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| liquefaction of air can be accomplished by... |
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| changing temp or pressure, or both. |
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| atomic # of an element is... |
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| # of protons (top of box), weight is # directly below symbol |
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| a nuclear reactor that powers an electric generating plant relies on |
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| fission: releases energy when a heavy nucleus splits into smaller fragments |
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| tremendous energy is released when very light nuclei unite w/heavier nuclei (hydrogen bombs & stars) |
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| Which characteristic of a wave must change in order to affect the pitch of a sound? |
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frequency
(CREST is top of hill, PITCH depends on how fast the particles of a mediu vibrate, AMPLITUDE is its height, distance between its resting position and its crest, WAVELENGTH is distance btwn 2 consecutive points) |
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| temperature of liquid (boiling soup) |
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| cannot be higher than its boiling point |
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baseball bat
-(fulcrum is on the end, input force is in middle, output (resistance) is at top) |
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| fulcrum is at end, output is in middle, input at other end (wheelbarrows, strollers, bottle openers) |
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| fulcrum in middle (seesaws, scissors, pliers) |
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| raw materials of photosynthesis |
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| directly related to greenhouse effect |
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| movement of plant in a reaction to a stimulus (towards sunlight) |
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| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's have greater masses (closes weight to weight on Earth) |
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| stars with highest surface temp appear blue, while stars with the lowest suface appear... |
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| RED (giant star Betelgeuse) |
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| soft tissues avoid decomposition and survive as a fossil when |
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| in lake-bottom mud since there is no oxygen there |
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| logical global climatic consequence of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions: |
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| a decline in sun's energy that reaches the earth, resulting in lower global temps. |
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| Relationships of Sun, moon, Earth during a NEAP TIDE |
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| Half Shaded Earth on top next to empty larger Sun with empty small moon below earth |
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| moon in between Earth and Sun |
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| half shaded Earth btwn Sun and small moon on shaded side |
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| color form, electrical conductivity, density |
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| deposition vs sublimation |
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| gas into solid/solid into gas |
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| show the # of molecules of formula units of reactants and products |
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| composed of only one atom and cannot be separated in different substances except in some instances by radioactive decay or by nuclear reactions. |
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| measure of basicity of a solution |
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| distance over change in time |
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| Position-Acceleration-Velocity (PAV) |
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| change of distance and change in time/rate of change of velocity with time |
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| Newton's 1st Law of Motion |
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| body at rest stays at rest |
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| more force-more acceleration |
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| every action has a reaction |
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-inclined planes
-ratio of threading determines mechanical advantage
-rotates outward, the weight increases |
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| c = 186,000 miles/second = 3*10 (8th) meters/second |
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| longwave/shortwave radio, TV, microwaves, radar, infrared, visible light (red, orange-increasing in wavelength) |
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| ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays, green, blue, violet |
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| wood, hydroelectricity, , solar hot water heating, geothermal, wind, solar, ocean. |
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| fossil fuels, coal, petroleum, natural gas. |
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| algae, angiosperms (seeds, flowers), fungi (no chlorophyll), ferns, gymnosperms (seeds) |
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| chromosome, nucleolus, nuclear membrane |
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| centrosome, ribosomes, Golgi body, vacuole, mitochondrion (ATP-powerhouse, growth, death, signaling, differentation)) |
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| cytoplasm, nucleus, membrane |
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carbs-sugars
fats-glycerol & fatty acids
protein-amino acids |
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-ptyalin from saliva
-bile & lipase (pancreas)
saliva-stomach-small-defecation |
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pulmonary circulation
systemic circulation |
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loop through lungs to get oxygenated
loop rest of body to provide O2 |
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| dissolves waste, nutrients, hormones, antibodies, and enzymes |
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| cerebellum, medulla-vital functions unconsciously |
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| largest-receives info from senses & makes decisions |
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outer (muscle, cornea, aqueous chamber, iris)
inner (lens, vitreous body)
back (sclera, retina, optic nerve) |
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parts of brain (8)
(2C, 4 Lobes (O/P), 1M, 1Stem) |
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R (f)-L(B):
-cerebrum, frontal lobe, temporal, brain stem, medulla (neck), cerebellum, occipital lobe, parietal lobe |
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| egg-hatch Tadpole-metamorphosis transitioning into adult form, lose their gills, develop hind and front legs, lungs, stay in water or take land |
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| egg embryonic stage few weeks-larva feeding stage growing hormones, wanders for pupation site under leaf-Pupa chrysalis cocoon stage molting, adult imago stage IMAGO, wings need to unfold before fly |
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| archaea, bacteria, protists (fungi) |
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| Reproductive Parts of Plant |
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| Petal, Stamen (male), Pistil (female)Sepals, Receptacle (top-bottom) |
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meiosis (3)
(chromosome Pairs in Diploid Cell>Meiotic Division>Haploid Gametes (2)) |
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| reductional division in which # of chromosomes are split in half-forming gametes in animals |
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cell division of parent cell's genome into two daughter cells
Interphase 1, Prophase 2, Metaphase 3, Anaphase 4, Telophase 5 |
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| The Origin of the Species (evolution) |
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-Survival of the fittest
-natural selection
-Evolution of species over time
-Genetic variation through geographic isolation |
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| -compare protein amino acid or nucleotide sequence homology to infer taxonomy and evolutionary distances among organisms. Studying fossils is better to specifically pinpoint where and when. |
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| Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, Eris |
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Terrestrial Inner Planets with Sn in Center, Earh & Moon, Asteroid Belt, Giant Planet Zone, Kuiper Belt (scattered discs, past Neptune-short-period comets), Dwarf Planet Zone
-Ort cloud (long-period comets)
-comets show perceptible coma while asteroids don't |
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Earth distance from sun is
Moon distance from Earth is |
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-91.5-94.5 million miles
-237,000 miles |
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Phases of Moon (8)
waxing (4)-full (1)-waning (3)
NM, WC, FQ, WG> FM-> WG, LQ, WC |
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-new moon
-waxing crescent
-first quarter
-axing gibbous
-full moon
-waning gibbous
-last quarter
-waning crescent |
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Earth (FQ), little moon (same), Big sun (photosphere)than both
*Sun Mass is 300,000 times size of Earth |
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| visible surface (photosphere), atmosphere (inner chromosphere, outer corona, glowing halo (only visible during total eclipse) |
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Top to Bottom:
-sand rich in dark organic matter
-clay and sand
-sand and rock fragments
-unweathered rock (bedrock) |
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| Rain Shadow (mountain image-L to R, 5) |
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| prevailing winds, warm moist air, rising air cools & condenses, dry air advances, rain shadow |
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| layers of sediment deposited in a quiet environment (lakes, deltas, mouths of rivers, beaches, sandbars, marine environment) |
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| geological Time Scale (era) |
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-Cenozoic (mammals)
-Mesozoic (Reptiles)
-Paleozoic (invertebrates)
-Precambrian (none) |
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-palentology (fossils)
-geomorphology (landforms)
-petrology (rocks)
-stratigraphy (layered rocks)
-uniformitatian )using now to explore past) |
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| fully dark moon, half earth (little bigger), biggest empty sun |
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winter equinox
vernal equinox
summer solstice |
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equator is diagonal starting on left
equator is straight middle
equator is diagonal down starting on left |
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| limestone, chalk, dolostone, sandstone, conglomerate formed from weathering, transportation of sediments, to the place of deposition |
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| (plutonic) gabbro, granite, (volcanic) basalt, rhyolite |
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| slate, marble, quartzite, schist, gneiss |
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| orthoclase and plagioclase (earth's crust), quartz, olivine, augite |
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| earth's crust (bottom to top) |
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-inner core (dense mass)
-outer core liquid)
-mantle (largest)
-upper mantle (largest)
-crust (us) |
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-Cloud (wind) at top
-condensation
-precipitation
-Runoff into rivers/lakes (groundwater; underneath is Percolation) to ocean
-Evaporation up from ocean
*plants that intercept precipitation= canopy interception |
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| where all our weather occurs |
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upslope wind
peaks, long cince cooled, transport air into the valley in a process that is partly gravitational and partly convective |
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valley breeze
mountain breeze |
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| el nino (warm) and nina (cold) |
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| sea surface temps anomalies of magnitude reater than 0.5 celcius |
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Tides (sun only produces 46% as much as moon):
semidiurnal (most)
diurnal
maximum tide range
minimum tide |
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two high waters and two low waters each day
one tidal cycle per day
spring tide
neaps |
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