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A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration. |
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the range of distances from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. If a planet is too close to its parent star, it will be too hot and water would have evaporated.
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Study of prehistoric life |
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
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a molecule composed of two chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. |
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| The theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature. |
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alternative energy
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energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment |
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winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center |
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Cretaceous period
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| A geological term denoting the interval of Earth history beginning around 144 million years ago and ending 66 million years ago |
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| A process by which semiarid land is converted to desert, often by improper farming or by climate change. |
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| A collection of star systems. |
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air moving from high pressure to low pressure |
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a faint star of enormous density |
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| Relating to the "heat" in the interior of the earth. |
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gravitational field
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| A field of force surrounding a body of finite mass. |
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atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation |
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| Rock formed by the solidification of molten magma |
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| A wavelength is the distance between two peaks in a wave. And, if you are on the same wavelength with someone else, you are in sync and share the same perspective. |
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| Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through. |
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| Rock altered by pressure and heat. |
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| Containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope. |
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| An immense cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space |
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| A layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun. |
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| When the earth's crust cracks open and spews hot lava and gases |
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a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
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| Everything that exists anywhere |
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| relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics |
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| the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust. |
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| contamination of the natural environment. |
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| Low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams |
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| a storm resulting from strong rising air currents: heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning |
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radioactive decay
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| The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionising radiation. |
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| Relating to or associated with heat |
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Theory of relativity
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the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts |
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a belief that can guide behavior |
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the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment |
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| The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer |
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atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere |
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relative humidity
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| The ratio of the amount of water in the air at a given temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature; expressed as a percentage. |
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a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade |
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| Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction. |
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a round three-dimensional closed surface |
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BEN K AND STEVEN L
4th period
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Steven is collaborative editor |
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