scientific vocab

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/index.cfm

ON this great website, they show you what is DNA, a gene, chromosomes, proteins, heredity, & traits. GO VISIT!!

If you want to play scientific hangman :

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VOCAB
Chemistry : chimie
A chemical : un produit chimique
Biochemistry : la biochimie
An experiment : une expérience
A test tube : un tube à essai
A formula : une formule
A gas : un gaz
A synthesis : une synthèse
To pour : verser
To drip : couler goutte à goutte
To mix : mélanger
To react : réagir
To oxidize : s’oxyder
Chemical : chimique
Biochemical : biochimique
Synthetic : synthétique
Bunsen burner: small gas equipment used by scientists to heat the contents of test tubes during experiments

Natural sciences
Biology/ a biologist/
Microbiology/ a microbiologist
Cellular biology : la biologie cellulaire
A guinea pig : un cobaye

Research
A field of research : un domaine de recherche
A research laboratory : un labo de recherche
A team : une équipe
A researcher : un chercheur
A scientist : un scientifique
An expert/ a specialist
To do research : faire de la recherche
To team up with : faire équipe avec
To study : étudier
To research into : mener une recherche sur

a placebo: a drug which has no physical effects, used in pharmaceutical tests to distinguish the physical effects of taking a real drug from its psychological effects. The placebo effect is when someone's condition improves because they think they are taking medicine. This word is occasionally used in non-medical contexts.

Genetics
Go & have a look at this link to play the mad scientist! http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/reward/madneuron.cfm

Stem cells: cellules souches
embryonic stem cells: cellule souches embryonnaires
a skin cell: une cellule épidermique
a bone cell: cellule osseuse ou ostéoblaste
a red bllod cell: hématie ou globule rouge
a nerve cell: neurone
skeletal muscle cells: myoblastes

To differentiate: se différencier
to divide: se diviser
to harvest/ transplant : récolter/ transplanter
therapeutic cloning: le clônage thérapeutique

a test tube baby: an embryo created in an artificial way. For example, through mixing a woman's egg and a man's sperm in a laboratory and then transferring it into a woman's womb to be fully grown until birth

The way to discoveries : la voie des découvertes
A phenomenon : un phénomène
A proof : une preuve
Evidence : des preuves
A hypothesis : une hypothèse
A theory : théorie
A procedure : un protocole
A check :contrôle, vérification
An improvement : amélioration
A discovery : découverte
A breakthrough : une découverte capitale
A patent : brevet
To experiment : expérimenter
To carry out an experiment : procéder à une expérience
To proceed by trial & error : tâtonner
To progress : progresser
To prove : prouver
To disprove : réfuter
To confirm : confirmer
To invalidate : infirmer
To ananlyse : analyser
To synthetise : synthétiser
To build a theory : élaborer une théorie.
To test : tester

'trial and error' :a process of attaining a goal by trying different methods until a successful one is found, e.g. We developed the new software through trial and error.

the control group: In a scientific experiment involving people, the control group is the one given a placebo.

a 'miracle drug' :a popular name for a drug which can totally cure individuals of a serious illness such as cancer...