Chapter Vocabulary Terms

7th Grade

• Chapter 16 – Cardiovascular system, Artery, Capillary, Vein, Pulmonary circulation, Systemic circulation, Blood, Blood pressure, Respiration, Respiration system, Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, Bronchus, Alveolus
• Chapter 15 – Tissue, Organ, Skeletal system, Joint, Muscular system, Mechanical advantage
  
• Chapter 14 – Coelom, Consumer, Differentiation, Invertebrate, Exoskeleton, Vertebrate, Exoskeleton, Segment, Open circulatory system, Closed circulatory system, Metamorphosis, Cartilage, Small intestine, Large intestine
  
• Chapter 12 – Nonvascular plant, Vascular plant, Gymnosperm, Angiosperm, Rhyzoid, Rhizome, Pollen, Pollination, Xylem, Phloem, Sepal, Petal, Stamen, Pistil, Ovary, Ovule
• Chapter 11 – Classification, Taxonomy, Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
  
• Chapter 6 – Heredity, Dominant trait, Recessive trait, Gene, Allele, Phenotype, Genotype, Probability, Homologous chromosome, Diploid, Haploid, Meiosis
• Chapter 5 – Photosynthesis, Cellular respiration, Fermentation, Cell cycle, Chromosome, Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Cancer
  
• Chapter 4 – Cell, Cell membrane, Organelle, Nucleus, Prokaryote, Eukaryote, Cell wall, Cytoskeleton, Ribosome, Endoplasmic reticulum, Mitochondion, Chloroplast, Golgi complex, Vesicle, Lysosome, Organism, Function, Structure, Tissue, Organ, Organ system
• Chapter 2 – Cell, Homeostasis, Sexual reproduction, Asexual reproduction, Metabolism, Producer, Consumer, Decomposer, Protein, Carbohydrate, Lipid, Phospholipid, ATP, Nucleic acid
• Chapter 1 – Life science, Scientific method, Hypothesis, Controlled experiment, Variable, Mass, Weight, Technology, Area, Temperature, First aid, Theory, Law, Volume, Model, Scale, Compound light microscope, Electron microscope

8th Grade

• Chapter 16 – Nebula, Solar nebula, Astronomical unit, Terrestrial planet, Prograde rotation, Retrograde rotation, Gas giant, Satellite, Phase, Eclipse, Comet, Asteroid, Meteoroid, Meteor, Meteorite
• Chapter 14 – Fluid, Pressure, Pascal, Atmospheric pressure, Buoyant force, Archimedes’ principle
  
• Chapter 13 – Gravity, Weight, Mass, Terminal velocity, Free fall, Projectile motion, Inertia
  
• Chapter 12 – Motion, Average speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Newton, Net force, Friction
  
• Chapter 7 – Periodic, Period, Group, Periodic law, Alkali Metal, Alkaline-earth metal, Halogen, Noble gas
  
• Chapter 6 – Atom, Electron, Nucleus, Electron cloud, Proton, Atomic mass unit, Neutron, Atomic number, Isotope, Mass number, Atomic mass
  
• Chapter 5 – Element, Pure substance, Metal, Non-metal, Metalloid, Compound, Mixture, Mixture, Solution, Solute, Solvent, Concentration, Solubility
  
• Chapter 4 – States of matter, Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma, Change of state, Melting, Evaporation, Boiling, Condensation, Sublimation
  
• Chapter 3 – Matter, Meniscus, Weight, Physical property, Physical change, Chemical property, Chemical change
  
• Chapter 2 – Mass, Volume, Density, Temperature, Model, Theory, Law, Independent variable, Dependent variable, Axis, Mean, Median, Mode, Slope
  
• Chapter 1 – Science, Scientific method, Observations, Hypothesis, Data, First aid