Key terms & definitions

The Forest Stewardship Council: an organisation whose certification identifies forest-based materials from responsibly managed forests or other verified sources, including recycled material.

A standardised questionnaire developed by Adorno and colleagues to measure authoritarian attitudes associated with susceptibility to fascism.

Follicle-stimulating hormone; a pituitary hormone that stimulates an ovarian follicle containing an egg to mature.

Follicle-stimulating hormone: a hormone released by the pituitary gland that stimulates egg maturation in the ovaries.

A hormone that stimulates a follicle containing an egg to develop in an ovary.

A force-sensitive resistor: a component whose resistance decreases as the force pressing on it increases.

File Transfer Protocol: rules for uploading and downloading files between computers over a network.

A substance burned to release energy for heating, transport or electricity generation.

A cell that produces a potential difference by reacting fuel and oxygen supplied from outside it.

The complete sequence involved in supplying and using a fuel, including its production, storage, transport and final reaction.

A substance containing stored chemical energy that can be transferred during respiration; glucose is a common example.

Wood collected and burnt to provide energy, for example for cooking or heating.

Wood used as a fuel.

An enslaved person who escaped or attempted to escape from enslavement.

An enslaved person who has escaped and is being sought for recapture.

The fixed point around which a lever turns.

The pivot about which a lever turns.

The teaching that Jesus brings the Law of Moses and the Prophets to their intended purpose rather than simply abolishing them.

A backup that copies all files selected for backup each time it runs.

A situation in which almost everyone seeking work can find a job; it does not mean that nobody is unemployed.

A molecule made only of carbon atoms joined into a hollow shape, usually based on hexagonal rings.

A molecule of carbon atoms arranged in a hollow shape, with a structure based on carbon rings.

Controlled felting of wool fabric using moisture, warmth and agitation, causing shrinkage and a denser, thicker structure.

All stages associated with something, from obtaining materials and making it through its use to its final disposal.

A mesh network in which every device connects directly to every other device.

Employment involving the normal full working week set by the employer.

Working the normal full working week in a business, commonly around 35–40 hours.

One complete turn about a point, equal to $360^\circ$.

A trampolining jump in which the performer completes a 360° turn in a straight, upright position and finishes facing the same direction as at the start.

A drawing of a molecule that shows every atom and every covalent bond, including bonds to hydrogen.