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Vocabulary for Final
Important Vocabulary to Prepare for the Final Exam
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| If…then statement; a possible answer to the problem | Hypothesis |
| Possible error in an experiment | Bias (experimental) |
| Found to the left of zig zag line; shiny, malleable, ductile, conductors | Metals |
| Found to the right of zig zag; non-shiny, not malleable, not ductile, not good conductors | Nonmetals |
| Has qualities of both metals and nonmetals | Metalloids |
| The arrangement of elements showing a specific pattern | Periodic Table |
| The physical appearance of an organism (what you see--example: Brown hair) | Phenotype |
| natural resource that is not replaced in timely manner | Nonrenewable resource |
| specific source of pollution | Point source pollution |
| pollution not from one particular source--widely spread source of pollution | Non-point source pollution |
| 1 parent; offspring identical; no genetic variation | Asexual reproduction |
| 2 parents; sperm/egg; genetic variation | Sexual reproduction |
| Electron in outermost energy level of an atom | Valence electron |
| Subatomic particle with a neutral charge; in nucleus | Neutron |
| Negatively charged subatomic particle; in electron cloud | Electron |
| What an atom is believed to look like | Atomic model |
| elements in the same vertical column; similar characteristics | Group |
| elements in the same horizontal row on the table | period |
| father of Genetics; experiments on pea plants | Gregor Mendel |
| 1st to organize the Periodic Table by increasing atomic mass | Mendeleev |
| change of a substance into a new substance; break down and rebuild of atoms | Chemical reaction |
| humans contribute large amounts of these gases into the atmosphere; main cause of ozone depletion | CFC's |
| In the stratosphere, stops most UV rays from reaching Earth's surface | Ozone layer |
| what is changed in an experiment | Manipulated variable |
| changes because the manipulated variable changes | Responding variable |
| The term for a substance which can conduct electric current under some conditions, but not as well as metals | Semiconductors |
| group of 2 or more atoms held by covalent bond; share electrons | Molecule |
| atom with a charge | Ion |
| trapping of heat near a planet’s surface by certain gases | Greenhouse effect |
| Positively charged subatomic particle | proton |
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