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ACT TestPrep Science

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Biosphere   he regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.  
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Uranium Series   the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.  
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Methanol   a toxic, colorless, volatile flammable liquid alcohol, originally made by distillation from wood and now chiefly by oxidizing methane.  
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Beta Particles   a fast-moving electron emitted by radioactive decay of substances. (The emission of beta particles was originally regarded as a ray.  
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Charged Particles   particle with an electric charge.  
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Chromatography   the separation of a mixture by passing it in solution or suspension or as a vapor (as in gas chromatography) through a medium in which the components move at different rates.  
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Colorimeter   an instrument for measuring the intensity of color.  
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Osmosis   a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane  
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paleozoic   the Paleozoic era or the system of rocks deposited during it  
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Nitrite   salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the anion NO3− or the group —NO3  
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Ultra Violet   (of electromagnetic radiation) having a wavelength shorter than that of the violet end of the visible spectrum but longer than that of X-rays.  
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Velocity   the speed of something in a given direction.  
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Specific Gravity   the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard, usually water for a liquid or solid, and air for a gas.  
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Vertebrate   an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.  
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Saturation   the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.  
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Objective Lens   - the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed  
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Precipitate   cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.  
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Suspension   A mixture in which small particles of a substance are dispersed throughout a gas or liquid.  
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Synthesis   he production of chemical compounds by reaction from simpler materials.  
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Solvent   able to dissolve other substances.  
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Solute   the minor component in a solution, dissolved in the solvent.  
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Static   lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting.  
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Sucrose   a crystalline disaccharide, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.  
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Inorganic   not consisting of or deriving from living matter.  
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Manometer   an instrument for measuring the pressure acting on a column of fluid, especially one with a U-shaped tube of liquid in which a difference in the pressures acting in the two arms of the tube causes the liquid to reach different heights in the two arms.  
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Permeable   allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.  
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Chromatid   each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides longitudinally during cell division. Each contains a double helix of DNA.  
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Projectile   a missile designed to be fired from a rocket or gun  
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Volcanism   volcanic activity or phenomena.  
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Vapor Plume   (vapor plumes) Flue gases visible because they contain water droplets  
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