Hi, I have been studying in Natural Sciences for 2 years now and I have decided to create a glossary to help new student in my program. Natural Sciences is a program where students learn biology, chemistry, and physical. The course focuses on theory and on laboratories so the students can develop practice skill. Graduated can applique at university in big programme like medicine and biotechnology. In too years of study, students learn many new words and sometimes it can be difficult to remember all of them. For this reason, I have decided to create this glossary. It contains 20 words with their definition, their pronunciation, their part of speech and a translation of the word in French all of the sources are also mentioned. Good reading, I hope it will help you!
amplitude
noun
The maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of equilibrium.
A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
The branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new substances.
The interval of time between successive occurrences of the same state in an oscillatory or cyclic phenomenon, such as a mechanical vibration, an alternating current, a variable star, or an electromagnetic wave.
A region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.