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Embryo

6th - 12th
An animal foetus in the earliest stages of development - in humans, in the first eight weeks after fertilisation.
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Oscillate

6th - 12th
To vary from one extreme to another, generally with a regular interval.
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Seismic waves

6th - 12th
Sound-like waves that travel through the ground from an earthquake or other source of vibration.
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Absorption

6th - 12th
In digestion, absorption is the movement of nutrients and other food chemicals from the gut into the bloodstream, which takes place in the small intestine.
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Transform boundary

6th - 12th
Also called a conservative boundary, a region where two tectonic plates slide against each other.
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Epicentre

6th - 12th
The position on the Earth's surface directly above the point at which an earthquake originates.
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Seafloor spreading

6th - 12th
The spreading of the seafloor around mid-ocean ridges as new rock is formed in between two tectonic plates.
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Magnetic force

6th - 12th
A force acting between magnets or moving electric charges.
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Peristalsis

6th - 12th
Wave-like muscle contractions, such as those used to move food through the digestive system.
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Dark matter

6th - 12th
Believed to make up most of our Universe, we cannot see dark matter, and nobody knows what it is.
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Continental Drift

6th - 12th
The theory that the continents are not fixed in place but move around the planet.
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Antagonistic muscles

6th - 12th
Opposing pairs of muscles that move the same bone in opposite directions.
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Diffusion

6th - 12th
The spread of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
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Motion

6th - 12th
Or, movement. In physics, motion is a change in position in space, over time.
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Air resistance

6th - 12th
The frictional force exerted on a moving object by air.
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Antibiotic resistance

6th - 12th
The ability of bacteria to survive exposure to an antibiotic, often by producing a protein that disables or prevents transport of the antibiotic into the cell.
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Subduction

6th - 12th
The process that takes place when two tectonic plates collide together, and one is pushed under another.
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Brownian motion

6th - 12th
The random movement of small, visible particles suspended in a liquid or gas, when viewed under a microscope.
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Doppler Shift: Frequency and Motion

6th - 12th
A change in the observed frequency of a wave when it is emitted from a moving object and observed from a stationary point, or vice versa.
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Hot spot

6th - 12th
A fixed place within the mantle or oceanic lithosphere where rocks melt to generate magma.
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Plate boundary

6th - 12th
Boundaries where the Earth's tectonic plates meet, where crust can be made, destroyed, and deformed as adjacent plates move.
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Factpack: Redshift

6th - 12th
Discover how different wavelengths allow scientists to measure the distance to the stars.
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Refraction

6th - 12th
The change in direction of a wave caused by its change in velocity, as it moves from one medium into another.
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Motor effect

6th - 12th
The force experienced by a current-carrying wire when placed within a magnetic field.
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