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| The rate of change in the velocity of an object over time |
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| any characteristic of an organism that promotes its survival in a certain environment |
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| The process of particles of rock, sand, and soil are carried by wind and water and wear down Earth's surfaces |
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| Sections of moving air that are created when warmair and cold air meet, commonly referred to as wind |
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| Characteristic that is a result of the environment |
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| Different forms of the same gene |
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| The distance from the midpoint of a wave to either a crest or a trough |
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| To examine data to decide what the data show |
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| Vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body |
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| The basic building block of all matter |
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| The unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms or molecules |
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| The number of protons in an element |
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| A force in which the net force equals zero |
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| A visual display that uses bars to show the magnitude of the data |
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| The gradual wearing away of land by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, and drainage |
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| A type of glass or plastic container used to hold liquids |
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| A personal prejudice or slanted point of view |
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| Capable of being broken down by living things in the environment |
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| The amount of living matter in a given area |
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| Pressure that is caused by the pumping of blood through the arteries |
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| An animal that eats other animals |
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| The largest population of a species that an ecosystem can support |
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| A sudden, violent, event that causes significant damage or change |
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| A basic unit of structure and funciton in all organisms; the smallest unit of matter that can carry on all the processes of life |
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| The structure that surrounds a cell and regulates what enters and leaves |
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| A statement that all living things are composed of cells |
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| A rigid structure around the cell membrane of a plant cell or bacterium |
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| CELLULAR RESPIRATION (12,42) |
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| The process in which cells use Oxygen and food to produce energy |
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| A formulat tha symbolizes a chemical reaction |
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| The method of using chemical symbols and subscripts to identify the number of atoms of each element in a molecule or a compound |
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| A process by which atoms are rearranged to form new substances |
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| CHEMICAL WEATHERING ( 34) |
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| A process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces by changing its chemical compositon |
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| a green pigment in plants that traps the energy of sunlight |
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| the structure in a plant cell that gives it a green color and uses the energy of sunlight to make food for the plant |
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| a visual display that is used to show data as parts of a whole; also known as a pie chart. |
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| final stage of succession. |
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| a front that forms when a cold air mass forces its way under a warm air mass. |
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| A bond formed when two atoms share electrons |
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| a mixture of decaying organic matter such as leaves and manure. |
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| a type of matter that forms when two or more elements combine chemically. |
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| stress formed by squeezing together. |
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| a statement that explains the relationship between variables. |
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| the process by which a gas changes to a liquid. |
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| a grouping of stars viewed as a pattern from Earth. |
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| an organism that feeds on plants or other organisms to get energy . |
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| CONTINENTAL DRIFT (34,35) |
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| The slow movement of continents across the globe on plates |
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| Large region surrounding the nucleus of an atom where the electrons are found |
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| A group used as a standard of comparison in an experiment |
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| A subatomic particle that has a tiny mass and negative charge |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation of a liquid or gas |
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| circular flow that is created when hot molecules rise and are replaced by coller molecules |
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| Moving apart from one another |
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| The process by which rock particles are picked up and moved to new locations |
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| EROSIONAL DEPOSITION (34) |
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| The process that drops eroded sediment |
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| Describes igneous rock that solidifies on Earth's surface, after volcanic eruptions |
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| Cracks in the earth's crust that are often created by earthquakes |
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| FAULT-BLOCK MOUNTAINS (34) |
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| Mountains formed as a result of tension |
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| A layered texture of rock |
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| Water located below Earth's surface |
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| A warm water current that starts in the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean and travels north all the way to Europe |
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| Rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens |
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| Describes igneous rock that forms by solidifying within the crust forming masses with large, regular crystals |
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| An air current such as one in the Northern Hemisphere that moves from the Arctic toward the central United States; it is responsible for bringing cooler air from the Arctic to the United States |
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| Collapse of ground materials due to pumping of groundwater resources |
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| Molten rock (magma) that reaches the Earth's surface |
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| LITHOSPHERIC PLATES ( 35) |
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| Rigid plates that move on the upper portion of the mantle |
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| Molten rock that comes to the earth's surface during a volcanic eruption |
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| MECHANICAL WEATHERING (34) |
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| A process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces without changing its chemical composition |
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| Rock that forms when other types of rock are chemically changed by heat and pressure deep inside the Earth |
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| Sections of water near the ocean surface that are moving in the same direction |
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| Name given to the super continent thought to have been made up of all Earth's landmasses |
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| The place where two tectonic plates meet |
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| Zones around the plate boundary |
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| The theory developed to explain the movement of the lithospheric plates |
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| A deep crack that forms when magma is squeezed between two continental plates |
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| A continuous process on and below Earth's surface in which rock forms and changes |
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| Water that flows on or near Earth's surface without sinking into the ground |
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| The scientific theory that magma squeezes up through the boundaries between the oceanic plates helping to push the plates apart and create new crust on the seabed. |
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| Rock that forms from layers of sediments that are compacted and cemented together. |
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| A place where groundwater naturally returns to the surface. |
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| The process by which one tectonic plate moves beneath another |
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| A region where one tectonic plate slides under another plate |
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| Water that collects above ground |
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| The plates that make up the earth's surface |
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| Stress formed by pulling something apart |
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| A plate boundary where two plates slide and grind by each other |
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| The folding of rock upward due to stress between converging plates |
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| A process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces |
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| A bond formed by a transfer of electrons between atoms |
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| The smallest unit of a compound that has all the properties of the compound |
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| A particle with no charge found in the nucleus of an atom |
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| A positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom |
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| A particle that makes up atoms, including protons, neutrons, and electrons |
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| The electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom |
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