Science
Atom
Basic unit of matter
Ratio
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2.
Democracy
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
Non Fiction
Writing about real people, places, events and social issues
Hyperbole (eng)
obvious and intentional exaggeration.
Carnivore
meat eater
Mean
average of a set of numbers
Labor Union
an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
Contrast
showing how two things are different from each other
Omnivore (SCI)
meat and plant eater
Heredity
the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring
slope
rise over run
Sovereignty
The ultimate, supreme power in a state
Simile
a direct comparison using the words "like" or "as" or "than"
Isolationism (SS)
The belief that a state should not be involved in world affairs and should avoid involvement in foreign wars
evaporation
the process by which water changes to gas
parallelogram
a quadrilateral having both pairs of opposite sides parallel to each other.
Tariff
a tax on imported goods
Theme
The underlying meaning of a story
Aquifer
underground deposits of water
Mutation
a change in DNA info that affects genetic information
proportions
comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
Suffrage
Opinion
A statement that cannot be proved, representation of an individual or group interpretation
Revolution
an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.