12th Grade Academic Vocabulary Words
Listed below are the academic vocabulary words for 12th grade. Please work to incorporate a minimum of 2-3 words into your LiveLessons, phone conversations, webmails, and teacher feedback each week throughout the school year.
Check out the Direct Instruction and Practice and Reinforcement pages for ideas on how to teach the words and integrate them into your curriculum.
Check out the Direct Instruction and Practice and Reinforcement pages for ideas on how to teach the words and integrate them into your curriculum.
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ScienceEnvironmental Science
abiotic abiotic cycles alternative sources Antarctic Treaty System atmosphere biomes biosphere biotic carbon cycle carrying capacity Clean Air Act Clean Water Act coal composting conduction conservation convection crosphere cycles dichotomous key ecosystems Endangered Species Act energy energy transformations environmental system ethical decisions extinction food chain food chain genetic diversity geosphere geothermal habitats hydroelectric hydrologic cycle hydrosphere hypotheses impact inferences interdependence interrationships interrelationships invasive species Kyoto Protocol land fertility law of thermodynamics legislation limitations local environmental system mangement matter measured modeled Montreal Protocol National Park Service Act native plants natural gas natural world nature sources nitrogen cycle non-renewable nuclear observed oil patterns populations predictions processes quality radiation recycling reduction renewable research resource availability resuse rock cycle scientific thought scientifically tested social decision solar solubility solute solvent sources space species diversity sustainability testable Texas automobile emissions regulations The Soil and Water Resources Conversation Act theories time waste management wind Earth Science abiotic chemical processes accretion aerial photography air pollution algal growth aqueous environment asteroid asteroid belt asthenosphere astronomical atmosphere subsystems atmospheric transparency auroras big bang biodiversity loss biogeochemical biosphere biozones chronology climate changes climate variability coal comets conduction continental accretion continents convection convergent coral bleaching core Coriolis effect cosmic microwave background radiation Cretaceous cross-cutting relationships crust cryosphere degradation deposition discharge disposal divergent duration of insolation earthquakes Earth's tilt Eath's subsystems El nino southern oscillation emissions empirical energy erosion eustatic sea-level changes evapotranspiration evolution excessive pumping extra-solar planets faults flooding fluid earth fluxes folds fossil deposits fossil fuel burning fossil lineages fossil record fossil succession fossilization gas giants geochemical cycles geologic geologic hazards geologic time scale geophysical geosphere glacial striation glaciation glaciers global carbon cycle gravitational compression gravitational condensation gravity groundwater levels habitability heat transfer horizontality hot spots hurricane intensity hurricanes hydrosphere hydrothermal vents ice cores igeneous activity igneous impact index fossils kinetic heat of impact accretion Kuiper Belt lateral continuity laws lithosphere magnetism mantle mass extinctions meteorites meteoroids metoerite impacts mountain building mountain ranges nonrenewable resources nonsustainable nuclear fusion ocean basins ocean circulation ocean ridges Ooort Cloud ozone pangaea Permian petroleum planetesimals plate tectonics polar ice caps pollution population growth precipitation proposed transitional fossils protoplanets radiation radioactive decay radiometric dating rate of formation recharge red shift regressive sedimentary sequences renewable resources reshaping residence time rift valleys rock superpostion salt water incursions satellite imagery sea floor spreading sea level fluctuations sedimentary basin formation sedimentation seismic wave analysis selective absorbers soil erosion solar luminance solar nebular accretionary disk model solar nebular gas and dust solid earth storage storm surges subduction zones successive generation planets successive generation stars supernova surface albedo surface processes sustainability systems tectonic terrestrial theories thermal energy thermodynamics thermohaline currents tides topographic transfor plate boundaries transgressive sedimentary sequences transitional fossils tsunamis Van Allen belts volcanic eruptions volcanic outgassing volcanism volcanoes water density water pollution water-bearing comets weather |
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ElectivesApplication
Assessment Calculation Communication Constructive criticism Data Edit Estimate Financial Format Formula Filter Function Hyperlink Landscape Layout Management Merge Organization Orientation Portrait Presentation Procedure Process Proofread Revise Similar Systems Variable |