Vocabulary Practice

This is the place to look for vocabulary practice tools like HOT Words and flash cards.

  • HOT Words include definitions and are convenient for practicing vocabulary with another person.
  • Flash cards also include definitions.  You can add your own sketches or reminding words.

Vocabulary Tools

Unit 6 Meiosis and Inheritance

6-1 Meiosis and fertilization DEFINITIONS - gametes, fertilization, zygote, chromosomes, gene, haploid, diploid; 6-2 Inheritance DEFINIITIONS - gene, allele, genotypes, phenotype, heterozygous, homozygous, dominant, recessive;

Unit 8 Evolution

FLASHCARDS - evolution, fossil, variation, adaptation, mimicry, vestigial structures, analogous structures, common ancestor, Darwin, Lamark, natural selection, fitness, camouflage, embryo, mutation

Unit 1 Vocabulary - Ecology

HOT Words The Basics - community, population, ecosystem, energy flow, trophic level, food web, terrestrial, aquatic, succession, symbiosis; FLASHCARDS The Basics; HOT Words Energy - carnivore, omnivore, scavenger, herbivore, decomposer, heteroptroph, producer, consumer, autotroph; ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary - Chemistry of Life

FLASHCARDS Properties of water - inorganic, organic, cohesion, adhesion, solvent, pH, density, polar, capillary action, surface tension; FLASHCARDS Macromolecules - hydrogen bonds, monosaccharides, fatty acids, amino acids, nucleotides, nutrients, dietary fiber, enzymes, hormones, cell...

Unit 4 Vocabulary - Energy in Cells

Unit 3 Vocabulary - Cells

3-1 Cell parts FLASHCARDS - cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, organelle, nucleus, ribosome, centriole,  vesicle, chloroplasts, mitochondrion, prokaryotic cell, Golgi appartatus, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), animal cell, plant cell, cilia, flagella, pseudopodia; 3-1 PRACTICE...

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Nucleic Acids & Protein Synthesis