DAILY SCIENCE :VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS Directions: Identify 6 key terms in the Daily Science article. Highlight, circle, or underline the terms in the article. Use a resource: dictionary, online dictionary, Internet search engine, science textbook, friend, etc… to find the definition of the term you identified. When terms have multiple definitions, choose the definition most closely connected to science. 1) Term = _____________________________________________ Science Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Term = _____________________________________________ Science Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Term = _____________________________________________ Science Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Term = _____________________________________________ Science Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Term = _____________________________________________ Science Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Term = _____________________________________________ Science Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ DAILY SCIENCE QUESTIONS – MYSTERY ELEMENT #1 1) Look over the article and identify twelve (12) science vocabulary words. Circle or highlight the word in the article and write the word below. 1 - ______________________________ 5 - ______________________________ 9 - ______________________________ 2 - ______________________________ 6 - ______________________________ 10 - ______________________________ 3 - ______________________________ 7 - ______________________________ 11 - ______________________________ 4 - ______________________________ 8 - ______________________________ 12 - ______________________________ 2) According to Clue #2, explain two details about where the mystery element is found. __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) According to Clue #3, what is nitinol and what is it used for? Why? ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Explain why this element is used with sports equipment? What sports use this element? ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) According to the clues, where are three places inside the human body where this mystery element is used for health reasons? 1 - ____________________________ 2 - ____________________________ 3 - _______________________________ 6) What are two reasons this element is used in bike frames? ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Several other elements were named in the article. Name four of them with their symbol? _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Based on all of the clues (use a Periodic Table if needed), what is the mystery element? ________________________________________