Nouns
This is a tiny protein made by your body’s immune system to fight off bad germs and keep you from getting sick.
What is an antibody?
The scientific study of the mind and behaviour.
What is psychology?
A unit used to measure distance. About 1,000 adult steps long.
What is a kilometre?
A lever you push with your foot to make something move, like on a bicycle or a piano.
What is a pedal?
A famous person's signature, written in their own handwriting.
What is an autograph?
Having a huge amount of energy, making it very hard to sit still, stay quiet, or focus.
What is hyperactivity?
A scientist who studies rocks, soil, and how the Earth was formed.
What is a geologist?
Only halfway awake or not fully aware of what is happening around you, like when you are just waking up from a deep sleep.
What is semiconscious?
A series of events that happen repeatedly in the same order, like the water cycle or the seasons.
What is a cycle?
Combining living things (like muscles and bones) with mechanical parts (like machines or robots).
What is biomechanical?
A single ruler of a country, like a king, queen, or emperor.
What is a monarch?
A large spear with three sharp prongs, often seen in stories being held by Poseidon, the king of the sea.
What is a trident?
An extreme love for collecting books, sometimes even buying more than you could ever read.
What is bibliomania?
Anything that is alive or was once alive in nature, like plants, animals, and bacteria.
What is biotic?
A tube-shaped tool with lenses inside that makes far-away objects, like stars and planets, look bigger and closer.
What is a telescope?
Having to do with a massive amount of heat and energy, usually used to describe the way the sun creates energy.
What is thermonuclear?
A large system of government or organization that uses a lot of strict rules and paperwork to get things done.
What is a bureaucracy?
Something that lasts for a very long time or keeps coming back over and over, like a chronic cough or illness.
What is chronic?
A mental condition where someone falsely believes they are way more powerful, important, or famous than everyone else.
What is megalomania?
The belief in, and worship of, multiple deities (gods).
What is polytheism?