Grade 10 Vocabulary (2005)

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abiotic (nonliving)
absorption
acceleration
acquired characteristic
amplitude
asexual
atmospheric
atomic number
bacterium
biomass
biotic (living)
celestial
cell membrane
cell nucleus
cell wall
chlorophyll
circulatory system
concentration
constraint
contraction
controlled variable
criteria
diffusion
diversity
electrical charge
electrical force
electrical resistance
electron shell
endocrine system
energy chain
estuary
expansion
experiment
experimental control condition
family of elements
frictional force
fungus
galaxy
glucose
honesty
hormone
host
hydrosphere
impact
inconsistent
infer
inference
interference
investigative control
investigative plan
investigative question
Joules (J)
law
manipulated variable
meteorology
mutate
mutation
neurological system
nuclear energy
nuclear fission
nuclear force
nuclear fusion
offspring
ova
ozone
parasite
periodic table
phase change
phase of matter
photosynthesis
photosynthesize
pistil
principle
radioactivity
refract
refraction
relationship
reliability
reproduce
reproduction
reproductive system
research question
respiratory system
responding variable
salinity
scattering
seismic
sexual
skeletal system
skeptical
solubility
solute
solvent
sperm
spherical
spinal cord
spore
stamen
subduction of tectonic plates
succession
theory
thermal
thermal energy
topography
transformation
transmission
validate
validity
virus
wind current
wind direction
wind speed
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Vocabulary list found at OSPI's website, here: http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/science/pubdocs/ScienceEALR-GLE.doc