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| two word naming system that gives all organisms their scientific names |
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| smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions |
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| Protective outer covering of all cells that regulates the interaction between the cell and the environment. |
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| States that all organisms are made up of one or more cells. The cell is the basic unit of life and all cells come from other cells. |
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| rigid structure that encloses supports and protects the cells of plants, algae, fungi and most bacteria. |
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| green, chlorophyll containing plant cell organelle that captures light energy which is used to make sugar. |
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| constantly moving gelatin like mixture inside the cell membrane that contains heredity material and is the location of most of a cell's life processes |
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| cytoplasmic organelle that moves materials around in the cell and is made up of a complex series of folded membranes that can be rough (with ribosomes) or smooth (without attached ribosomes). |
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| first word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar species. |
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| organelles that sort and package cellular materials and transport them within the cell or out of the cell. |
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| ability of an organism to keep proper internal conditions no matter what external stimuli are occurring |
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| living cell in which a virus can actively multiply or in which a virus can hide until activated by environmental stimuli. |
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| first and largest category used to classify organism |
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| cell organelle where food is broken down which releases energy |
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| organelle that controls all the activities of a cell and contains hereditary material made of DNA |
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| structure such as the heart made up of different types of tissues that all work together. |
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| structure in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell that can act as a storage site, process energy, make materials, or manufacture substances |
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| a group of organs working together to perform a certain function |
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| evolutionary history of an organism sorted into six kingdoms |
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| small structure on which cells make their own proteins |
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| group of similar cells that work together to do one job |
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| a strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating. |
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| state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place |
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| amount of water vapor present in the air |
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| measure of the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature |
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| temperature at which air is saturated & condensation forms. it changes with the amount of water vapor in the air |
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| formed when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground & forms a stratus cloud |
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| water falling from clouds |
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| large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it develops |
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| boundary between 2 air masses of different densities, moisture or temperature |
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| violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground |
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| large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over the warm Atlantic Ocean |
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| winter storm with winds of 56km/hr, the temperature is low, visibility less than40 m in falling or blowing snow, and if thes conditions last for three hours or more |
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| a person who studies weather |
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| shows weather conditions at a specific location on Earth's surface |
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| line that connects points of equal temperature |
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| line drawn to connect points of equal atmospheric pressure |
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| pattern of weather that occurs in a area over many years |
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| region between latitudes 23.5N & 23.5S that receives the most solar radiation because the sun shines almost directly over this area |
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| extends from 66.5N &66.5S to the poles - solar radiation hits these zones at a low angle spreading energy over a large area |
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| lie between the polar & tropic zones & have moderate temperatures. Most of the US is in the temperate zone |
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| any structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment |
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| period of greatly reduced activity during the winter |
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| short periods of climatic change caused by changes in the amount of solar radiation an area gets |
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| climatic event that involves the Pacific Ocean and the atmosphere |
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| natural heating process that occurs whencertain gases in the Earth's atmosphere trap heat |
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| the gradual increase in global temperature |
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| destroying & cutting down trees, which affects amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere |
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| an imaginary line drawn from Earth's North Pole to the South Pole |
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| the spinning of Earth on its axis which causes day and night |
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| the motion of the Earth around the Sun |
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| the path the Earth follows around the sun |
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| the time twice a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator |
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| when the sun is directly above earth's equator, the length of day and night are early equal all over the world |
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| depressions formed by large metorites |
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| changing views of the moon as seen from Earth |
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| the Earth moves into the moon's shadow |
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| when the sun, Earth & Moon are lined up so that the full m oon moves into Earth's shadow |
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| composed of the Sun, planets, comets, asteroids & other objects in orbit around the Sun |
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| used to measure distances within the solar system - 150,000,000km =1 |
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| small, rocky objects that mostly lie in a belt between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter |
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| made of rocky particles & water,ice as they approach the sun, the parts vaporize & form tails |
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| large cloud of material rotating slowly in space |
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