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| recalled 1.5 million vehicles due to faulty ignition switch |
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| Catastrophic Events- Typhoon Phailin |
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| the second-strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall in India |
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| Catastrophic Events- Kenya Shopping Mall |
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| gunmen attacked the Westgate Mall, killing at least 67, wounding over 175 poeple |
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| Catastrophic Events- Oklahoma City |
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| A huge tornado, 1.3 mils wide. Destroyed Briarwood Elementary and Plaza Towers Elementary. Several died. |
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| Catastrophic Events- Typoon Haiyan |
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| known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, which devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, on November 8, 2013 |
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| Catastrophic Events- Boston Marathon |
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| when two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon at 2:49 pm EDT, killing 3 people and injuring an estimated 264 others |
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| Catastrophic Events- Meteor (Chelyabins) |
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| caused by a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20. It quickly became a brilliant superbolide meteor over the southern Ural region. The light from the meteor was brighter than the Sun. It was observed over a wide area of the region and in neighboring republics. Eyewitnesses also felt intense heat from the fireball |
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| Catastrophic Events- Hamas |
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| a Palestinian Islamic organization,On 8 July 2014 Israel launched Operation Protective Edge to counter increased Hamas rocket fire from Gaza. The conflict ended with a permanent cease-fire after 7 weeks, and more than 2,000 dead |
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| Catastrophic Events- Malaysia Flight 370 |
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| scheduled international passenger flight that disappeared on Saturday, 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia to Beijing Capital International Airport, People's Republic of China |
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| Catastrophic Events- Immigrants |
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| estimated sixty-three thousand unaccompanied minors, most coming from Central America, crossed the United States' southern border between October 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014 |
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| Catastrophic Events- California |
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| US Government- Strategic Petroleum Reserve |
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| an emergency fuel storage of oil maintained by the United States Department of Energy, can hold 727 million barrels |
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| the head of the central banking system of the United States. Known colloquially as "Chair(man) of the Fed", "Fed Chair(man)" or "Fed Chief |
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| US Government- Government Shutdown |
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| October 1- October 16, 2013. after Due to Congress failing to enact legislation appropriating funds |
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| characterized by the absence of social classes, money, and the state |
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| people are treated as property |
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| one of the leaders in exports of high-end watches as well as clocks, companies such as TAG-Heuer, Hublot, Zenith amongst others produce most of the world's high-end watches |
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| Industrial Revolution Era |
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| the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, and the development of machine tools |
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| $3 billion U.S. federal scrappage program intended to provide economic incentives to U.S. residents to purchase a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle when trading in a less fuel-efficient vehicle |
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| period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced |
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| a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land |
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| coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt |
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| determined by multiplying the interest rate by the principal by the number of periods |
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| picture of Benjamin Franklin |
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| picture of George Washington |
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| conversion of one currency to another |
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| Business Cycle Contraction |
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| business cycle in which the economy as a whole is in decline |
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| GDP (gross domestic product) |
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| measure of production equal to the sum of the gross values added of all resident institutional units engaged in production |
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| Expansionary Macroeconomic Policy |
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| policy that seeks to expand the money supply to encourage economic growth or combat inflation (price increases |
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| Bryce Canyon National Park |
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southern Utah, named after
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| the highest peak in the Northeastern United States , famous for erratic weather |
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| an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony |
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| United States Military Academy at West Point |
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| is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York |
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| plantation home of George Washington |
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| John F Kennedy Space Center |
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| built to launch the Saturn V, the largest and most powerful operational launch vehicle in history, located in Merritt Island Florida |
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| major tributary of the Mississippi River |
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| the 11th longest river in the United States at 1,280 mi from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico[2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico |
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| the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the US state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean |
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| is the chief river of the largest drainage system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States (though its drainage basin reaches into Canada), it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2,340 miles to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico |
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| is the longest river in North America.Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri |
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| principal tributary of the Ohio River; it is located in the Eastern United States |
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| is a major tributary of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers in the southern United States of America, through Oklahoma and Texas |
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| a river that flows from south central Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico–United States border |
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| is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest in the United States. At 1,078 miles long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean |
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| a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean |
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| a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to, Yukon. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska |
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| Descendants of Lake Bonneville |
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| Bonneville cutthroat trout |
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| Utah River Drainage System |
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| Look at a map of Utah, most drain into the Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, Sevier Lake, Colorado River, Lake Powell |
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| also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee, The Confederates achieved considerable success on the first day, but were ultimately defeated on the second day |
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| Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, also part of the "4 corners" (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) |
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| Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, California |
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| the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions, It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east |
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| political protest, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act |
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1630-Massachusetts 1633-Maryland
1636 Rhode Island 1636-Connecticut
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1653-North Carolina 1663-South Carolina
1664-New Jersey 1682-Pennsylvania
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| who consisted of Democratic-Republicans and were primarily from southern and western states, advocated going to war against Britain for reasons related to the interference of the Royal Navy in American shipping |
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| Constitution of Confederate States |
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| was the supreme law of the Confederate States of America, as adopted on March 11, 1861, and in effect from February 22, 1862 through the conclusion of the American Civil War |
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| Currency- Newly Designed Bills |
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| $100 note and the other redesigned denominations: the $50, $20, $10, and $5 notes. The redesigned $100 note incorporates two advanced security features — the 3-D Security Ribbon and the Bell in the Inkwell |
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| It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west. The parties to the treaty were a coalition of Indian tribes, known as the Western Confederacy, and United States government represented by General Anthony Wayne for local frontiersmen |
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| an English engineer, inventor, and businessman. Bessemer's name is chiefly known in connection with the Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel |
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| an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist, his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan |
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| an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer and cousin to Sir Richard Grenville. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England |
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| one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was "the First American".[1] A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat |
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| 33rd President of the United States |
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| were several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead", at little or no cost |
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| Department of Transportation |
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federal Cabinet department of the U.S. government concerned with transportation. It was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966,
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The bill is introduced in one chamber of the Congress, The bill is assigned to a standing committee, The standing committee reports the bill back to the floor (whole chamber) The bill is placed on a congressional calendar ( the schedule for the debates) The chamber considers the bill - debate is held A vote is held If it passes the first chamber, it is called an act
The Act is sent to the other chamber
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| when the President rejects legislation approved by Congress |
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| the supreme law of the United States of America |
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| Order of States Ratifying |
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1.Delaware 2.Pennsylvania 3.New Jersey 4.Georgia 5.Connecticut 6.Massachusetts 7.Maryland 8.South Carolina 9.New Hampshire 10.Virginia
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| Vice President, Speaker of the House |
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| Freedom of: Religion Speech Press Assembly Petition |
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| President and Vice President are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. Electors are apportioned to each state according to the number of congress members. |
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| January 20, New President/Vice President begin office |
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| formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe, The green cedar (Lebanon Cedar) in the middle touches each of the red stripes and its width is one third of the width of the flag |
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| is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest "Heart of America" |
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| a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan, longest railway in the world |
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| Lakota, Meskwaki, and Comanche , Basque, Native Americans |
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| water or wind removes soil and rock from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport it to another location where it is deposited |
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| refers to the acceleration that the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface |
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| naturally occurring silicate minerals, may be related to health concerns and cancer, was used in some building supplies |
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| vertebrates, Are endothermic, “warm-blooded” |
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| chromosomes line up and sister chromatids are separated by the action of the spindle fibers |
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| refers to the lump or protrusion that is formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx |
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| adapted by altering their physical structure are called xerophytes. Xerophytes, such as cacti, usually have special means of storing and conserving water. They often have few or no leaves, which reduces transpiration. |
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| principle by which each slight variation [of a trait], if useful, is preserved |
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| shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth. |
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| the set of all genes, or genetic information, in any population, usually of a particular species |
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| are the tiny, hairlike structures that move digested food down the intestines (in anatomy, the eye lashes) |
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| possess either a pair of dominant alleles (e.g. AA) or a pair of recessive alleles (e.g. aa). |
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| one with a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell than inside the cell |
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| species is often defined as the largest group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring |
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| substance used to kill insects |
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| a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem |
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| sequence of links in a food web starting from a that are called producers in the web and ends at a species that is called decomposers |
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| depicts feeding connections like a finella (what-eats-what) |
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| a chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26 |
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| compound, fool's gold, chemical formula FeS2 |
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| a chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79 |
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| a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals |
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| a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH 4 |
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| a highly corrosive strong mineral acid |
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| monosaccharide that is absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion |
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| highly corrosive, strong mineral acid with many industrial uses |
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| a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74 |
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| compound of the two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust, silicon and oxygen |
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| is a chemical compound in which ions are held together in a structure by ionic bonds |
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| electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds |
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| a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8 |
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| a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80 |
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| is a RNA module that catalyzes reversible cleavage and joining reactions at a specific site within an RNA molecule |
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| a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2 |
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| Element- Atom, nucleus, electron |
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| atom is the smallest unit that defines the chemical elements, nucleus is at the center of an atom, Electrons are the negatively charged particles of atom |
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| the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction wherein the reactant entities are given on the left-hand side and the product entities on the right-hand side |
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| chemical compound, building blocks of protein |
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| Heat is thermal energy in the process of transfer or conversion across a boundary of one region of matter to another, as a result of a temperature difference |
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| the distance traveled per unit of time by a sound wave propagating through an elastic medium |
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| they don't need a medium to travel through, Visible light waves are the only electromagnetic waves we can see. We see these waves as the colors of the rainbow |
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| a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter |
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| of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion |
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| is a derived unit of energy, work, or amount of heat |
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| the potential of a chemical substance to undergo a transformation through a chemical reaction |
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| Frequency of light colors |
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| Color derives from the spectrum of light (distribution of light power versus wavelength) interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors |
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| sodium, magnesium, aluminium, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, and argon |
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| Europium Einsteinium Erbium |
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| the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System, with an orbital period of about 88 Earth days |
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| include all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation state changed, involve the transfer of electrons |
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| A word that shows another word's relationship. Ex: During, around, in, out, below |
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| A phrase that functions as an adverb. Ex: Keep hitting the gong until I tell you to stop. "Until I tell you to stop" is the clause. |
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| The word a pronoun replaces. Ex: "What does it mean?" "It" has no antecedent. "I told my mom she was crazy." The antecedent of "she" is "my mom." |
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| A word or phrase that renames another noun. Ex: My teacher, Ms. Froerer, is the best teacher in the world. Einstein, the greatest mind this world has ever seen, was a genius. |
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| : Used to start or explain a list |
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| A group of words with either no verb, no object, or no subject. Ex: I wanted. Because she said. |
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| Verb form ending in -ing, used as a verb. Ex: I like swimming. |
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| Original form of the verb, including the word "to." Ex: to be, to run, to hide |
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| Action verb (not "to be") that does not have a direct object. Ex: We arrived at the classroom. NOT We got a toy. |
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| the present (or infinitive), the past tense, the past participle, and the present participle. |
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| Shows something that started in the past. Ex: I have taken a vacation. |
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| Form of the verb that happened in the past. Ex: failed, passed, ran, scored, lost, won |
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| Comparison not using "like" or "as." Ex: Ms. Froerer is a rock star! |
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| A reference to something without actually saying it. Ex:“Stop acting like my ex-husband please.” "That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles/and my daddy said 'Stay away from Juliet.'" |
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| A word that sounds like what it describes. Ex: knock, cluck, bang, smash |
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| Two words that have the same spelling but different meanings. Ex: minute and minute, present and present |
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| Exaggeration to make a point. Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. |
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| Comparing two things. Ex: You are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard. |
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| A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. Ex: "Little strokes/Fell great oaks." - Benjamin Franklin "I mean the opposite of what I say./You've got it now? No, it's the other way." - Bruce Bennett, "Ironist" |
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| a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. Ex: the picture of the stairs that are always going down |
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| Poem with 14 lines. Rhyming scheme abab cdcd efef gg. |
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| Poem with 14 lines. Rhyming scheme abbaabba cdecde |
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| Long, serious narrative poem about a hero. Iliad and Odyssey, Dante's Divine Comedy, Beowulf |
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| Diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics (for example, night/day or winter/spring) |
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| Described in "ABAB" format, in which the line's last word is described. Any lines that rhyme with line "A" are also given an "A," and so on. |
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| annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and tabular information often arranged according to the calendar. Astronomical data and various statistics are found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, church festivals, and so on. |
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| essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the twentieth century's major poets."[1] He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to an old Yankee family. However he emigrated to England in 1914 (at age 25) and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39. Wrote poems on cats and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) |
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| Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. pioneer of the Romantic movement. 25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796 |
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| (6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era. Married poet Robert Browning, after which her father disinherited her. |
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| Character who could spin straw into gold. Agreed to do so for a girl, but she owed him her firstborn unless she could guess his name in three tries. |
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| Written by Mark Twain about a boy who teams up with a runaway slave, Jim. |
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| Nicknamed "Scout," she was the protagonist in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." |
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| Dorothy's dog in "Wizard of Oz." |
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| Book by Christopher Paul Curtis about a black orphan who travels to find his father. He finds his grandfather and learns to play the trumpet. |
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| Series by JRR Tolkien about a hobbit tasked with taking a magic ring to be destroyed. A Christian allegory. |
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| 1855 epic poem about a Native American. By Henry Longfellow. |
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| Book by Louise Erdrich about a Native American boy. 1999 |
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| Novel by Charles Dickens in which Scrooge is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. |
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| Book by Taslima Nasrin about fighting between Muslims and Hindus in India 1997 |
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| Book by Andrew Heller about a friendship between a black and a white boy |
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| The Blind Men and the Elephant |
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| Story that shows how perspective is important. One blind man feels an elephant's trunk and thinks an elephant is like a snake. Another feels its body and thinks it is solid like a wall. |
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| Oh! The Places You'll Go, |
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| Children's book by Dr. Suess |
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| Twin brothers in Greek mythology. Their mother was Leda. Castor's father was a human and Pollux's father was Zeus. When Castor was killed they became a constellation, Gemini. |
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| More than one person owns something. Ex: boys' desks, teachers' papers, students' assignments, children's songs. |
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| It's means it is. Its means something belonging to "it." Ex: Its fur is white, its leg is broken, it's too bad. |
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| add "ed" to the end of words ending in this sound. |
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| observation that one- and two-letter words tend to be function words such as I, at, he, if, of, or, etc. As a consequence of the rule, "content words" tend to have at least three letters |
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