Academic Vocabulary

a synthetic material made from two or more substances.

An author's opinion on an issue or topic

a deep ditch cut in the earth by running water

to buy things for your own use or ownership

Something you own

The tip of the pistil that is often sticky and receives the pollen grain.

referring to a solution, the amount of solute dissolved in a given volume of solvent

The government cannot force people to keep troops in their private homes

Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure

A large farm or estate on which crops are raised

Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail/and cruel unusual punishment

a smaller stream or river that empties into a larger stream or river.

The right to a trial by Jury in civil cases over $20.00

A small telescope

Decision reached by a group as a whole or by majority will. General agreement or accord.

The early developmental stage of a plant or animal.

Give a reason for an observation or an occurance

An individual living thing, such as a plant, animal, fungus, bacterium, or protist

any item that is sold

The part of the stamen (at the tip) where pollen is produced.

The area required to cover a three-dimensional shape.

Protect Freedom of Religion, Speech, Petition, Press, and Assembly,

a circular window on a boat or ship

break up into sharp, thin pieces

strength and courage someone has

a fertilized egg cell

to state exactly or in detail what you want or need.

A cube whose edges are 1 unit long. It is the basic unit of measurement for volume

A graph of data where the entire circle represents the whole or 100%

consumers buy more of a good when its price decreases and less when its price increases

form an incorrect opinion about something

Any of the sciences that study the nervous system

Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants

The wealthy or noble class has all the power and makes the laws.

thoughtful and longing for something

the substance from which an object is made

A natural hot spring that shoots hot water and steam into the air.

One or more lines repeated in each stanza of a poem.

distance above sea level

A state of suspended biological activity.

referring to water, safe for humans to drink.

 it is difficult to understand

reproduction of a cell

someone who accepts challenges and takes initiative.

not enough or sufficient to fulfill a need or meet a requirement.

A cilliated protist that lives in fresh water and eats other tiny organisms for food

Disrespect or disdain

Indifference or the lack of interest or concern.

angles have the same relative position in similar figures.

a graph that uses horizontal or vertical bars to display data

an allele that is only expressed in the homozygous state.

An official examination or review

factors that cause change in an experiment

a structure in the nucleus of cells which contains the genes in the form of DNA.

a description of the variation within a system

Special- One of a kind

Cells that contain a nucleus and organelles. All cells, except bacteria, are this

A statement about some occurrence perceived by the senses

Consumer willingness and ability to buy products.

The lens of a microscope which the viewer looks through to see the specimen

Use something selfishly

when a person hums or sings softly

in spite of; even though

basic requirements for survival

When things do this, they decay and break down into their basic parts

any physical characteristic

observable physical and human features of a place

A cell in the nervous system that carries messages between the brain and other body parts

a mistake

A way that seeds can be transported away from the parent plant, such as wind or animals.

the quality of being subject to variation

A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned.

The fluid portion of a cell's interior. The organelles are suspended in the cytoplasm.

Being surprised or astonished

alternate form of a gene which may result in a predictable phenotype.

A form of communication that may use false or misleading information

a process by which a gas becomes a liquid or solid.

The probability of getting one of two outcomes (like heads or tails)

Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.

referring to rivers and streams

the process of creating goods and services

The believability or trustworthiness of a source and the information it provides.

The amount of goods available

Having good jjudgement

a chemical found in the nucleus which contains the cell's genes.

women's right to vote

When there is no government at all

Ask about something

A semi-rigid structure that surrounds cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria.

a description of the alleles in an individual that affect expression of a gene or genes.

an indivisibly small unit of matter

Something that is hard to describe because it cannot be perceived by the senses

To briefly retell the main ideas of a piece of writing in one's own words.

Covered with water

not allowing something based on religion

The basic unit of life.

to show difference between two or more things that are being compared.

being required

A semipermeable "skin" surrounding the cell and separating it from its environment

the amount of space between particles in a partition or medium.

The driving force or motivation behind an action

Dividing area between opposing lanes of traffic on a highway or road

When demand is more than supply

small or deficient in quantitity

Worn out and exhausted

a way of describing an individual object

to mix two or more substances together and create a solution.

Rights not included in Constitution go to the people.

passed from parent to child through genes

the ability of particles or objects to do work or exhibit motion.

advances little by little

the governing body of a municipality or county

A place where many trees are grown for educational or viewing purposes.

a material that may be used by living things to satisfy basic needs.

to be active and involved in something or share in something

Light and airy

Boring

The platform on a ship or boat where people stand.

a geographic term referring to the physical and human characteristics at a specific location

A Single-Celled Fungus

A member of a nation entitled to rights and privileges that have duties and responsibilities.

an organized presentation or show

of or relating to culture or cultivation

a process by which a liquid becomes a gas

the difference in elevation (measured in feet) between two adjacent contour lines.

Is a short account of an event that is usually intended to entertain or make a point

a solid solution consisting of two metals or a metal and a nonmetal.

Hold something back

The restating of information in one's own words

is a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect

a process used to separate different solutes from a solution by passing them through a medium.

relating to the nervous system

a literary work that is regarded as an object of critical analysis

The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process

A public notice of a death

A large mass of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks falling quickly down the side of a mountain.

A statement which summarizes a procedure and possibly gives an introduction to a later one

A long unbroken wave

a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

Number that can be expressed as a quotient of two integers where the divisor is not zero

being naughty

Amount of goods and services per person in a ccountry

the food need for life

The flat part of the microscope on which a slide is placed for viewing

the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.

part of a mixture

A system for producing and distributing goods, and services to fulfill people's wants

limiting in some way

easy to catch fire and burn

two or more things dependent on each other

A green pigment in chloroplasts that captures light energy, which is used to make food.

to examine something carefully to judge its value or worth.

A manner of writing. It involves how something is said rather than what is said.

The cell organelle regulates the production of proteins and contains genetic material

Safety, environmental, health or other technical requirements set by a government

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.

A person appointed by a government to interact with other governments.

the text of a play, film, or broadcast is called this

The conforming to or living up to one's own sense of what is rightt

a resource that cannot be replaced

Structure inside eukaryotic cells that perform specialized functions

Information obtained during a scientific investigation

explains how to do something - usually an activity, a sport, or a household project

the entire geographic area directly affected by a body of water.

to have an influence on or effect a change in something.

someone who accepts challenges and takes initiative.

Rule by a higher power or god. Uses religious law to settle disputes.

The study of how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants by making choices

a prominent or distinctive part, quality, or characteristic

Relates to a city or town

occurring by chance, without being predetermined.

you have the right to own guns

limiting the amount of an item is imported

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

Tax on imports

An explanation or theory for something that can be tested for validity

describes how a quantity is changing over time

can be carried or moved easily

fast growth of something

A chart used to illustrate the incidence of a genetic trait in members of a family.

A person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale

a habit one is dependent on

For a gene, possessing one dominant allele and one recessive allele

the application of science and engineering as part of a commercial or industrial undertaking

A three dimensional shape with six identical square faces

A person who has negative opinions about other people and what they do.

to abandon or leave someone in a place that is hard to get away from

move with short sliding steps

Tendency of suppliers to offer more of a good at a higher price

a person who supervised or manages something

convincing or having a sound reason for something.

to depend on something or someone for support, help, or supply.

Powers not given to federal government go to people and States

The number line that is horizontal on a coordinate grid.

A document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewher

to buy

not typical, usual, or regular; not normal

Mean, median, and mode

to gradually get thinner

Any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it.

A prism with a top and bottom(base) that are congruent rectangles

soil or other material deposited by running water, wind, or other moving matter.

An amount of something that has been hidden away.

a physical description of a type of matter

An injury or weakness

An uneasy worried feeling

Rules that are created and enforced by governments.

Goods and services made here and shipped to a buyer in another country

A medical instrument used to inject fluids into the body

the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning, such as buzz, whispers gargle, and murmur.

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

Shows the range of data, where the data are concentrated, and outliers

Goods and services produced in a country outside one's home country

Give a simularity  and a difference between (among) two or more things

a map of a region which indicates differences in elevation.

trading without anyone forcing you to do so

One person has all the power to make decisions

The main idea or theme of a particular work.

A narrow hallway or passageway

a homogeneous mixture in which the smallest particles of the substances are mixed.

remain in existance

sides that have the same relative position in similar shapes

The using up of a resource

a magazine or another type of publication that is issued on a regular basis

Storage of extra material in a cell

Goods and Services produced in one's home country

to give a huge amount of something

a desire of a consumer, but not a need

Exchanging goods, services and resources for other goods, services and resources for money

a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles

an overabundance or excess

The whole numbers and their opposites. 0 is this  But is neither positive nor negative.

list observable features

A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded

Goods and services made in another country and shipped to buyers here

prevent the passage of heat through it

to put emphasis on something

unfair treatment or use of something or someone for selfish reasons

the things used to produce a good or service

The number line that is vertical on a coordinate grid.

A whip like structure that propels protist through water

Very heavy

people who provide labor, knowledge, and skills

For a gene, possessing two dominant alleles or two recessive alleles.

If someone behaves or speaks with this, she uses persuasive, powerful expression

A word's dictionary defintion

to make sure of or certain

kept within a certain limit

abundant

The science of classifying organisms based on similarities

the object toward which your work and planning is directed; a purpose.

Water that exists on the Earth's surface, e.g. oceans, rivers, lakes.

a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

A pattern of organization that shows the order of steps or stages in a process.

a way of thinking or feeling about something or someone

Express disaproval

The act of watching something

to a mixture, having a variable composition throughout.

Dangerous and unstable

Relating to the deformation of Earth's rocky crust

A metric unit used to measure mass. Approximately the mass of one kidney bean.

this is exploratory data analysis and modeling software designed for use by students

Doing something quickly and nervously

distance above sea level

consisting of many interwoven parts that make something difficult to understand

Increase in size of an organism. This is a characteristic of life

Main information of a cell

the process of forming a mental picture based on written or spoken information.

All citizens vote on everything and can create public policy.

The solid rock that lies under sand, soil, clay and gravel.

catch it quickly and unexpectedly

Restricting all import and exports from a country

Anything in the universe that has mass and takes up space.

very steep, like a cliff

water that is located below the Earth's surface in the soil.

A type of lyric poem that deals with serious themes, such as justices truth, or beauty.

an allele that is expressed in the homozygous or heterozygous state.

A measure of how hot an object or substance is.

An equation stating that two ratios are equal. Ie 2/7=10/35

Slightly burn it 

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

the process in which particles adhere to a surface.

to become aware of something directly through any of the senses

All citizens vote to elect representatives to make the laws for them

to direct toward a specific point or purpose

An instrument used to determine location by measuring the position of the stars and sun.

A two-dimensional pattern that can be folded into a three- dimensional figure

all the process that allow for growth and life

living or occurring in water

A short summary of a story, a speech, or an essay.

capable of doing or being something having possibility

the act of guiding along something along a planned course

An organelle containing chlorophyll found in plant cells and some protists

The start of growth and development of a seed.

The potential seeds found within the ovaries of a plant

the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded

a part or aspect of something

A few people have the power to make all the decisions.

the task performed by someone or something

the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it

Short hairlike structures that propel protists through their fluid environment

a process by which a liquid becomes a solid

you make it into law

a unit of inherited information in a cell's DNA.

something that can be used for support or help.

A three dimensional shape with a circular base and a vertex opposite the base

a benefit that is given up when a decision is made.

manufactured.

Triangles that share a common angle are called this

to act upon each other

The capacity to do work.

A person who studies the brain and nervous system

A painted backdrop or other structures used to create the setting for a play.

to dominate over something else

A grant to an industry to help lower the cost and increase production

an action taken to avoid possible danger

live organisms that result from reproduction of other organisms.

Rule by Kings or Queens who usually inherit their power.

differentiate between two things

The condition of being uneducated or uniformed. 

A way of describing a type of matter that does not depend on its amount

When a country produced a narrower range of goods than they consume

A glass plate which is used to hold a specimen for viewing with a microscope

Make someone angry

a series of events leading to a final outcome

The face of a three-dimensional shape chosen to be the "bottom" face

A logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience.

Observations that may support a possition

characteristic or feature of something

The combination of genes from an egg and a sperm to create a zygote.

A play written for film

an assignment or work done as part of one's duties

The amount of space occupied by a sample of matter.

any information that helps to prove a claim

a lesson that a story teaches. equally stated at the end of a fable

A cell or organism that has identical genes to another cell or organism.

make an urgent appeal to others

The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, representation by an attorney for an accused person

transports items around a cell

A person who purchases goods and services for personal use

Data consisting of numbers, not categories, such as the heights of students

The ripened ovary of a plant containing the seeds.

an argument in which the logical relationship between the support and claim is sound

Unusually high or low data values in a distribution