Sample Science Literacy Vocabulary
- Knowledgeable
- Reflective
- Curious
- Open-minded
- Skeptical
- Sensitive
- Tentative
- Objective
- Cooperative
- Persistent
- Acceptant
- Enjoyment
- Flexibility
- Respect for evidence or Insistence on
- Evidence
- Creative
- Science self-efficacy
- Values communication
- Disposed to apply science knowledge
- Caring for others, the natural world, and human-made objects
- Stability and change
- Classify
- Question
- Define problems
- Communication
- Compare
- Constancy and change
- Control variables
- Define operationally
- Equilibrium
- Explanation
- Investigate
- Argue from evidence
- Experiment
- Evidence
- Patterns
- Cause and effect
- Communicate information
- Information technologies
- Evolution
- Form and structure
- Function
- Hypothesize
- Infer
- Inquiry
- Analyze and interpret data
- Relative position and motion
- Knowledge
- Measure and measurement
- Analogy and metaphor
- Model
- Motion
- Nature of science
- Object
- Observe
- Order and organization
- Predict
- Property
- Process Skills
- Scientific Literacy
- Shapes
- Spatial relationships
- Scale and proportion
- System and subsystems
- Technology
- Theory
- Variables
- Physical science
- Energy and matter - interactions, transfer, flow, cycle, conservation
- Force, motion, and stability
- Chemical, physical, and nuclear change
- Electromagnetic radiation/ energy Heat
- Light
- Sound
- Magnetism
- Electricity
- Waves
- Earth Science
- History of the Earth
- Earth materials and systems - natural resources, hazards, human impact
- Weather - atmosphere, climate, global climate change
- Role of water in Earth's processes
- Biogeology
- Solar system
- Astronomy - universe and the Earth
- Life Science
- Plants
- Animals
- Growth and development
- Cells
- Reproduction
- Human anatomy
- Living organisms
- Ecosystems - interactions, relationships, cycles of matter and energy
- Social interactions and group behavior
- Heredity - inheritance and variation
- Biological evolution - common ancestry, diversity, natural selection, adaptation, origin of life
- Engineering, technology, and the applications of science and society
- Egineering design - problem, solution, optimum design
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