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LE 2- Vocabulary
This is for the upcoming assessment on 10-20 and 10-24..for 8th
| Term | Definition | Sentance | Synoyms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceive | The identification and interpretation of sensory information in order to understand the enviroment | How do our eyes perceive the world around us | Identify, Reconize, Sense, | |
| Enviroment | Surrounding conditions that have direct impact on organisms | These animals were raised in a controlled enviroment | Habitat, territory, domain | |
| Senses | In which organisms detect and respond to stimuli in there internal and external environments | Smell is one of the five senses | Sensation, perception, feeling | |
| Claim | A statement based on systematic observation and evidence | Her claim was that sea levels would rise | Declare, assert, profess | |
| Evidence | Facts that serves to either support or counter a claim or hypothesis | There is no evidence that proves these devices work | Proof, verification, validation | |
| Reasoning | A justification that shows why the evidence supports the claim | They told everyone the reasoning behind the decision | Calculate, infer, intellectualize | |
| Neuron | The structual and functional unit of the nervous system | The most important cells in our brains are the neurons | Axon, dendrite, motor nueron | |
| Nerves | The basic unit of communication in the nervous system | Nerve cells are extremely important for humans | Sensory cells, afferent neuron, sensory neuron | |
| Adaption | The process of adjusting or changing to become more suited to an enviroment | The short feet of penguins are an adaption | Converting, conversion, alteration |