating it |
| Carbon Dioxide | A colourless gas which turns limewater cloudy |
| Carnivore | An animal that only eats meat |
| Cell | All living things are made of these |
| Cell Membrane | A layer around the cell which controls what goes in and out |
| Cell Wall | The outside layer of a plant cell that gives it its shape |
| Chloroplast | Part of a plant cell containing chlorophyll. It traps sunlight so that the plant can make food |
| Combustion | Burning – where a fuel reacts with oxygen to give out heat and light energy |
| Compound | Two or more kinds of atoms joined together |
| Condensation | The process that changes a gas into a liquid |
| Consumer | Something that eats other plants and animals |
| Current | The flow of electric charge in a circuit |
| Density | How heavy something is compared to its size |
| Diffusion | When particles spread out and mix without being stirred |
| Element | Something which contains only one type of atom |
| Evaporation | When a liquid changes into a gas |
| Filtration | A way to separate small particles from a liquid |
| Freezing | When a liquid changes into a solid |
| Friction | A force when two surfaces rub together |
| Fuse | A safety device fitted into plugs |
| Galaxy | A group of stars and their solar systems |
| Habitat | A place where plants and animals live |
| Herbivore | An animal that only eats plants |
| Hydrogen | A gas which makes a squeaky pop when a lit splint is put in it |
| Insoluble | A substance that does not dissolve |
| Invertebrate | An animal that doesn’t have a backbone |
| Joule | The unit for measuring energy |
| Litmus | An indicator that turns red in acid and blue in alkali |
| Melting | When a solid changes into a liquid |
| Microbe | A micro-organism |
| Molecule | Two or more atoms joined together |
| Neutral | A pH of 7 – it is neither an acid nor an alkali |
| Nucleus | The part of a cell that controls what a cell does |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and meat |
| Opaque | When light does not travel through an object – you cannot see |
| through it | |
| Oxygen | A gas found in air that is needed for respiration and combustion |
| Photosynthesis | The process that uses sunlight, water and CO2 produce glucose and O2 in plants |
| Predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food |
| Prey | An animal that is hunted by another animal |
| Producer | A green plant that makes its own food |
| Properties | The way elements look and behave |
| Respiration | The process of converting glucose to energy (and releases CO2 and H2O) |
| Solute | A substance that dissolves in a liquid |
| Solution | The mixture that forms when a substance dissolves in a liquid |
| Translucent | When some light travels through an object - you cannot see clearly through it |
| Transparent | When light travels through an object – you can see through it |
| Upthrust | A force that pushes an object upwards |
| Vacuole | The area in a plant cell that contains cell sap |
| Vertebrate | An animal that has a backbone |
| Virus | Smallest type of microbe |
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