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EOG cards Mrs.pasquinelli class
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24
Science
8th Grade
05/04/2016

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Wetlands

Definition
Low laying areas where water is trapped
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Eutrophication

Definition
 When algae grows rapidly and kills lake's ecosystems
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Groundwater

Definition
 Type of water source found underground; soaks through permeable sources
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Surface Water

Definition
Type of water source found above ground; ex. rivers, streams, oceans

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Buoyancy

Definition
ability to float in water, counteracting gravity

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Polarity

Definition
Attraction between positive Hydrogen atoms and negative Oxygen atoms

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Cohesion

Definition
 Water molecules' ability to attach to other water molecules

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Adhesion

Definition
Water molecules' ability to attach to other polar substances
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 Eukaryote

Definition
 an organism whose cells have membrane-bound nucleus and organelles.

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 Prokaryote

Definition
a unicellular organism that lacks a true nucleus and membrane.

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Vector

Definition
an animal that carries and transmits a disease.

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Biotechnology

Definition
Industrial use of living organisms to produce foods, drugs, and other products.

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 Epidemic

Definition
a disease that spreads over a wide geographic area.

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Pathogen

Definition
a microbe that causes disease in an organism.

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Carrier

Definition
a person with a disease that they can pass to other organisms.

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Microbe

Definition
any organism that cannot be seen with the naked eye (protist, bacteria, virus)
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Pandemic
Definition
 An infectious disease that has spread across the world.
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Virus
Definition

A non-living prokaryote that invades a living host.
 
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Bacteria
Definition
Most abundant and oldest living microbe; prokaryote
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Protist
Definition

 Living, eukaryotic cell that carries photosynthesis and can eat its energy
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Photosynthesis
Definition
Process where organisms create glucose and release oxygen

 
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Cellular Respiration
Definition
Process where organisms convert glucose into energy for cellular function
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Healthy Lifestyle

 
Definition
Balanced diet exercise that supports an organism's cellular function

 
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Host
Definition
Living organism that harbors a parasite or virus; virus cannot spread without a host
 
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