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Completed the vocabulary lesson? Now select the correct missing words:

1. The student needed to record each __________ accurately to make sure her research was successful.
   • theory
   • measurement
   • magnet
   measurement - the size, length or amount of something.
   
2. Sir Isaac Newton is famous for coming up with the Law of __________.
   • Astronomy
   • Evolution
   • Gravity
   gravity - the force with which physical bodies attract each other.
   
3. Next week I hope to buy myself a powerful telescope because I am very interested in __________.
   • laboratory
   • ecosystem
   • astronomy
   astronomy - the scientific study of outer space, including stars, planets and galaxies.
   
4. The Big Bang is a __________ that explains the early development of the universe.
   • theory
   • experiment
   • astronomy
   theory - a system of ideas that attempt to explain something.
   
5. In science class today we did an __________ to find out if vinegar is acid or alkali.
   • experiment
   • evolution
   • organism
   experiment - a test or procedure that is carried out in order to discover something.
   
6. A bar __________ has two ends: the north pole and the south pole.
   
   • gravity
   • ecosystem
   • magnet
   magnet - an object that attracts certain objects (iron or steel) because it has a magnetic field.
   
7. Listeria monocytogenes is an __________ that can cause fatal infections in young children.
   
   • experiment
   • organism
   • ecosystem
   organism - any animal, plant or single celled from of life.
   
8. It is important to protect our __________ because it provides us with food, fresh air and clean water.
   • ecosystem
   • gravity
   • astronomy
   ecosystem - the system of a biological community of organisms and their environment.
   
9. The university has a large well equipped __________ for all students in the science department to use.
   • experiment
   • ecosystem
   • laboratory
   laboratory - a room or building that is equipped  for scientific experimentation or research.
   
10. We can learn about the __________ of man by studying fossils of early human beings.
    • organism
    • evolution
    • theory
    evolution - the development or progressive growth of something (in biology - a species or population).