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- SCIENCE VOCABULARY INVENTORY
- One feature of the present decade is
- the popularization of science. Local
- newspapers feature scientific advan-
- ces researched half a world away
- and popular TV shows treat science
- as an entertaining topic. Understan-
- ding scientific jargon has become
- essential to our ability to read
- about and use the sciences that af-
- fect our lives. The author developed
- this test as part of comprehensive
- scientific vocabulary tests.
- (c) 1969 Paul Bethune, Supervisor,
- Science Ed. Broward Co. FL. Used by
- permission.
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- INSTRUCTIONS: This test contains six
- groups of scientific terms, with
- eight words and ten responses in
- each group. Descriptions of all
- eight words in a group are in that
- group's ten responses. Each term has
- one reasonable response. Choose the
- best response available. You can use
- the arrow keys to move back and
- forth and change answers within a
- group until you have pressed RETURN.
- You will not be allowed to go back
- after that. You have 4 minutes.
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