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Science vocab

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radioactive isotope   An atom that gives off nuclear radiation and has the same number of protons (atomic number) as another atom but a different number of neutrons.  
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carbon chemistry   The science of the composition, structure, properties and reactions of carbon based matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems; sometimes referred to as organic chemistry.  
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science   Search for understanding the natural world using inquiry and experimentation.  
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nova   A variable star that suddenly increases in brightness to several times its normal magnitude and returns to its original appearance in a few weeks to several months or years.  
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scale   Relates concepts and ideas to one another by some measurement (e.g., quantitative, numeral, abstract, ideological); provides a measure of size and/or incremental change.  
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theory of evolution   A theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modification in successive generations.  
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