GLOSSARY – FORCES AND MACHINES

A

Act = actuar

Appliance = electrodoméstico, aparato eléctrico

Apply = aplicar

Attract = atraer(se)

B

Batteries = baterías, pilas

Be = ser, estar

Broken = roto

Build = construir

C

Cable = cable

Careful = cuidadoso (be careful = tener cuidado)

Carpenter = carpintero/a

Change = cambiar

Clothes = ropa

Combustion = combustión

Come from = viene de, proviene de

Come in = entrar en

Complex machines = máquinas compuestas

Components = componentes, piezas

Computer = ordenador

Contact force = fuerza de contacto

Cook = cocinero/a

CPU = CPU (unidad central de procesamiento)

Cut = cortar

D

Distant force = fuerza a distancia

Do = hacer

Doctor = médico/a

E

Easy = fácil

Electricity = electricidad

Energy = energía

F

Force = fuerza

 

G

Give = dar, proporcionar

Gravity = gravedad

H

Hairdresser = peluquero/a

Heat = calor

Help = ayudar

J

Job = trabajo

K

Keyboard = teclado

Knife = cuchillo

L

Light = luz

M

Machine = máquina

Made up = hecho de

Magnet = imán

Magnetism = magnetism

Mains = red eléctrica, enchufes

Make = hacer

Metal = metal

Microphone = micrófono

Miner = minero/a

Monitor = monitor

Motion = movimiento

Mouse = ratón

Move = mover

N

Near = cerca

Need = necesitar

Needle = aguja

Never = nunca

North pole = polo norte

O

Object = objeto

Opposite = opuesto, distinto

P

People = gente

Plug = enchufar

Poles = polos

Printer = impresora

Push = empujar

Pull = tirar

Put = poner, meter

R

Repel = repeler(se)

S

Saw = sierra

Scissors = tijeras

Screwdriver = destornillador

Sew = coser

Shape = forma

Shovel = pala

Similar = igual

Simple machines = máquinas simples

Socket = enchufe

Sound = sonido

Sources = fuentes

South pole = polo sur

Speakers = altavoces

Stethoscope = estetoscopio

Sun = sol

T

Tool = herramienta

Touch = tocar

U

Use = utilizar

W

Water = agua

Wind = viento