Natural Sciences Glossary
Natural Sciences Glossary
20 Natural Sciences terms
Hi, my name is Sara-Maud Lapierre, I go to " Lionel-Groulx" college in Ste-Therese. My field of study is Natural Sciences and it's a pre-university program, in which you learn biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and all the primary classes. It opens a lot of doors for your future. This glossary will help you find out more about this awesome program.
- biology
- noun
- A branch of science that deals with living organisms and their vital processes.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/science/biology
- en: biologie
- calculate
- Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.
- chemistry
- noun
- 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.
- en: chimie
- electricity
- A table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number, usually in rows, so that elements with similar atomic structure (and hence similar chemical properties) appear in vertical columns.
- equation
- A statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal (indicated by the sign =).
- essay
- A short piece of writing on a particular subject.
- formula
- A mathematical relationship or rule expressed in symbols.
- homework
- Schoolwork that a student is required to do at home.
- human body systems
- All the systems we can find in a human's body.
- lab report
- Describing and analyzing a laboratory experiment that explores a scientific concept.
- laboratory
- noun
- A room or building equipped for scientific experiments, research, or teaching, or for the manufacture of drugs or chemicals.
Source: https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=fr&text=laboratory&op=translate
- en: laboratoire
- laboratory equipment
- Various tools and equipment used by scientists working in a laboratory.
- lecture
- An educational talk to an audience, especially to students at a university or college.
- mass
- A coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.
- matter
- Physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
- periodic table
- A table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number, usually in rows, so that elements with similar atomic structure (and hence similar chemical properties) appear in vertical columns.
- physics
- The study of matter, motion, energy, and force.
- pre-university
- The pre-university programs are typically two years in duration, filling the gap between secondary school and undergraduate degrees, which are both one year shorter in Quebec relative to elsewhere in Canada. ... It also ensures that students have a proper academic preparation to succeed at university
- science
- The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
- solution
- A liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent).