Tier 1 Words
"I will ___ that from the shop tomorrow."
Get
Definition: Meets the needs. Is acceptable. Means OK.
Starts with S
"He didn't get a _________ answer."
Satisfactory
An instrument that is used to measure temperature in a laboratory.
Thermometer
When setting up the Bunsen Burner for use, it should always be placed on a ...
Heat proof mat
Separating by using heat to remove water from the mixture.
Evaporation
A liquid mixture where one minor component (solute) is evenly distributed within the major component (solvent)
Eg: A saline __________
Solution
This science teacher is from Brisbane originally and is now in their 5th year working at the OLSCC.
Mr Cullen
Definition: To perceive with the eyes, To watch
"In the distance she could ____ the blue ocean."
See
Definition: To get, acquire, or secure (something)
It begins with O
"Good insurance cover is difficult to _______."
Obtain
The process of turning from liquid into a gas
Evaporation
This part of the Bunsen Burner allows the user to control the air flow into the barrel.
Using a special device that holds back large solid items by allows smaller particles, like dust and fine dirt, to pass through. These are very common in houses but in homes they are used to keep insects out.
Sieving
A heterogenous mixture of a fluid that contains solid particles large enough that they would settle at the bottom given enough time.
Water from Myall Creek would be an example of this. The dirt/mud particles would settle to the bottom if left alone for long enough.
Suspension
This Science teacher makes a habit of playing a code of football during the winter months.
Mr Storey
When something was there and visible but after a while it cannot be seen again.
Disappears
Definition: Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity
It starts with A
"This office is ______ for our needs."
Adequate
A minute portion of matter. The smallest possible amount of something
Particle
When using the Bunsen Burner, this colour flame is very hot and has more complete combustion.
The blue flame.
Separating items with iron in them by using a force of attraction found in special devices/items.
Magnetic separation
When fine droplets of one liquid are mixed in with another liquid but they cannot dissolve to form a single solution. Oil mixed with vinegar would be an example of this mixture.
Emulsion
This science teacher shares a surname with a famous Australian cricketer
Miss Boon
An estimation or conclusion about something that has no evidence supporting it.
"She had a _______ about the answer."
Guess
Definition: The action or process of closely watching or monitoring something.
Starts with O
"She was brought into hospital for _________".
Observation
This substance is able to dissolve other substances
Solvent
In the correct order for lighting a Bunsen Burner, what happens immediately before you turn on the gas?
Light the match
Using a membrane that allows some items to pass through (usually not solids) to separate a liquid from small solids.
Filtering
A homogenous mixture consisting of large molecules and particles that are dispersed through a second substance. They include gels and emulsions.
The particles do not settle and cannot be separated by normal filtering.
Colloid
This teacher of Science used to work in a lab manufacturing prescription medication for Pharmacies.
Miss Crow
No longer needed or happening. It means to finish something.
"His hunting days were ______".
Done
Definition: A strong belief that something will happen or be the base. Similar to assumptions or beliefs of how you want things to happen.
Starts with E
"Reality had not lived up to his ___________."
Expectations
To become incorporated into a liquid solution. When this occurs, it can give the appearance of disappearing.
Dissolve
To get a safety flame, what must the user do?
Use the collar to close the air hole in the barrel
To separate two liquids that have different boiling points by evaporating one off to capture in another container while leaving the other behind in the original container.
Distillation
A type of mixture that has the same proportions of its components mixed evenly throughout its given volume.
It is uniform in composition.
Homogenous
This Science teacher competed interstate in his youth for athletics and then again as an adult, but this time with dogs working sheep.
Mr Coman