Science Vocabulary
This term describes what happens when a race car speeds up across a finish line. What is an antonym for this word?
What is accelerate?
This is how fans cheer when their favorite sports team wins a big game.
What is enthusiastically?
A proper Claim must always be a direct, clear statement that you can prove, written in exactly this length.
What is one sentence?
This type of clause stands all by itself, makes complete sense, and is nicknamed the "Boss" clause.
What is an Independent Clause?
This error is created when you try to use a weak comma all by itself to join two complete sentences together without a connecting word.
What is a Comma Splice?
This physical force occurs between bicycle tires and the pavement, slowing the bike down when you use the brakes.
What is friction?
Going on a thrilling roller coaster is exciting, but this word is an antonym for thrilling.
What is boring (or dull/unexciting)?
According to the rules of CER, a Claim is NOT allowed to be a question, just numbers, an explanation, or this type of subjective statement.
What is an opinion?
This type of clause is nicknamed the "Baby" clause because it cannot stand alone and falls over without support.
What is a Dependent Clause?
In the FANBOYS acronym, the letters N, O, and Y stand for these three connecting words.
What are Nor, Or, and Yet?
This natural force helps pull baking batter down into a baking pan.
What is gravity?
Marika did this to her suitcase as soon as her flight landed at the airport.
What is claimed?
This structural element acts as the "bridge" that connects your clues directly to your main answer.
What is Reasoning?
The letters U and S in the AAAWWUBBIS mnemonic stand for these two subordinating conjunctions.
What are Until and Since?
According to the "Back Door Rule," you do NOT need a comma if an AAAWWUBBIS word is located in this part of the sentence.
What is the middle?
This noun refers to the strength and creativity of a potter, or the physical traits an athlete needs to compete.
What is capabilities?
This is what Sam had when he was finally able to think of an amazing project idea after trying for a long time.
What is a breakthrough?
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This component of CER consists of exact clues, facts, numbers, and observations you can measure or see with your own eyes.
What is Evidence?
The first three letters of the AAAWWUBBIS mnemonic stand for these three specific words.
What are After, Although, and As?
The letters F and S in FANBOYS stand for two words that mean "Because" and "Result." Name both words.
What are For and So?
Inventors who secure these legal documents for their new creations can protect their ideas and make money from them.
What are patents?
This verb describes what Sara did as she stared at the map and pictured herself traveling all over the world.
What is envisioned?
When writing your Reasoning section, it is a mistake to talk about something totally different or to simply do this to your claim or clues.
What is repeating them?
This is what an AAAWWUBBIS word physically does to a "Boss" clause when it attaches to it.
What is steals its independence (and turns it into a baby clause)?
According to the "Front Door Rule," you must put a comma in the middle of a sentence if an AAAWWUBBIS word does this.
What is starts the sentence?