Fabulous Science Vocabulary
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
a
t
m
The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
2.
e
q
u
i
r
u
m
A stable situation in which forces cancel one another
4.
g
e
n
A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain
5.
h
e
r
o
y
o
u
s
Having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
6.
h
y
t
e
s
i
s
A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
7.
l
h
y
e
a
r
The distance that ___ travels in a vacuum in 1 ___
8.
m
t
e
r
That which has mass and occupies space
9.
w
e
i
t
The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
10.
w
a
e
e
n
g
t
The distance between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave
11.
w
v
e
One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid
12.
a
b
u
n
a
Present in great quantity
13.
a
c
u
r
c
The number of significant figures given in a number
14.
c
m
o
i
t
i
o
The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to
15.
c
o
n
r
l
A relation of constraint of one entity by another
16.
h
o
m
o
z
g
u
Having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
17.
i
n
e
t
i
The tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by
19.
m
i
x
t
u
A substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together
20.
p
n
o
t
y
p
What an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
21.
p
r
e
i
p
t
a
i
n
The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
22.
s
b
i
o
i
s
The relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
23.
t
e
p
r
t
u
r
How hot or cold something is