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WGU ISC4

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living things   eat, grow, maintain themselves, repair cell damage, regulate heat, reproduce  
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prokaryotic   no nucleus; less complex; bacteria; 1 circular chromosome  
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eukaryotic   nulceus; more complex, fungus, animals, plants;linear chromosome  
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Cell cycles   Gap 1, Synthesis, Gap 2, Mitosis  
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Cell Synthesis Stage   Makes exact copy of DNA  
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Gap 1   Cell doubles in size  
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Gap 2   Makes machinery for divisioin  
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Mitosis   Cell divides into 2 daughter cells  
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Meiosis   Makes 4 daughter haploid cells  
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Haploid cells   contain 1/2 of parent cell DNA  
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Meiosis   Forms gametes (egg and sperm cells)  
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Anaphase   sister chromatids pulled apart  
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Photosynthesis   starts with 6 carbon dioxide, 6 water, and sunlight  
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Photosynthesis   yields 1 glucose, 6 oxygen  
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Glucose   starting point for other carbohydrates, lipids  
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Light dependent reaction   sunlight hits chlorophyll and releases an electron  
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ATP   energy molecule of cells  
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3 carbon sugar molecules   one molecule of glucose  
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1 glucose molecule   yields 38 ATP moleculels  
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Innate immune response   nonspecific; anatomical barriers (skin, tears, sweat)  
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Acquired immune response   specific; B cells and T cells  
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B cells   attack pathogens in bodily fluids  
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T cells   targets pathogens inside the body's cells  
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4 inner planets   Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars  
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Terrestrial Planets   4 inner planets  
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars   rocky, small, dense, have atmospheres  
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Mercury   little atmosphere due to low gravitational pull, 430 to -170 degrees Celcius, 88 day orbit  
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Venus   very dense atmosphere, 96% CO2, spins counterclockwise, 243 days to make 1 full spin, 225 day orbit around sun  
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Mars   95% CO2, thin atmosphere, red dirt, 2 years to orbit, 1/2 size of Earth; 2 moons  
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Mass   amount of matter in an object; solids, liquids, gases  
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Earth   24 hour day causes less temperature fluctuation, water vapor helps regulate the green house effect  
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Outer Planets   Jovian Planets; less dense; mostly gas; large  
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Jovian Planets   Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto  
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Jupiter   hydrogen, helium, and small amounts of other gases; spins in 10 hours; high atmospheric pressure; 28 moons  
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Saturn   Rings made of rock and ice; lowest density of all planets; 25 moons  
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Uranus   Tilted on its side; rolls around the sun rather than spins on its axis  
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Neptune   atmosphere of hydrogen and helium; 8-11 moons; ring system  
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Pluto   no longer a planet due to size, difference in orbit and composition  
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Planets   orbit the Sun on the same plane (ecliptic plane) or same angle  
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Sound and light   waves  
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Sound waves   require a medium (solid, liquid, or gas)  
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Light waves   can use a medium, but not required; electromagnetic; consistes of moving electrons  
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Waves   vibration of energy; carry energy  
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Sine curve   an up and down drawing of a wave  
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Amplitude   how high a wave goes  
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Frequency   the number of vibrations in a given time  
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Transverse wave   vibration is at right angles to the direction of the wave; electromagnetic waves  
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Longitudinal wave   vibration is in the same direction the wave is traveling  
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Speed of sound   330 meters/second  
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Sound   can be reflected  
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Electromagnetic induction   changing magnetic fields induce an electric field so together they continue to move  
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Gamma rays   highest frequency  
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Radio waves   lowest frequency  
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Visible light waves   middle frequency  
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Red   lowest frequency of visble colors  
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Violet   highest frequency of visible colors  
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Ultraviolet   slightly higher frequency than violet  
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Infrared   slightly lower frequency than red  
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Characteristics of Light waves   reflection, refraction, and diffraction  
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Reflection   reflects at the same angle or 90 degrees (mirror)  
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Refraction   travels through a new medium, changes speed and angle (rainbows)  
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Light   can exist as a wave or particle  
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Wave-particle duality   the ability of light to be a wave or particle  
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Photon   a light particle; tiny particles of energy  
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System   a group or series of objects that we put together in an attempt to understand them better  
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Models   mental pictures or working ideas of how nature works or predicting how it will work  
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Evidence   gathered during experiments to help explain phenomena  
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Evolution   (blank)  
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Equilibrium   homeostasis (temperature regulation - sweating)  
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Copernicus   1543 said that planets orbited the sun rather than vice versa  
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Plate Tectonics   unifying theory in geology that explains the changing surface of the earth's crust  
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Lithosphere   crust and upper most portion of the mantle; 8 large plates  
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Heat convection   makes Earth's plates move  
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Plates   Earth's crust/dirt; includes continental crust and oceanic crust  
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Earth's sections   inner and outer core, mantle, crust  
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Crust   rocky, outermost part of the earth, least dense of all layers  
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Litho   Greek for "rocky"  
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Mantle   under the crust; partly molten (liquid) rock  
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Causes plates to move   heat and pressure from gases  
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Molten rock   heats up becoming less dense and rises upward; cools becoming denser and sinks downward  
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Asthenosphere   just below the lithosphere, soft zone of the upper mantle  
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Plates   ride/move on the asthenosphere  
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Divergent plate boundary   plates moves apart from each other; molten lava from mantle moves up, making new rock  
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Seafloor spreading   when molten lava from mantle moves up, making new rock in the oceans  
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Continental rift zone   when molten lava from mantle moves up, making new rock in the continents  
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Convergent plate boundary   two plates move together  
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Ocean trench   where convergent plates meet in the ocean and the older one subducts under the younger one because it is denser  
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Himalayan Mountains   convergent boundaries where 2 plates whose leading edges are continental crusts meet  
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Mt St Helens   convergent boundaries where continental crust meets oceanic crust  
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Transform boundary   two plates slide past each other; San Andreas Fault  
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Hot Spot   when there is a mantle plume in the asthenosphere; form volcanoes when plate moves over it  
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Atom particles   electrons, protons, neutrons  
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Atom forces   strong, weak, and electrical force  
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Nucleon   both protons and neutrons, found in nucleus  
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Nuclear energy   both fission and fusion  
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Strong force   attracts nucleons; acts over very short distances  
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Electrical force   when protons repel protons because of their positive charge; over more area than a strong force  
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Weak force   to do with neutrinos, used in beta decay  
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Fusion   occurs when two small nuclei are fused into a larger nucleus; in the sun when 2 hydrogen atoms are fused into 1 helium atom  
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Fusion   occurs only at very high temperatures; hard to sustain the energy needed to be a useful form of energy; does not result in radioactive by-products  
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Fission   splitting of an atomic nucleus; occurs naturally; can be induced; used to create energy for electricity  
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Fission   occurs in rocks and any material that has a nucleus with an atomic number higher than 82; results in radioactive by-products  
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Radioactive   more energy in atoms that needed so the atoms use spontaneous fission to get rid of/shed the excess energy  
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Potential energy   stored energy; energy that could be used/created  
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Kinetic energy   energy of movement; energy that is being used  
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Electricity   made up of charged particles or atoms  
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Atoms   positively charged nucleus and negatively charged electrons; always in motion unless at absolute zero  
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Electric charges   produce magnetic fields  
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AC current   moves back and forth  
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DC current   goes in one direction  
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Current electricity   when electrons are flowing  
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Static electricity   when there is a separation of positive and negative charges and the charge builds up  
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Insulators   prevent the flow of electricity  
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Conductors   allow the flow of electricity (metal)  
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Series circuits   all the switches and outlets work from one current; one goes out, they all go out  
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Parallel circuits   separate the current; if one goes out the others keep working  
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Magnetism   depends on the spin of the electrons in a substance; electrons must spin in the same direction  
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Energy   what moves matter  
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Gravitational potential energy   a boulder on the edge of a cliff; the higher the cliff, the higher the amount of potential energy  
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Thermal energy   the total kinetic and potential energy of particles  
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Temperature   measures the average amount of heat energy in an object  
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2nd law of thermodynamics   heat always spontaneously flows from warmer objects to cooler objects (ice in water, heat flows from water to ice)  
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1st law of thermodynamics   heat energy is conversed as it flows from one system to another; conservation of energy  
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Conduction   heat is transferred by the movement of atoms in a substance; metals are good conductors because their electrons are loosely held  
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Convection   takes place in gases and liquids; hot air rising, cold air sinking  
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Insulators   wood, paper, air; electrons are held more tightly to the nucleus, so less movement  
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Radiation   heat transfer in the form of electromagnetic waves; the sun  
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ecology   the study of relationships between abiotic (non-living) and living (biotic) parts of an ecosystem  
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Abiotic things   non-living; rocks, soil, water, minerals  
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Populations   group of the same species living in the same area  
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Community   all of the living things and studying the relationships that exist between plants, insects, mammals, birds, etc  
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Photosynthesis   flow of energy starts with the sun's energy which plants convert to sugar, a chemical energy  
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Plants   autotrophs  
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Heterotrophs   consumers (of plants and things that eat plants)  
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Primary consumers   things that directly eat plants  
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Secondary consumers   things that eat the primary consumers; usually animals  
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Omnivores   eats both plants and animals  
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Energy transfer   only 10% of plant energy is transferred to primary consumers; 90% is used to live; by the 3rd level, only 1% is left of the original energy  
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Decomposer   organisms that feed on dead material and break it down so it becomes part of the soil; bacteria and fungi  
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Symbiotic relationships   parasitism, commensalism, mutualism  
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Parasitism   parasites; one organism is helped while the other is harmed (fleas)  
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Commensalism   one organism benefits, the other is neither helped nor harmed (remoras and sharks)  
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Mutualism   both organisms benefit (fungi and plants)  
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Biomes   ecosystems; terrestrial and aquatic  
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Aquatic biomes   both fresh and salt water environments  
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Three freshwater zones   Littoral, Limnetic, and Profundal zones  
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Littoral zone   warm, exposed to light, many organisms (algae, insects, fish, amphibians)  
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Limnetic zone   close to the surface but far from shore; phytoplankton, zooplankton  
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Profundal zone   deep water, few organisms  
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Saltwater biomes   Photic, aphotic, and benthic zones  
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Photic zone   near the surface with enough light for photosynthesis  
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Aphotic zone   little sunlight, limited food availability  
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Benthic zone   ocean surface; lobsters, clams, worms  
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Ocean biomes   Intertidal, neritic and underwater, and ocean zones  
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Intertidal   closest to the shore  
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Neritic and underwater   near the coast  
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Oceanic zone   far from shore  
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Nucleus   includes protons and neutrons  
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electrons   found outside of the nucleus  
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Atoms   two distinct regions - nucleus and the electron cloud  
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Number of protons   determines the type of element  
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Number of electrons   equals the number of protons; involved in forming bonds  
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Neutrons   add to the mass of the atom; differing numbers of neutrons can form various isotopes of atoms  
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Helium   2 protons and 2 electrons  
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Protons and Neutrons   have the same amount of mass  
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Periodic table groups   elements in groups have very similar properties; placed in columns with one color  
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Periodic table rows   atoms on the left side are larger than atoms on the right  
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Periodic table electronegativity   atoms in bottom left corner have less electronegativity than top right  
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Atomic number   represents the number of protons  
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Chemical bonds   form when atoms come together, rely on the number of valence electrons  
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Valence electrons   attract and repel; can be transferred or shared; the number of electrons in the outermost shell of an atom  
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Ionic bond   when atoms transfer electrons and results in 2 atoms with a charge (ions)  
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Covalent bond   shared electrons  
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Polar covalent bond   electronegativity; nucleus pulls the electrons with more force than another nucleus involved in the bond so the electrons are not shared equally  
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Redox reactions   oxidation-reduction reactions; electrons are lost from one substance and gained by another substance  
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Reducing agent   reactant that loses the electron; becomes oxidized  
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Oxidizing agent   substance that gains the electron  
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Cell division   mitosis and meiosis  
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Mitosis   duplicates the chromosomes and generates 2 identical cells  
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sister chromatids   exact copies of each other  
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Reproductive cells   egg and sperm go through meiosis not mitosis  
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Crossing over   where the parents' genes are mixed up and increases genetic variation  
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Chromosome   long sequence of DNA  
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DNA   polymer of nucleotides known as A, T, C, G  
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A T C G   Adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine  
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Genetic variation   meiosis results in variation of genetic information; DNA from both parents is combined; eye, hair color  
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environmental variation   traits that are not influenced by genetics; muscle structure  
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Gregor Mendel   laws of heredity; pea plants  
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Recessive traits   traits that skip a generation but are not lost, just hidden  
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Mendels 1st law   dominant and recessive alleles; we all have two alleles for each trait  
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Mendels 2nd law   independent assortment; flower color and height are independent of each other; if genes are found on the same chromosome and are relatively close together they are more likely to be inherited together  
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Mutations   any unexpected change in the DNA sequence; frequently brought on because of the environment  
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Weathering   when rocks and minerals are broken down into smaller pieces called sediments  
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Mechanically weathering   rock is broken down but still has same composition; caused by wind, water freezing, melting, re-freezing (ice-wedging/frost shattering) in cracks, root-pry  
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Chemical weathering   changes in rock due to a chemical reaction; acid rain  
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Erosion   the process of moving the sediment from one location to another; rivers, wind, floods, ocean waves, glaciers  
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Abrasion   particles in the wind knock other particles off of the surface  
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Striations   gouges in the ground formed from glaciers  
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Deposition   where the moving sediment is laid down  
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Archipelago   result of volcanic activity  
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Landforms   archipelago, v-shaped and u-shaped valleys, butte, delta  
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Delta   when the water slows down as it reaches slower moving water the sediment is deposited  
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Speed   how fast something travels; distance divided by time  
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Acceleration   change of velocity (speed or direction) over time; going in a circle at the same speed in still acceleration  
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Velocity   speed in a given direction  
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1st law of motion   an object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless a force acts on it (inertia)  
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Inertia   the resistance of an object to motion  
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Friction   depends on the type of surface and the amount of force between the surface and the object; usually the force that stops objects from moving  
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Mass   the amount of matter in an object; it also measures the amount of inertia  
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2nd law of motion   acceleration equals the force divided by the mass; greater force = greater acceleration, less force = less acceleration  
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3rd law of motion   action-reaction  
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Work   force x distance  
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Simple machines   don't decrease amount of work, just the amount of force; ramps  
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Rocks   minerals which can be a single element or more than one element chemically combined; aggregates of minerals - they retain their properties even though they are part of the rock  
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Minerals   naturally occuring, solid, definite chemical composition, crystalline structure, and inorganic  
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Rock types   igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic  
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Igneous rock   melted magma that cools either above or below the surface; when cooled slowly (below the surface) crystals grow bigger - granite, diorite; when cooled more quickly (surface) crystals are smaller - obsidian, basalt  
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How does heat affect rocks   Heat drives the chemical reactions that rearrange or create new minerals; pressure from the overlying layers causes less space between particles causing the rocks to be denser  
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Foliated   bands that form when the minerals in the rock align in a particular direction  
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Nonfoliated   no bands - marble  
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Sedimentary rocks   rocks weathered into sediments, eroded to new locations, deposited, then compacted and cemented into rock; can be detrital or chemical; coal  
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Detrital rock   rock formed from weathered rock; classified by the size of the sediments  
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Chemical rock   formed from minerals dissolved in water  
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metamorphic rock   formed when other kinds of rocks are changed by great heat and pressure inside the earth; previously igneous or sedimentary  
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Limestone   one of the most common types of chemical rocks  
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Rock cycle   all three kinds of rocks can change into the other kinds, in no particular order  
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