IELTS Vocab: Science and Technology

Question 1

scientific study

Answer 1

research

Question 2

planning and production

Answer 2

development

Question 3

modern inventions

Answer 3

innovations

Question 4

chemicals change their chemical compositions

Answer 4

chemicals react

Question 5

create a new machine

Answer 5

invent

Question 6

find penicillin

Answer 6

discover penicillin

Question 7

examine closely and scientifically

Answer 7

analyse

Question 8

Rain joins together with CO2 gases and produces acid rain

Answer 8

rain combines with CO2 gases and produces acid rain

Question 9

someone terrified of modern technology

Answer 9

a technophobe

Question 10

Someone keen on modern technology

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a technophile

Question 11

Protection against accidents in a laboratory

Answer 11

Safeguards against accidents in a laboratory

Question 12

perform scientific tests

Answer 12

experiement

Question 13

the process that uses technology to change the genetic composition of a cell

Answer 13

genetic engineering

Question 14

the branch of biology that studies the structure of living matter

Answer 14

molecular biology

Question 15

the branch of engineering and computational that studies human/machine interactionse study of