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WGU - ISC4 Study

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Co-valent Bonding   When two atoms are able to share electrons  
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Ionic Bonding   Atoms lose or gain electrons to make each other complete (electrons are not shared)  
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Metal Atoms   Tend to lose electrons  
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Non-Metal Atoms   Tend to gain electrons  
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My Very Eager Mother Just Sold Us Nine Pizzas   Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto  
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Terrestrial Planets   Four planets closest to the sun-Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars  
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Terrestrial Planets Composition   Rocky and small-dense in composition  
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Jovian Planets   Jupitar, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  
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Jovian Planets Composition   Gaseous, large, outer planets and low in density  
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Archipelago   A group or chain of island clustered together in a sea or ocean  
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Atoll   A ring or partial ring, or coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea  
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Bay   A body of water that is partly enclosed by land  
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Butte   Flat-topped rock or hill formation with steep sides  
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Canyon   Deep valley with very steep sides  
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Cape   A pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river  
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Cove   A small, horseshoe-shaped body of water along the coast  
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Cave   Is a large hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or mountain.  
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Cliff   Is a steep face of rock and soil  
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Isthmus   A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses.  
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Strait   A narrow bady of water that connects two larger bodies of water  
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Tributary   A stream or river that flows into a larger river.  
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What accurs near plate boundaries?   Geological activity, such as earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, occus at or near plate boundaries.  
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Divergent Plate Boundaries   Plates move apart  
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Convergent Plate Boundaries   Plates move together  
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Transform Plate Boundaries   Plates move past one another in opposite directions  
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Ignous Rock   Formed from molten material, magma  
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Sedimentary   Rock formed by settling to the bottom of oceans and lakes. (sandstone, shale, limestone)  
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Metamorphic Rock   Ignous or sedimentary rock that has been changed by heat, pressure, or chemical action.(slate, gneiss,marble)  
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Isotope   Atom is missing or has an extra neutron  
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Newtons Law #1   Things tend to deep on doing what they are doing unless acted upon. Example Yo-Yo  
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Newtons Law #2   The more mass you have the more acceleration you must have to get the same results.  
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Newtons Law #3   For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Example Rocket ship  
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Conduction   Heat transferred by solids  
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Convection   Heat transferred by liquids  
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Radiation   Is the transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves.  
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Wave Length   Refraction, reflection, diffraction, and interference  
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Oxidation   Loss of an electron by a molecule, atom or ion  
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Reduction   Gaining an electron by a molecule, atom or ion  
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Caytalyst   Substance that accelerates the speed of a chemical reaction without itself being transformed or consumed by the reaction.  
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Ionic bond   Between non metals and metals  
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Parallel Circuit   When more then on path is provided for the passage of electrons divide themselves among the separate conductors and current flows in each of the paths.  
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Series Circuit   When electrons follow a single path from their source to their destination.  
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Independent Varible   Has the 'I' which means 'I' the experimenter is going to change. Example: using different types of meds to lower a fever. The meds are the independent varible and the fever the dependent varible.  
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Dependent Variable   What you are trying to change. In the tomatoe plants the fertilizer is the independent varible and the growth of the plants is the dependent variable because that is what we were trying to change.  
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Acceleration   The rate at which speed or direction is changing.  
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Displacement   A vector or the magnitude of a vector from the initial position to a subsequent position assumed by a body. Refers to how far person or abject moved.  
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Velocity   distance traveled in a specified amount of time (a change in velocity is called acceleration Newton's 2nd law) Is a measure of how fast a person or object got from one point to another and can be found by calculating the displacement over a certain time.  
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Speed   the rate or measure of the rate of motion. Measures how fast a person or object has traveled over a certain distance in a certain amount of time.  
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Distance   Refers to how far a person or object has traveled.  
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Velocity or average speed. The car covered 500 km in the first 10 hours of its nortthward journey   (blank)  
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Velocity or Average speed: Five seconds into the launch, the rocket was shooting upward at 5000 meters per second.   Velocity  
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Velocity or Speed: The cheetah can run at 70 mph.   Speed  
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Velocity or Average Speed: Moving at five km per hour, it will take us eight hours to get to the base camp.   Average Speed  
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Volicity or Speed: Roger Bannister was the first person to run one mile in less than four minutes.   Average Speed  
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Non Polar Bonds   With an equal sharing of electrons  
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Polar Bonds   Unequal sharing of electrons  
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Size of Mercury   2nd smallest planet and 1/3 diameter of the earth  
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Size of Venus   Almost the same size and mass as earth  
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Size of Earth   Diameter is 7980 miles  
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Size of Mars   1/2 size of earth  
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Size of Jupiter   Largest planet  
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Size of Saturn   2nd Largest Planet  
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Size of Uranus   3rd Largest planet  
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Size of Neptune   4th largest planet  
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Composition of Mercury   small, rocky craters, dense iron core, very hot to very cold,  
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Composition of Venus   Covered with fast moving sulfuric acid clouds, iron core-weak magnetic field  
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Composition of Earth   Densest body  
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Composition of Mars   Dry, rocky, dusty, impact craters, frozen ground, core iron and a red planet  
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Composition of Jupiter   Mainly gas  
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Composition of Saturn   Composed of Hydrogen and Helium  
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Composition of Uranus   Mostly methane gas  
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Composition of Neptune   Mostly hydrogen and helium  
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What planet rotates in the opposite direction of other planets   Venus  
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Gonads   Sex organs that produce Gametes  
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Sperm are produced by   meiosis  
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Male Sex Hormones   The anterior pituitary produces follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)  
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Luteinizing Hormone(LH)   Stimulates cells in the seminiferous tubules to secrete testosterone.  
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Follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH)   Acts on cells to help in sperm maturation.  
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Estrogen   Follicle secretes estrogen before ovulation  
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Corpus Luteum   (blank)  
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corpus luteum   Secretes both estrogen and progesterone.  
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List the organs and tissues the human body uses to fight off infection and disease   Lymph nodes, spleen tonsils, thymus, and bone marrow.  
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List parts of the energy cycle   Decomposers, plant, animal and sun  
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estuary   where a river meets the sea or ocean  
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