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vocab 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plot | the sequence of main events |
| climax | turning point of the conflict |
| point of view | type of narrator |
| setting | when and where the story takes place |
| first person | narrator is in the story "I" narrator |
| epiphany | a sudden realization after which a character usually looks at the world differently |
| 3rd person limited | narrator is outside story and they follow thoughts and actions of one character |
| 3rd person omniscient | narrator is outside story but can tell thoughts and feelings of any character. Godlike all knowing |
| cautionary tale | a story that teaches a lesson or provides a warning. "Red riding Hood" |
| foreshadowing | clues about future plot events |
| allusions | a reference to another story, another historical or cultural event (Scary Movie) |
| irony | a twist, the unexpected |
| exposition | usually found in the beginning of the story when the author explains the basic setting, characters, and situation- the introduction. |
| characterization | when an author reveals characters' personalities and physical description |
| tone | attitude/voice of the narrator. It is determined by word choice (diction) |
| trade | the exchange of goods between people or societies |
| artisan | a skilled worker who makes goods by hand |
| clergy | a body of people who perform religious ceremonies |
| nuclear family | parents and siblings |
| extended family | parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins |
| dictator | political ruler given absolute power to make laws and command the army |
| direct democracy | government in which citizens rule directly rather than through representatives |
| hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures are used to represent ideas and sounds |
| cuneiform | system of writing with wedge shaped symbols invented by Sumerians |
| Divine Right | belief that monarchs (kings/queens) are God's representatives on Earth |
| Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that the divine (Gods) approval is the basis of authority |
| archipelago | large group of islands |
| polygamy | having more than one spouse |
| monogamy | having one spouse |
| market | economy where there are buyers and sellers |
| command | economy where the government controls everything. |
| chloroplast | organel found in plants where photosyntheseis occurs |
| mitochondria | organel in cell that gives it energy |
| respiration | oxygen combines with glucose to produce energy in cell |
| ribosomes | organel in cell where protiens are synthesized |
| cell membrane | semi permiable controlling what goes in and out of cell |
| carbohydrates | simple sugar quick energy |
| proteins | amino acids: control pigments, enzymes, antibodies, hormones, muscles and tissues |
| lipids | fatty acids, stored energy, protect organs |
| nucleic acids | DNA, RNA |
| nutrition | taking in materials from the environment & turning them into usable form |
| transport | materials moving |
| cellular respiration | combining oxygen & nutrients to release energy |
| excretion | removal of cells' waste |
| regulation | maintaining a stable internal environment |
| growth | increasing in size |
| reproduction | making more of your type |
| synthesis | building or making; simple to complex |
| nucleus | brain, controls the cell |
| chromosomes | hereditary information |
| endoplasmic reticulum | transports material through cell |
| vacuoles | storage (water, waste & food) |
| cell wall | protects plant and gives shape |
| commutative property | same forward and backward. Works only with addition and multiplication |
| associative property | grouping and still getting same answer. Works only with addition and multiplication. |
| identity property of addtion | a number can keeps its identity if you add zero |
| inverse property of addition | a number added to its opposite is zero |
| area | length x width |
| perimeter | add all sides |
| proportion | an equation that sets 2 ratios equal |
| volume | length x width x height |
| ratio | comparison of 2 numbers |
| percent of change | %/100=part/whole |
| bubonic plague | """black death"" Spread by fleas that lived on rats. This disease spread across Asia and Europe along trade routes" |
| commercial revolution | the expansion of trade and business that transformed European economies during the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| guild | a group of people who worked at the same occupation |
| capitalism | an economic system based on private rather than government ownership |
| renaissance | period of great creativity and change in Europe from 1300-1600; the word means 'rebirth' |
| humanism | an intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts focusing on human potential and personal achievement |
| patron | someone who financially supports the arts and artists; the church and the wealthy merchant class provided this service during the Renaissance. |
| hypotenuse | the longest side of a right triangle |
| sine | ratio of the length of the opposite side to the hypotenuse o/h |
| cosine | ratio of the length of the hypontenuse with adjacent a/h |
| angle of elevation | an angle from the horizontal up to a line of sight |
| factors | 2,3,6, and 9 are some _________ of 18 |
| filial piety | duty and respect children owe their parents |
| mandate of heaven | ruler chosen by heaven |
| confucianism | respect your elders |
| daoism | nature should be respected |
| legalism | harsh style of rule |
| mitosis | 1 cell making 2 twin cells |
| meiosis | production of sperm and egg with 1/2 the number of chromosomes |
| cancer | uncontrolled mitosis resulting in a tumor |
| binary fission | a parent organism divides into 2 identical copies of self |
| sporulation | creation of tiny cells (spores) that grow into an exact copy of parent when conditions are right |
| allusion | "a reference to another story another historical or cultural event" |
| 3rd person omniscent | narrator outside of story but tell thoughts and feelings of any character |
| irony | "a twist; the unexpected" |
| tone | attitude/voice of the narrator it is determined by word choice |
| climax | turning point of the conflict |
| gamete | "egg or sperm; sex cell" |
| haploid | 1/2 the number of chromosomes (23) |
| tetrad | 4 chromosome across |
| homologous pair | pair of chromosomes that are the same size with the same genes in the same places |
| cross over | chromosomes share and switch dna |
| relation | a set of ordered pairs |
| vertical line test | method used to determine if a function is a relation or not. If a line passes through graph more than once it is not a function. |
| continuous data | data where numbers between two data values have meaning. |
| discrete data | data that involves a count of items; represented by points. |
| direct variation | constant of variation: k |
| inverse variation | an equation of the form xy=k |
| arithmetic sequence | a set of numbers created by adding or subtracting. |
| common difference | the fixed number added to each term of an arithmetic sequence. |
| pax romana | a time of 200 years of peace and prosperity in Rome. |
| mentration | shedding of the uterine linning |
| ovulation | releasing of egg |
| differentiation | during the gastrula stage is when the cells start to become different |
| zygote | when sperm meets egg (the cell they create) |
| cleavage | one cell dividing into many more identical cells |
| embryo | first 12 weeks or so of development |
| blastula | hollow ball of cells |
| gastrula | layers of cells |
| fsh/estrogen cycle | make egg/ thicken lining |
| lh/progesterone cycle | release egg/ thicken lining |
| uterus | holds embryo/fetus during development |
| amniotic fluid | protective sac surrounding baby protecting the baby from infection and jostling. |
| umbilical cord | highway that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the baby and takes waste away. |
| placenta | place where oxygen, nutrients and wastes are exchanged from mom to baby or baby to mom. |
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