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5ACT Sci Vocab 63-78
Question | Answer |
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Microorganisms | An organism of microscopic or very small size. |
Staturations | A state of being completely full or soaked. |
Molecular Weight | The weight of all the atoms in a molecule. |
Solid | Neither gas nor liquid; of the same or coherent texture. |
Radioactive Decay | A natural process by which an atom of a radioactive isotope spontaneously decays into another element |
Organic Matter | Mater that is derived from living or formerly living organisms. |
Organism | A living thing, either plant or animal. |
Protein | A compound that consist of amino acids and plays various structural , mechanical, and nutritional roles within organisms. |
Nanometer | One billionth of a meter. |
pH | A scale that measures how acidic or basic a substance is on a scale of 014. Lower numbers indicate acidity and higher numbers indicate increasing basicity. |
Photosphores | Organism that produce light. |
Mole | A unit of measurment for the molecular weight of a substance. |
Newton | The amount of force needed to accelerate a 1 kilogram mass at a rate of 1 meter per second, per second. |
Pigmentation | Coloration. |
Photosynthesis | The process by which plants turn carbon dioxide and water into energy with the aid of sunlight. |
Solute | A dissolved substance. |