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the scientific principles governing the movement of air around objects |
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such as biology and genetics, deal with living organisms. |
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are concerned with the properties of nonliving matter and of energy |
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Belief that organisms develop through change over time |
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study of the ways in which inborn characteristics of plants and animals are inherited by their decendants |
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process of heating liquids to kill bacteria and prevent fermentation |
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Use of chemicals to kill disease-causing germs |
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process in which atoms of certain elements constantly break down and release energy |
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Max Plank's theory stating that energy can be released only in definite "packages," or quanta |
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special theory of relativity |
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Einstein's theory that no particle of matter can move faster than the speed of light and that motion can be measured only relative to a particular observer |
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Branches of knowledge that scientifically study people as members of society, covering such areas as economics,political institutions, history, and relations among people |
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theory developed by Herbert Spencer that applies Darwin's theories to the evolution of human societies |
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process of revealing and analyzing the unconcious |
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study and treatment of mental illness |
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Movments of people away from their native lands |
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nickname for London police |
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Residential areas on the outskirts of a city |
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Trend followed by many writers of the early 1800s whose work appealed to sentiment and imagination and dealt with the romance of life |
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A method of dealing with the realities of everyday life and expressing a keen observation of social settings, caracteristic of literature and art in the mid-1800s. |
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Form of realism that focuses on everyday life in particular places. |
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Realists who took the approach one step further to show the ugly or unpleasent aspects of everyday life. |
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group of painters who developed a type of realism by studying light and color to create vivid impressions of people and places. |
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