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| to put things into groups |
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| the highest or most general group of organisms |
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| the second level of classification below the level of kingdom |
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| the level of classification below phylum |
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| the lowest level of classification |
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| an organism with a backbone |
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| animals without a backbone |
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| Order of Classification System |
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| Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
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| most basic unit of living things |
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| surrounds the cell, holding the parts of the cell together; allows certain materials to enter the cell and waste products to exit |
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| contains chromosomes that control how the body grows and changes |
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| all the contents of the cell outside of the nucleus |
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| store and break down materials; in plants and animals |
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| tough material surrounding the cell membrane in plant cells that provides support and protection. |
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| contains a green substance that uses the energy in sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar |
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| a group of the same kind of cells working together into one structure to perform a main job of the body |
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| a grouping of different tissues combined together into one structure to perform a main job in the body |
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| all living and non living things in an area |
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| a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time |
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| the group of all the populations in an area |
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| the role that an organism has in an ecosystem |
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| the place in which organisms lives |
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| Tropical Rainforest, Deciduous Forest, Grassland, Taiga, Desert, and Tundra |
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| Rivers, Coral Reefs, Wetlands, and Deep Sea |
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| when gases or liquids rise and sink in a circular path |
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| a large body of air with similar properties all through it |
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| a boundary between two air masses |
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| a tool used to measure wind speed |
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| a tool used to measure air pressure |
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| a tool used to measure how much rain has fallen |
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| the average of weather conditions over a long time, usually thirty years |
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| Earth's outermost and thinnest layer |
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| below the crust, this layer makes up most of Earth's material |
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| a section of the lithosphere |
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| the breaking of rock into smaller pieces by forces due to gravity, ice, plant roots, or other forces. |
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| the changing of materials in a rock by chemical processes |
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movement of materials away from one place
-destructive process
-gravity, glaciers, waves, and wind |
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the placing of the materials in a new place
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a natural solid whose particles make a pattern
-Soil and Rocks are made of Minerals
Properties: Hardness, Magnetism, Luster, Shape, Streak, and Texture |
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| rocks that form when melted rock cools and hardens |
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| rocks that form when solid rock is squeezed and heated to a very high temperature |
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| 3 Types of Plate Boundaries |
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| the basic building blocks of matter |
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| smallest particle of an element with the properties of the element |
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part of an atoms center that has no electrical charge
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part of an atoms center that has a positive electrical charge
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part of an atom that has a negative electrical charge
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| a type of matter made of a combination of elements |
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| containing all the solute that can be dissolved without changing the temperature |
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| having so much solute that it is relatively close to being saturated |
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a measure of the pull of gravity
-weight changes when the pull of gravity does |
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| amount of matter in an object |
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| the amount of space that an object takes up |
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| the amount of matter in a given volume |
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if an object floats in water it is buoyant.
- an object will float if its less dense than the liquid it is placed in.
-an object will sink if the object is more dense than the liquid it is placed in. |
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| a change in which the material keeps its identity |
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| a change in which one substance or kind of matter changes into another completely different kind of matter with different properties |
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| a very quick chemical process that gives off energy such as what takes place during burning. |
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| a substance used in a chemical reaction |
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| a substance made during a chemical reaction |
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| a "sentence" that shows what happens during a chemical reaction |
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| a large molecule made of identical smaller units connected together |
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| How are acids identified? |
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| Universal Indicator Paper |
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| rocks that form when layers of materials and rock particles settle on top of each other then harden |
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