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| a layer of energetic charged particles that is held in place around a magnetized planet |
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| a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions, results in an elevation of temperature |
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| water or wind removes soil and rock from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport it to another location where it is deposited |
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| refers to the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface |
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| Elements in Earth's Crust |
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| hydrocarbons, primarily coal, fuel oil or natural gas, formed from the remains of dead plants and animals |
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| the portion of the earth, about 1800 miles thick, between the crust and the core |
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| the series of glacial episodes during the Pleistocene period |
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| the era comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods |
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| geological time scale, describes the timing and relationships between events |
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| a sheet intrusion that has been injected between two layers of sedimentary rock |
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| mineral form of iron oxide |
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| rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure |
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| rock that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air |
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| rock having solidified from lava or magma |
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| granite, limestone, shale |
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| a cooler mass of air, replacing (at ground level) a warmer mass of air |
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| is formed during the process of cyclogenesis when a cold front overtakes a warm front |
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| a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E |
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| a tropical cyclone, occurring in the North Atlantic Ocean or the Northeast/North-Central Pacific Ocean |
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| is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud |
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| a seismic sea wave, is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water |
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| the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates |
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| are a type of body wave that is the first wave to arrive to the seismograph, called seismic waves in seismology, that can travel through a continuum, known as primary or pressure wave |
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| is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight |
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| A line on a map that joins points of equal elevation |
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| naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic representable by a chemical formula, different from a rock |
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| variants of a particular chemical element such that while all isotopes of a given element have the same number of protons in each atom, they differ in neutron number |
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| pile of garden and organic kitchen refuse that decomposes to produce compost |
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| a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there are high levels of sugar in the blood |
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| plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53 |
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| a unit of energy equal to 1,000 watt-hours |
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| 1 kilometer = 1000 meters |
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| 1 meter = 1000 millimeters |
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| a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one tenth |
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| is a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousandth |
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| a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one millionth |
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| a unit prefix in the metric system denoting multiplication by one thousand |
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| a logarithmic unit used to express the ratio between two values of a physical quantity, often power or intensity |
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| there are 2 pints in a quart |
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| there are 4 quarts in a gallon |
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| the Father of Microbiology |
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| a French physicist, discoverer of radioactivity |
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| the study of humans, past and present |
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| study animals and other wildlife |
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| study bacteria with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology |
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| study of amphibians and reptiles |
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| Simple Machines- Inclined Plane |
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| a flat supporting surface tilted at an angle, with one end higher than the other, used as an aid for raising or lowering a load |
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| centigrade, unit of measure for temperature |
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| a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit |
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| the extent to which time, effort or cost is well used for the intended task or purpose |
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| TEM (Transmission electron microscopy ) |
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| a microscopy technique in which a beam of electrons is transmitted through an ultra-thin specimen, interacting with the specimen as it passes through |
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| a logical set of attributes, a symbol that represents a quantity in a mathematical expression |
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| an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers |
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| the combination of both trueness and precision |
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| a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, repeatedly tested |
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| chemicals like muriatic acid keep the pH levels of your pool's water balanced |
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| means curving out or extending outward |
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| naturally occurring silicate minerals, may be related to health concerns and cancer, was used in some building supplies |
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| vertebrates, Are endothermic, “warm-blooded” |
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| a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica |
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| a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water |
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| Meiosis II (second cell division) |
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| chromosomes line up and sister chromatids are separated by the action of the spindle fibers |
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| is the stage of mitosis or meiosis when chromosomes are split and the sister chromatids move to opposite poles of the cell |
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| the process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells |
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| rank used in classifying organisms |
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| lower half of the brainstem, which is continuous with the spinal cord |
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| a hole located in the center of the iris of the eye that allows light to strike the retina |
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| an organ in vertebrates which consists of a fibromuscular tube through which food passes |
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| a complex of macromolecules found in cells, consisting of DNA, protein and RNA |
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| refers to the lump or protrusion that is formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx |
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| Types of Blood Vessels- Arteries |
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| carry the blood away from the heart |
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| adapted by altering their physical structure are called xerophytes. Xerophytes, such as cacti, usually have special means of storing and conserving water. They often have few or no leaves, which reduces transpiration. |
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| the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem |
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| principle by which each slight variation [of a trait], if useful, is preserved |
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| shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth. |
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| the set of all genes, or genetic information, in any population, usually of a particular species |
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| are the tiny, hairlike structures that move digested food down the intestines (in anatomy, the eye lashes) |
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| possess either a pair of dominant alleles (e.g. AA) or a pair of recessive alleles (e.g. aa). |
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| break down dead or decaying organisms |
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| one with a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell than inside the cell |
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| species is often defined as the largest group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring |
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| substance used to kill insects |
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| a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem |
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| sequence of links in a food web starting from a that are called producers in the web and ends at a species that is called decomposers |
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| depicts feeding connections like a finella (what-eats-what) |
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| a chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26 |
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| compound, fool's gold, chemical formula FeS2 |
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| a chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79 |
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| a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals |
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| a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH 4 |
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| a highly corrosive strong mineral acid |
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| monosaccharide that is absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion |
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| highly corrosive, strong mineral acid with many industrial uses |
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| a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74 |
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| compound of the two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust, silicon and oxygen |
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| is a chemical compound in which ions are held together in a structure by ionic bonds |
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| electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds |
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| a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8 |
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| a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80 |
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| a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7 |
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| is a RNA module that catalyzes reversible cleavage and joining reactions at a specific site within an RNA molecule |
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| a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2 |
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| Element- Atom, nucleus, electron |
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| atom is the smallest unit that defines the chemical elements, nucleus is at the center of an atom, Electrons are the negatively charged particles of atom |
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| the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction wherein the reactant entities are given on the left-hand side and the product entities on the right-hand side |
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| chemical compound, building blocks of protein |
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| Heat is thermal energy in the process of transfer or conversion across a boundary of one region of matter to another, as a result of a temperature difference |
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| the distance traveled per unit of time by a sound wave propagating through an elastic medium |
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| they don't need a medium to travel through, Visible light waves are the only electromagnetic waves we can see. We see these waves as the colors of the rainbow |
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| a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter |
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| of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion |
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| is a unit of torque (also called "moment") |
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| is a derived unit of energy, work, or amount of heat |
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| the potential of a chemical substance to undergo a transformation through a chemical reaction |
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| Frequency of light colors |
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| Color derives from the spectrum of light (distribution of light power versus wavelength) interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors |
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| sodium, magnesium, aluminium, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, and argon |
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| Europium Einsteinium Erbium |
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| the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System |
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| the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System, with an orbital period of about 88 Earth days |
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| a sudden flash of brightness observed over the Sun's surface or the solar limb |
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| a large, bright, gaseous feature extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape |
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| occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth, occurs only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly |
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| worn to protect the person from low air pressure |
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| is a subatomic particle with a negative elementary electric charge |
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| include all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation state changed, involve the transfer of electrons |
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