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| A table that can be used to predict what traits offspring will have based on the traits their parents have. |
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| Segments of DNA that carry the instructions for traits that are passed from parents to offspring. |
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| A relationship between two organisms where both organisms benefit. |
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| A genetically determined characteristic . |
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| The widening channel of a river where it nears the sea, with a mixture of fresh water and salt water. |
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| The position or function of an organism in it's ecosystem. |
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| Parts of the Earth that have similar biotic and aiotic factors. They have a similar climate and geograhy. Large-scale ecosystems. |
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| A change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation. |
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| A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits without affecting the other. |
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| An organism that gets energy by eating. |
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| A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits by causing harm to the other. |
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| The path of energy and how it moves through an ecosystem. |
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| Organisms that create energy from the Sun's radiation. |
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| A group of individuals of the same species that occupy a particular area. |
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| An organism that eats both plants and other animals. |
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| An organism that gets energy by eating plants. |
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| A community of organisms and their physical environment, (biotic and abiotic factors) |
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| An organism that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals. |
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| An organism that feeds mainly on the flesh of animals. |
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| A group of organisms, or populations, living and interacting with one another in a certain ecosystem. |
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| Living parts of an ecosystem. |
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| Non-living parts of an ecosystem. |
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(deoxyribonucleic acid)
A molecule that contains the genetic instructions of living things. |
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| One type of microscopic uni-cellular organism. |
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| Organisms that contain more than one cell. |
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(single-celled organism)
A living thing that consists of only one cell. |
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| The jelly-like material that fills a cell. |
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| The outside layer of a cell. |
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| The central part of most cells that contains genetic material,(DNA) |
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| The building blocks of living organisms. |
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| A high altitude cloud composed of narrow bands, sometimes feathery in shape. |
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| Uniform gray clouds that cover the sky. Usually produce light to moderate rainfall. |
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| Low level clouds, also called fair weather clouds. |
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| A tool used to measure the amount of precipitation. |
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| A tool used to measure air temperature. |
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| A tool used to measure wind direction. |
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| A tool used to measure wind speed. |
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| A tool used to measure atmospheric pressure. |
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| A fast flowing, river of air, that runs about 12km above the Earth's surface. It forms a boundary between polar and tropical air masses. |
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| The wind moving off a large body of water that moves toward the land during the afternoon. |
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| The wind moving from the land toward a large body of water in the evenings. |
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| The global winds that are responsible for moving weather across the USA and Canada. |
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| The gaseous form of a substance that appears ordinarily as a liquid or solid. |
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| The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid. It is the same as the freezing point of it's liquid form. |
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| The temperature at which a liquid changes in to a vapor/gas. |
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| A measure of a substance's ability to dissolve in a liquid. |
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| The degree to which something is filled or compacted. |
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| A combination of two or more kinds of matter. |
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| Data that is measured with numbers. |
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| Data that is descriptive. |
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| A usually irreversible change in the composition of a substance. |
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| A usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance. |
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| A measure of how easily a substance will catch fire. |
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| The location of an object. |
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| The concentration of matter on an object. |
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| A type of graph that measures how something changes over time. |
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| Anything that takes up space. |
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| Mass x Velocity; Mass in Motion |
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| The amount of matter an object has... Measured on a balance. |
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| The change of an object's position over time. |
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| The speed of an object in a given direction. |
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| Increase in the rate of speed. |
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| An object remains still or moves in a constant direction at a constant speed until acted upon by an outside force. |
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| Changing physical location. |
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| The rubbing of one object or surface against another. This causes a force in the opposite direction of the movement. |
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| The ability to do work or make change. |
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| Two equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions. The two forces cancel each other out so the movement does not change. |
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| An uneven set of forces that change the state of rest or the state of motion of an object. |
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| The action of moving or being moved. |
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| A push or pull on an object. |
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| The energy of moving particles in matter. |
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| A group of two or more atoms linked together by sharing electrons in a chemical bond. |
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| A layer of the atmosphere that blocks most ultra-violet radiation from the sun. |
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| The outer most layer of the atmosphere. |
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| Substance that does not allow the passage of heat. |
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| The layers of air that surround the Earth. |
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| The transfer of heat energy through space. |
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| The up and down movements of gases and liquids caused by heat transfer. |
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| The transfer of heat between substances that are in direct contact with each other. |
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| The continuous movement of water on, above and under the Earth's surface. |
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| The process of water moving through plants back in to the atmosphere. |
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| Rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls to the ground. |
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| The process of changing matter from a liquid to a solid by taking away heat energy. |
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| The process of changing matter from a solid to a liquid by adding heat energy. |
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| The process of changing matter from a vapor/gas to a liquid by taking away heat energy. |
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| The process of changing matter from a liquid to a vapor/gas by adding heat energy. |
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| Matter having neither a definite volume nor shape. The molecules move quickly. |
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| Matter having a definite volume but no fixed shape. The molecules move slowly. |
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| Matter having a definite shape and volume. The molecules are packed tightly together. |
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| A measure of how much a substance will stretch or change when forced, but return to it's original shape when the force is taken away. |
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| The change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first becoming a liquid. |
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| An area of calm winds near the equator. |
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| The lowest layer of the atmosphere where the majority of our weather takes place. |
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| The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer. |
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| Height above the Earth's surface. |
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| The weight of the atmosphere pushing down on Earth. |
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| A large body of air with the same temperature and water level. |
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| The large scale patterns of wind that are directly related to the uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere. |
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| The amount of space an object takes up. |
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| A measure of the pull of gravity on an object. |
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