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Science # 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Radioactive isotope | natural or artificially created isotope of a chemical element having an unstable nucleus that decays, emitting alpha, beta, or gamma rays until stability is reached. The stable end product is a. |
| Carbon chemistry | Carbon and hydrogen. Though many organic chemicals also contain other elements, it is the carbon-hydrogen bond that defines them as organic. Organic chemistry defines life. |
| Science | the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. |
| Nova | a star showing a sudden large increase in brightness and then slowly returning to its original state over a few months. |
| Scale | each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another. |
| Theory of evolution | first formulated in Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, is the process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits. |