FACELook – Vol. 1 No. 1

• carbohydrate

  (kär bō hī drāt): Any of various compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (as sugars, starches, or celluloses) most of which are formed by plants and are a major animal food.

• data

  (dā tǝ or da tǝ): Factual information (such as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation.

• diversity

  (dǝ vǝr si tē): The condition of having or being composed of differing elements; variety.

• emit

  (ē mit): To throw or give off or out; to send out.

• erode

  (i rōd): To wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice.

• glucose

  (glü kōs): A sugar that occurs especially in a naturally occurring form that is found in plants, fruits, and blood and is a source of energy for living things.

• inverse

  (in vərs): Opposite in order, nature, or effect.

• photosynthesize

  (fō tō sin(t) thə sīz): To make carbohydrates from water and from carbon dioxide in the air in the presence of light (done by plants and some bacteria and protists that contain chlorophyll).

• proportion

  (prə pȯr shən): The size, number, or amount of one thing or group as compared to the size, number, or amount of another.

• random

  (ran dəm): Being or relating to a set or to an element of a set each of whose elements has equal probability of occurrence; having a definite and especially an equal probability of occurring.

• respiration

  (re spə rā shən): The physical processes (as breathing and diffusion) by which a living thing obtains the oxygen it needs to produce energy and eliminate waste gases (as carbon dioxide).

• respire

  (ri spī(-ə)r): To engage in respiration; to breathe.

• saturation

  (sa chə rā shən): The state of being saturated, or full of or unable to absorb or hold more moisture.

• simulate

  (sim yǝ lāt): To make an imitation (or copy or model) by one system or process of the way in which another system or process works.

• species

  (spē sēz or spē shēz): A category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of related individuals able to produce fertile offspring, and is identified by a two-part scientific name.

• variable

  (ver ē ə bəl): (1) A factor, trait, or condition that can be changed or controlled; (2) a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

Editorial Review Board Comments

• “I thought that it had a lot of good information and pictures. It was also easy to understand.”

• “I would like to do some things out of this about twice a month. I think some parts are confusing but over all it is fine. Also the diagrams were easy to understand.”

• “I definitely like the glossary but could use more words we don’t understand that are in the article.”

• “I like most of the pictures, but did not understand some things.”

• “This Natural Inquirer was interesting. It taught about the environment and how we can help keep it clean. Also it taught about the atmosphere.”

• “This holds lots of scientifical facts. The facts help me learn more about how scientists work and experiment.”

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