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历年ACT真题科学部分词汇整理2

2019年02月28日 10:26:04来源:ACT考试网
导读:初次接触ACT考试的考生对于科学推理部分的具体内容和特点不是很了解,不知道这个科目具体是考什么的。但是科学部分一个基础的词汇还是需要大家了解的,赶紧来看吧!

>>ACT考试词汇历年ACT真题科学部分词汇整理2

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base— A substance that is a proton acceptor. The pH of a base is greater than 7.

bacteria— one-celled organisms that are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, and infectious diseases

calibration—The examination of the performance of an instrument in an experiment whose outcomes are known, for the purpose of accounting for the inaccuracies inherent in the instrument in future experiments whose outcomes are not known.

capillaries— Vascular tissue that receives blood from the arterioles and releases the blood to the venules.

catalyst— An agent that changes the rate of a reaction, without itself being altered by the reaction.

celestial equator— The extension of the Earth's equator out onto the celestial sphere.

celestial poles— Tire extension of the Earth's north and south pole onto the celestial sphere.

celestial sphere— The imaginary sphere onto which all the stars are viewed as being on for the purposes of locating them.

cell membrane— An organelle found in all cells that acts as the passageway through which materials can pass in and out. This organelle is highly selectively permeable, only allowing materials to pass through that it "chooses" chemically.

cell wall— An organelle found primarily in plant cells and fungi cells, and also some bacteria. The cell wall is a strong structure that provides protection, support, and allows materials to pass in and out without being selectively permeable.

centripetalforce— The net force that acts to result in the centripetal acceleration. It is not an individual force, but the sum of the forces in the radial direction. It is directed toward the center of the circular motion.

chemical change—A process that Involves the formation or breaking of chemical bonds.

chromosome— An organelle that contains the entire DNA of the organism.

component— The part of a vector that lies in the horizontal or vertical direction.

compound— A substance composed of more than one element that has a definite composition and distinct physical and chemical properties.

concentration— A measure of the amount of solute that is present in a solution. A solution that contains very little solute is called dilute. A solution that contains a relatively large amount of solute is said to be concentrated.

conclusion— The last stage of the scientific method where explanations are made about why the patterns identified in the analysis section occurred.

concentric model—Tire model of the solar system that places the Earth at the center with the planets and the Sun orbiting around it.

constellation— An apparent grouping of stars in the sky that is used for identification purposes. These stars are not necessarily near each other in space since they are not necessarily the same distance from the Earth.

continental rift— The region on a continent where new crust is being created, and the plates on either side of the rift are moving apart.

convergent boundary— A boundary between two of the Earth's plates that are moving toward each other.

cosmology— The study of the formation of the universe.

crystal— A solid in which atoms or molecules have a regular repeated arrangement.

current— The flow of charge past a point per unit time; it is measured in Amperes(A).

cuticle— The top layer on a leaf. It Is a non-living layer consisting primarily of wax that is produced by the epithelium, a cell layer directly underneath.

cytoplasm— A jelly-like substance located in the cell where all of the internal organelles can be found. The cytoplasm consists primarily of water and supports the cell and its organelles.

cytoskeleton— Organelles that are the internal "bones" of the cell. They exist in thick and thin tubules.

以上就是小编介绍的一些科学推理部分的常见词汇,希望你们能够记录在自己的笔记本上,在平时空闲时间多拿出来看看,扩展自己的一个词汇量,会对你们的考试成绩有很大帮助。如果你们需要更多的ACT考试技巧,那就来坦途网ACT考试频道自取吧!

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