Vocabulary Lesson Road Less Travelled Patricia Ayala s1

Arleta High School Vocabulary Study Chart – Biology #12

Term Synonym/Explanation Example/Image/Showing Sentence Proportion (n) a part or share of a larger When doing labs sometimes you might be amount of something; the asked to find the proportion of relationship between the ______to ______. amounts, numbers or sizes of related things

Role (n) the position, job, or function The role of a science teacher during an someone or something has in a experiment is ______. particular situation or activity

Phenomenon (n) something that happens or When a scientist encounters a phenomenon, exists in society, science, or such as an unexpected earthquake, he/she Phenomenal nature that is unusual or might ______. (adj) difficult to understand

Survey (n) A set of questions that you ask a A scientist doing research on a cure for large number of people in order cancer might use a survey to find out to find out about their opinions ______. and behavior

Diverse (adj) very different from each other There are diverse populations of ______in California. Diversity (n)

Diversify (v)