Abridged Science for High School Students : The Nuclear Research Foundation School Certificate Integrated.

Front Cover -- Abridged Science for High School Students -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- THE NUCLEAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION SCHOOL CERTIFICATE INTEGRATED SCIENCE TEXTBOOK GROUP -- EDITORS AND AUTHORS -- FOREWORD -- THANK YOU -- INTRODUCTION -- INTRODUCTION II -- Chapter 1. THE UNIVERSE - LOOKING OUTWARDS AND INWARDS -- THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- GALAXIES -- GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS -- THE ATOM UNIVERSE -- SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES -- ELECTRICITY -- THE PLANET EARTH -- SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS -- SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2. MATTER AND HEAT -- THE EFFECTS OF HEATING MATTER -- COMPRESSING MATTER -- PARTICLES OF MATTER -- DIFFUSION -- WHAT HAPPENS DURING CHANGE OF STATE? -- PARTICLE MOTION AND TEMPERATURE -- THE SIZES OF PARTICLES -- THE KINETIC THEORY OF MATTER -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3. THE SOUTHERN SKY -- THE SOUTHERN CROSS -- STAR TRAILS -- THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- THE SUN -- THE PLANETS -- THE SIZE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- TIME -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4. TIME -- TIME ON EARTH -- MAN ON THE EARTH -- LIFE ON EARTH -- PAST GEOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH -- THE AGE OF THE CONTINENTS -- THE AGE OF THE OCEANS -- THE AGE OF THE EARTH -- THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 5. SEPARATION OF USEFUL MATERIALS -- The importance of separation of materials. -- Sedimentation and filtration -- Solution -- Distillation -- Diffusion -- Adsorption -- OTHER INDUSTRIAL SEPARATIONS -- PURE SUBSTANCES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6. MORE ABOUT HEAT -- CONDUCTION OF HEAT -- CONVECTION CURRENTS -- RADIATION OF HEAT ENERGY -- THE VACUUM FLASK -- HIDDEN HEAT -- EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION -- THERMOMETERS AND TEMPERATURE SCALES -- HEAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN GEOLOGY -- HEAT IS IMPORTANT IN AGRICULTURE -- HEAT ENERGY IN THE KITCHEN -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 7. WEATHER -- SOLAR ENERGY -- AIR PRESSURE -- CONVECTION IN THE AIR -- FORMATION OF CLOUD AND RAIN -- THE WEATHER MAP.

THINGS TO DO -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 8. THE LIVING WORLD -- LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS -- THE PLANT BODY -- THE ANIMAL BODY -- VARIATIONS ON A PLAN -- CELLS AND ORGANISMS -- THE CELL-THE UNIT OF STRUCTURE -- THE CELL-THE UNIT OF FUNCTION -- UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS AND MICRO-ORGANISMS -- THE CELL AND THE MULTI-CELLULAR ORGANISM -- LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE -- LIFE'S HOME ON EARTH -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 9. ELECTRICAL ENERGY -- ELECTRIC CHARGES -- THE ELECTROPHORUS -- ELECTRIC CURRENTS -- CONDUCTORS AND RESISTORS -- VOLTAGE, CURRENT AND RESISTANCE -- ELECTRIC CURRENTS THROUGH LIQUIDS -- THE VOLTAIC CELL -- MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT -- ELECTRIC CURRENTS IN NERVES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 10. WAVES-CARRIERS OF ENERGY -- WATER WAVES -- LIGHT AS A WAVE MOTION -- SOUND AS A WAVE MOTION -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 11. HEAT AND CHEMICAL CHANGE. ELEMENTS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 12. HEAT IN THE EARTH-IGNEOUS ROCKS AND MINERALS -- VOLCANOES -- IGNEOUS ROCKS -- VOLCANIC LANDFORMS -- MINERALS -- THINGS TO DO -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 13. FORMS OF ENERGY AND MACHINES -- MOTION -- PARTICLE MOVEMENT -- ENERGY DUE TO POSITION -- ENERGY OF STRAIN -- FORMS OF ENERGY -- ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS -- THE SIMPLE MACHINES -- WHAT MACHINES DO FOR US -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 14. GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION -- WHAT IS A FORCE? -- GRAVITATIONAL FORCES -- MOTION UNDER THE ACTION OF THE WEIGHT-FORCE -- MEASUREMENT OF MASS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 15. COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS -- EXTRACTION OF ELEMENTS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 16. TYPES OF SUBSTANCES -- ELEMENTS -- COMPOUNDS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 17. CHANGING SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS -- ROCKS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST -- WEATHERING -- WORK OF RUNNING WATER -- THE WORK OF SNOW AND ICE -- THE WORK OF WIND AND RUNNING WATER IN ARID REGIONS -- THE WORK OF THE SEA -- SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS -- SUMMARY.

Chapter 18. ADAPTATIONS OF ORGANISMS TO ENVIRONNENT -- THE NATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- ADAPTATIONS TO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT -- ADAPTATIONS TO THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 19. EARTH MOVEMENTS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS -- MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE -- ROCK STRUCTURES -- STRUCTURAL LANDFORMS -- METAMORPHIC ROCKS -- DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS -- METHOD OF DESCRIPTION OF A ROCK -- GEOLOGICAL HISTORY -- GEOLOGICAL MAPS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 20. SATELLITE MOTION, METEORS AND COMETS -- PUTTING A SATELLITE INTO ORBIT -- WEIGHTLESSNESS -- METEORS AND METEORITES -- HALLEY'S COMET -- ASTEROIDS -- THE CAUSE OF MOON CRATERS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 21. LIVING COMMUNITIES -- THE ECONOMY OF NATURE -- HOW SOIL IS MADE -- THE SEA -- THE AQUARIUM -- AN AUSTRALIAN PADDOCK -- MAN'S INFLUENCE ON HIS ENVIRONMENT -- PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE -- SUMMARY -- CLASSIFIED SUBJECT INDEX.

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