URDANETA CITY COLLEGE of

UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION

Owned and operated by the City Government of Urdaneta

NAME: Andrea Luz A. Arzadon

YEAR LEVEL: 1st year

ACTIVITY 1
BUILDING A SCIENTIFIC VOCABULARY

DEVELOPING BIOLOGY GLOSSARY

TERM MEANING ROOTS ( MEANING)

1. Biology The study of Living
systems
2. Echinodermata The spines or bumps
covering the outer surface
of the bodies of many of
them
3. Autotrophic The producers in the food
chain
4. Ecosystem A geographic area where
plants, animals, and other
organisms
5. Herbivore An organism that feeds
mostly on plants
6. Hematology The study of blood and
blood disorders
7. Arboreal Relating to or resembling a
tree
8. Calorimeter Used to measure the
thermal changes of a body
9. Cephalopoda Any member of the
molluscan class
10. Phytoplankton Microscopic marine algae
Bio –life; ology-study of
something
Echino -spiny; derm-skin
Auto-self; troph-food
Oikos-home;systema-
system
Herba-grass; vorus- I eat
Haimo-blood; logia-the
study of
Arboreus-of a tree
Calor-heat; metron-
measure
Cephalo-head; pod-foot
Phyton-plant; planktos-
wandering or drifting

DEVELOPING CHEMISTRY GLOSSARY

TERM MEANING ROOTS ( MEANING)

1. Polysaccharide Major classes of Poly-many + saccharide
biomolecules
2. Antioxidants Molecules that fight free Anti- + oxidant
radicals in your body
3. Biochemistry Chemistry that deals with Bio-life; chemistry
the chemical compounds
and processes occurring in
organisms
4. Photochemical Resulting from the Photo- + chemical
chemical action of radiant
energy and especially light
5. Endothermic Characterized by or Endon-within; therme-heat
formed with absorption of
heat
6. Thermodynamics The study of the relations Therme-heat;
between heat, work, dynamis-"power" or
temperature, and energy "energy

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UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION
Owned and operated by the City Government of Urdaneta

7. Kilogram A unit of mass equal to Kilo-thousand; gram-small

1000 grams weight
8. Ferredoxin Iron–sulfur proteins that Iron + redox
mediate electron transfer
in a range of metabolic
reaction
9. Hydrophilic Of, relating to, or having a Hydros-water; philia-
strong affinity for water friendship
10. Equilibrium A state of rest or balance equal + lībra (“balance”).
due to the equal action of
opposing forces

DEVELOPING PHYSICS GLOSSARY

TERM MEANING ROOTS ( MEANING)

1. Astronomy The scientific study of the Astron-star; nomia- "law"
universe or "culture"
2. Fusion A union by or as if by Fus-pour
melting
3. Photoelectric Using any of various Photo- + electric
electrical effects due to
the action of radiation (as
light) on matter
4. Aerodynamics A branch of dynamics that aero-air; dynamics-
deals with the motion of powerful
air and other gaseous
fluids and with the forces
acting on bodies in motion
relative to such fluids
5. Photoluminescence Light emission from any Lumen-light; escentia- 'the
form of matter after the process of'
absorption of photons
6. Photoemission The release of electrons Photo- + emission
from a usually solid
material
7. Cosmology The scientific study of the Kosmos-means world or
large-scale properties of universe
the universe as a whole.
8. Centripetal Proceeding or acting in a Centri-"center" + petere
direction toward a center "to make for, go to, seek,
or axis strive after; pet- "to rush,
to fly"
9. Avionics Are the electronic systems Aviation + electronics
used on aircraft
10. Kinetic Relating to the motions of Kinesis- "motion"
material bodies and the
forces and energy
associated with them

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