Academic Vocabulary for Science
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Alteration: (noun) a change
Characteristic: (noun) a quality or trait
Concentration: (noun) the amount of substance in a certain area
Ethical: (adjective) relating to questions of right or wrong actions
Decay: (verb) to slowly break down
Depletion: (noun) the act of using most or all of something
Eliminate: (verb) to get rid of something
Expose: (verb) to subject to an action or influence
Favorable: (adjective) helpful
Fragment: (noun) a piece of something
Function: (noun) the job of something
Incorporate: (verb) to combine together into a whole
Inquiry: (noun) an effort to gather and examine information
Interact: (verb) to come together and have an effect on each other
Maintenance: (noun) keep in a steady condition
Mechanism: (noun) a system of parts that interact
Offspring: (noun) the child of an organism
Pathway: (noun) a sequence of reactions
Preserve: (verb) to keep unchanged
Regulate: (verb) to control
Sequence: (noun) an order
Spontaneous: (adjective) happening without a cause
Stability: (noun) the ability of being difficult to change
Structure: (noun) a part of an organism
Valid: (adjective) reasonablel and correct