Science Topics
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| Acoustics For writing about acoustics: decibel scale, inversely, antinode, oscillate, travelling wave, angle of reflection … created: 9 November 2010 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Adaptation of Species For writing about how living organisms adapt and change over time: selection, trait, colour, compete, survive … created: 8 February 2010 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Albert Einstein For writing about the scientist Albert Einstein: theory, relativity, energy, physics, light, speed … created: 31 August 2005 author: Don Johnston Incorporated words: 700 use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Alexander Graham Bell For writing about Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone: idea, teacher, experiment, Volta Prize, patent, sound, curious, patient, sceptical … created: 12 February 2006 words: 903 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Animal Classification For writing about the scientific classification of animals: kingdom, species, phylum, colour, mammal … created: 14 January 2010 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Antarctica Scientific terms and geographic names for writing about Antarctica: glacier, ice shelf, penguin, South Pole, centre, ecosystem, Weddell Sea … Created: 6 May 2009 words: 1100 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Aquarium Visit For writing about a visit to an aquarium: coral reef, clownfish, shark, ecosystem, sea otter, kelp forest … created: 23 September 2004 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Arctic Regions Scientific terms and geographic names for writing about the Arctic: Inuit, tundra, Nunavut, North Pole, permafrost, polar bear, narwhal, kilometre … created: 6 October 2009 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Astronomy 1 Basic words in astronomy: names of planets, stars, constellations, parts of the night sky … cloud, comet, kilometre, dwarf planet … revised: 28 August 2006 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Astronomy 2 Advanced AND basic words for ancient and modern astronomy: cloud, comet … formation, inertia, nanometre, Messier catalogue … revised: 28 August 2006 words: 1500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Cell Biology For writing about cell biology: ribosome, mitochondria, genetic code, behaviour, chloroplast, mitosis, meiosis, Golgi apparatus, bacteria … created: 6 February 2009 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Charles Darwin For writing about Charles Darwin, the British naturalist and his theories on the Origin of the Species: evolution, Galapagos, science, adapt … revised: 30 December 2005 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Dinosaurs 1 basic Basic words for writing about dinosaurs: fossils, bones, reptile, plant-eater, T rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, armour, claw, lizard. revised: 7 October 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Dinosaurs 2 advanced Basic AND advanced words, including over 200 dinosaur names, from Alamosaurus to Microceratops to Zephyrosaurus. revised: 7 October 2005 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Earthquakes Words for writing about the causes and effects of earthquakes: epicentre, plate tectonics, destruction, rescue, Ring of Fire … created: 12 March 2002 words: 1000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Electricity 1 Basic words about electricity and magnetism: circuit, battery, bulb, wire, series, charge, power … created: 11 December 2005 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Electricity 2 Basic AND advanced words about electricity and magnetism: circuit, resistance, attraction, electromagnet, charge, Thomas Edison … created: 11 December 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Energy For writing about physics: kinetic energy, potential energy, Newtonian mechanics, entropy, conservation, behaviour… created: 6 October 2009 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Environmental Issues For writing about environmental issues affecting our planet today: pollution, global warming, acid rain, endangered species … revised: 3 January 2008 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Evolution and Heredity For writing about evolution and heredity: chromosome, mutation, DNA, behaviour, heritability, selection, extinction … created: 1 April 2011 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Forces and Motion For writing about forces and motion: inertia, Isaac Newton, vector, kilometre, gravitation, Einstein, relativity… created: 6 October 2009 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Galileo For writing about the scientist Galileo: astronomer, solar system, physics, telescope, centre, orbit, de Medici, heretic … created: 28 May 2007 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Global Warming For writing about the causes and effects of global warming: ozone layer, sulphur, CFCs, climate change, conservation, recycling … revised: 3 January 2008 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Gorillas For writing about gorillas: jungle, primate, silverback, endangered species, habitat, observation, the Virunga Mountains … created: 20 July 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Gravity For writing about gravity: attraction, speed, acceleration, weight, kilometre, orbit, solar system, Newton, Einstein, space-time, distortion, relativity … created: 9 March 2010 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Green Plants Words and phrases for writing about green plants: light, energy, leaf, stem, root, photosynthesis, chlorophyll, biomass, respiration … created: 17 July 2003 words: 300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Gulf Oil Spill For writing about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: drilling rig, blowout, the Deepwater Horizon, disaster, ecosystem, toxicity, vapour, oil plume, estuary … created: 2 July 2010 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Heat For writing about heat: combustion, fuel, atom, collide, behaviour, motion, Celsius, degree … For advanced words about the science of heat, see Thermodynamics. created: 7 February 2011 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Horses For writing about horses and ponies, their care and treatment. revised: 29 December 2005 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Human Body For writing about the human body and how it works: stomach, organ system, muscle fibre, metabolism, spinal cord … created: 3 January 2008 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Hurricane Katrina For writing about Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath: evacuation, levee, Superdome, state of emergency, natural disaster, Category 4, rescue worker … created: 30 September 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Hurricane Names Use with the ‘Hurricane Words’ dictionary if you want Co:Writer to guess NAMES of hurricanes or Atlantic storms. Updated Feb 2011. revised: 7 February 2011 words: 200 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Hurricane Words For writing about the causes, effects, and locations of hurricanes: cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon, atmospheric pressure, rescue, evacuate, Atlantic, Caribbean … created: 20 September 2002 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Jane Goodall For writing about Jane Goodall: Gombe, chimpanzee, research centre, Africa, Louis Leakey, conservation, tool-making, observation, activist … created: 6 February 2009 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Light 1 Basic words for writing about light, its sources and properties: shadow, beam, angle, mirror, lens, reflect, refract, wavelength, filter, infrared … created: 26 May 2003 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Light 2 All the words in "Light 1" plus words for advanced properties of light: amplitude, crest, trough, particle, photon, interference, electromagnetic … created: 26 May 2003 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Marie Curie For writing about Marie Curie, her husband Pierre, and their discovery of radioactivity: Nobel Prize, radium, Periodic Table, X-ray … created: 19 January 2006 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Mathematics For writing mathematical assignments: integer, symmetrical, graph, congruence, probability, centre point … created: 2 May 2006 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Matter For writing about matter: molecule, atom, element, sulphur, periodic table, Einstein, particle, quark, dark matter, antimatter … created: 9 March 2009 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Minibeasts Words and phrases for writing about minibeasts: invertebrate, worm, beetle, millipede, centipede, spider, insect, thorax, habitat … created: 21 December 2002 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Motor Mechanics For writing about the maintenance and repair of cars: tyre, differential, warranty, accelerator, adjustment … Use with the 12K Main Dictionary or higher. created: 10 January 2011 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
My Cat Words for writing about your pet cat: kitten, cat … meow, purr … mice, milk … Angora, Siamese … cat flap, cat food, catnap. created: 28 October 2000 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| My Dog Words for writing about your pet dog: Afghan to wolfhound … brave, loyal, smart, strong … dogfood, dog biscuit, dog passport … Frisbee, ball, stick. revised: 5 March 2001 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Nutrition and Diet For writing about nutrition and diet: food group, vitamin, protein, guideline, fibre, calorie, obesity, eating disorder … created: 3 January 2008 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Oceanography 1 Basic words for writing about the ocean: marine life, plankton, food chain, ocean current, trench, upwelling, continental slope, harbour, low tide … created: 5 May 2010 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Oceanography 2 Advanced AND basic words for writing about the ocean: bathyal zone, metre, ecosystem dynamics, pH level … created: 5 May 2010 words: 1,000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Sound For writing about sound: air, sound wave, echo, conduct, speed, behaviour, bend, cone, compress … For advanced words, see Acoustics. created: 9 November 2010 words: 300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Space Science Planets, stars, spacecraft, & scientific terms relating to astronomy and space exploration. Recommended for use with 12K or 40K Main Dictionaries. revised: 25 October 2001 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| States of Matter For writing about states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, plasmas, boiling point, vapour pressure, mixture, phase, solution, ion, gas molecule … created: 4 December 2009 words: 300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Swine Flu Pandemic For writing about the H1N1 flu: virus, symptom, spread, influenza A, vaccine, susceptible, flu shot, worldwide, UN, epidemiologist … created: 4 November 2009 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Thermodynamics For writing about thermodynamics: heat flow, absolute zero, equilibrium, James P Joule, temperature gradient … created: 7 February 2011 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Thomas Edison For writing about Thomas Edison: light bulb, carbon filament, inventor, research laboratory, rivalry, patent, honour … created: 4 April 2008 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Tsunamis & Tidal Waves For writing about tsunamis: wave crest, epicentre, tectonic plate, harbour, Japan, Tohoku tsunami, rupture, Indonesia, Banda Aceh … Updated April 2011. updated: 1 April 2011 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Volcanoes Places, names, words and phrases for writing about volcanoes: lava, ash, dust; erupt, explode, predict, Mount Etna, Pompeii, Vesuvius, plate tectonics, etc. created: 13 December 2001 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Water Cycle For writing about the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, water vapour, transpiration, surface runoff, ocean, glacier, river, lake … created: 4 September 2010 words: 300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Weather 1 Basic words for writing about the weather: cold front, weather report, atmosphere, water vapour, humidity, thunderstorm … created: 1 August 2007 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Weather 2 Advanced AND basic words about the weather: Doppler radar, tropopause, water vapour, lapse rate, altocumulus … created: 1 August 2007 words: 1,000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Whales and Dolphins For writing about whales, dolphins, and porpoises: grey whale, orca, mammal, baleen, endangered species, factory boat, International Whaling Commission … revised: 14 February 2006 words: 893 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Zoo Visit For writing about a visit to the zoo: tiger, elephant, monkey, conservation, enclosure, zookeeper, diet, behaviour, carnivore … created: 8 June 2009 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |