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Elizabeth Kulinna
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Science
9th Grade
01/24/2007

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Abiotic factors
Definition
Physical or nonliving parts of an enviroment
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Absolute Age
Definition
Actual age of a rock or fossil
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Acceleration
Definition
A change in velocity
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Action potiential
Definition
Sudden change in the electrical charge of a neuron
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Action-reaction forces
Definition
Equal but opposite forces that objects excert on each other
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Active Transport
Definition
Movement of molecules through the cell membrane against a concentration gradient, requireing the cll to use energy
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Adaption
Definition
A trait that improves an organism's chance for survival and reproduction
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Adaptive mutations
Definition
mutations that make an organism better suited to its enviroment
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Air mass
Definition
body of air that has a certain temperature, moisture content, and pressure
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Alpha particle
Definition
product of radioactive daecay that consists of 2 protons and 2 neutrons
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Amino Acids
Definition
Molecules of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen that serve as the building blocks of proteins
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Amplitude
Definition
measure of the energy a wave carries
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Analogous structures
Definition
Body parts that have a similar function, but not a similar structure
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Asexual reproduction
Definition
Reproduction that involves only one parent organism
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Asthenosphere
Definition
Layer of the upper mantle that is made up of partially molten rock that can flow
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Atom
Definition
The smallest particle of an element that has all the properties of the element
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Atomic Mass
Definition
Mass equal to the number of protons plus the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
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Atomic Number
Definition
Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
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ADP
Definition
molecule formed when a phosphate is removed from an ATP molecule
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ATP
Definition
Molecule that transfers the energy of chemical reactions within cells
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Average Acceleration
Definition
Overall change in an object's velocity during an certain time period divided by that time period
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Axon
Definition
Single long projection that extends from and carries messages away from the cell body of a neuron
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Behavior
Definition
Way an organism responds to a stimulus
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Beta particle
Definition
Partical emitted from the nucleus of an atom during radioactive decay that has the same charge and mass as an electron
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Big Band Theory
Definition
Theory that the universe formed from a tiny piece of compacted matter that was acted upon by an explosion
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Binary Fission
Definition
Type of asexual reproduction in which one parent splits in two to form two identical daughter cells
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