Vocabulary

• under the microscope: Being examined very carefully or in great detail.
• differs from: To not be the same as something else
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• factor: Something that influences a result
• identical: The same in every way
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• leave: To go away from; depart
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• blurry: Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
• procedure: A medical operation
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• modify: To make minor change to something
• dilute: To make something weaker or less efficient
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• minimize: To make something seem small or less important
• dye: A liquid that colors hair, cloth etc.
• tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• artifact: Object made by humans, e.g. ancient tool
• clump: Mass or pile of something such as soil
• live: To be alive
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• suspension: Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• differ: To be different; to be not like others
• microscope: Scientific device making small things look bigger
• notation: Set of written signs are used in music or math
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• milliliter: Unit of liquid volume equal to 0.001 liter