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These are the flashcards for Honors Science Final
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Science
9th Grade
05/19/2009

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Term
Fine Adjustment
Definition
focuses for details
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Coarse Adjustment Knob
Definition
moves the body tube or stage up and down
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Medium Power Objective
Definition
usually 10x
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Arm
Definition
used to tilt, lift and carry microscope
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Stage clips
Definition
hold slides in postition
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Base
Definition
support, carry microscope with one hand under the base and one hand around the arm
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Eyepiece
Definition
to view and help magnify the object
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Low Power Objective
Definition
for initial viewing of an object. usually 4x or 5x
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High Power Ojective
Definition
for powerful detailed magnification usually 40x-43x
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Stage
Definition
place for viewing the slide
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Diaphragm
Definition
regulates teh light coming through the stage opening
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Light Source
Definition
light comes/shines through to visualize the clip
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The lower the objective
Definition
the brighter the field of view is
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When the slide is moved to the right of a microscope it moves
Definition
Left
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When the slide moved to the left of the microscope it moves
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right
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When the slide is moved up on the microscope it looks
Definition
like it moved down
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When the slide is moved down on the microscope it appears
Definition
up
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Island Arc
Definition

subduction volcanism occurs in the ocean, a chain of colcanoes are produced(numerous in the pacific)

Term
Hot Spots
Definition
intraplate basaltic magma comes from rising plumes of hot mantle material-these hot plumes, which may extend to the core-mantle boundary, produce volcanic regions a few hundred kilometers across
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Subduction
Definition

more dense goes under and melts/ heats up and rises towards the surface

-cold hardens and cools

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How have scientists figured out the past locatiosn fo the continents?
Definition

1.plate tectonics-happen on plate boundaries that move, even when fomed on hot spots the plate moves while the hot spot stays

2.fossil evidence-supported that the southern continents were joined(plants and animals)

3.sea floor spreading-pangea(supercontinent)

4.mountain chains- show similarities across South Am., Africa, Antartica, and Australia

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Rift
Definition
a crack in the Earth's crust
Term
compared to sediment found farther fromt a ride, sea-floor sediment closer toa ridge is
Definition
Thinner
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Continental Drift
Definition
the German scientist Alfred Wegener proposed a hypothesis now called
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Seafloor Spreading
Definition
the mechanism that causes the continents to move
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Geomagnetic Reversal
Definition
the mechanism that verifies Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift is
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Paleomagnetism
Definition
the study of the magnetic properties of rocks
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Supercontinent
Definition
Wegnener hypothesized that the continents formed part of a single land mass
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Mid ocean ridges
Definition
undersea mountain ranges with steep, narrow valleys in the center
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Asthensophere
Definition
is a layer of "plastic" rock jsut below the lithosphere/like putty/slow
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Lithosphere
Definition
earth's crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle form a layer of Earth
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Plate Tectonics
Definition
is the theory that explains why and how Continents move and is the study of the formation of features in earth's crust
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Oceanic Crust
Definition
dense and is made of rock that is rich in iron and magnesium
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Continental Crust
Definition
has a low densly and is made of rock that is rich in silica
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The German Scientist alfred Wegener proposed a hypothesis now called
Definition
continental drift
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mid-ocean ridges
Definition
undersea mountain ranges with steep, narrow valleys in the center
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compared to rocks farther form a ridge rocks closer to a ridge
Definition
younger
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magma
Definition
molten rock
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describe sea-floor spreading
Definition
new ocean lithosphere forms as magma rises to earth's surface and solidifies at a mid ocean ridge
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continents move over earth's surface
Definition
by the widening sea floor, which acts as a conveyor belt
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the mechanism that verifies wegeners hypothesis of continental dirft
Definition
is geomagnetic reversal
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divergent
Definition
boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
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convergent
Definition
the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
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transform boundary
Definition
boundary between tectonic plates taht are sliding past each other horizontally
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Subduction zone
Definition
region where one plate moves under another
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fracture zone
Definition
short segments of a mid-ocean ridge that are connected by transform boundaries
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8 characteristics of life
Definition

MADE OF ONE OR MORE CELLS

DISPLAYS ORGANIZATION

MAINTAINS HOMEOSTASIS

ADAPTIONS EVOLVE OVER TIME

REPRODUCES

RESPONDS TO STIMULI

REQUIRES ENERGY

GROWS AND DEVELOPS

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Cell theory
Definition

1.All living organisms composed of cells

2.Cells are the basic unit of structure and organization of all living organisms

3.Cells arise only form previously existing cells

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Compound Light Microscopes
Definition
dead specimen,translucent,tiny,blurs image
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Electron Microscopes
Definition
dead spicemen/three demensiional
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Scanning Tunneling electron microscope
Definition
alive specimen
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Plasma Membrane
Definition
special boundary helps control what enters and leaves the cell
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Prokaryotic Cells
Definition
no nucleus/no other membrane bound organelles
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Eukaryotic Cells
Definition
have nucleus and other organelles that are bound by membranes
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Plasma Membrane is
Definition
resoponsible 4 homeostasis/thin, flexible boundary between cell and environment
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Selective permeability
Definition
allows some substances to pass thru while keeping others out(filter)/contains lipids,phospholipid, phopholipid bilayer
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Head is polar(p.m)
Definition
attracts to water hydrophilic
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Tails are(p.m.)
Definition
nonpolar-hydrophobic(barrier)
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Diffusion
Definition
net movement of particles from area of high con. to low con.
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osmosis
Definition
diffusion of water across a selective permeable membrane
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Solute
Definition
disolve in another
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Solvent
Definition
does disolving
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Isotonic
Definition
a cell is in a solution with same concentration of water and solutes/iso_same
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Hypotonic
Definition
solution has higher solute conen. than inside cell(hypo_more than)
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Turgor Pressure
Definition
force exerted outward on a plant cell wall by the h2o conatined in cell
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Cytoplasm
Definition
environment inside the p.m. is a semifluid material
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cytoskeleton
Definition
supporting netwrok of long, thin protein fibers that form a framework for the cell and provide an anchor for th eorganelles inside the cells
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nucleus(manager,brain)
Definition
contains most of cells DNA/surrounded by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope
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Ribosomes(protein synthesis)
Definition
help manufature proteins (nucleolus)
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition
ribosome are attaches that produce proteins for export to other cells(bumps)
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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
no ribosomes/proviedes a memberane surface (carbs, lipids)
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Golgi apparatus(shipment trucks)
Definition
flattented stack of membranes that modifies sorts, and packages proteins into sacs called vesicles
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Vacuole(store materials/waste)
Definition
sac used to store food, enzymes, othe rmaterials needed by a cell(waste)
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Lysosomes(clean up)
Definition
are vesicles taht contain sub. taht digest excess or worn-out organelles and food particles
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Centrioles
Definition
are organelles made of microtubules that function during cell division
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Mitochondria
Definition
make nrg
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Chloroplasts
Definition
capture light nrg and convert it to chemical engry thru photosynthesis
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Cell Wall
Definition
thick,rigid, mesh of fibers that surrounds the outside of the p.m./protects and gives support
Term
REVIEW DIFFUSION PROBLEMS FOR THIS FLASHCARD
Definition
REVIEW DIFFUSION PROBLEMS FOR THIS FLASHCARD
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Bacteriophages
Definition
virus infects bacteria
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Replication Fork
Definition
unzipping occurs
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Transcription
Definition
DNA carries out 2 mRNA in cuclus
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Translation
Definition
mRna goes to ribosomes to meet tRNA in which mRNA that carries te code 4 protein translates to tRNA amino acid
Term
list three components of a dna nucleotide
Definition
phosphate,deoxyribose, and bases
Term

List four bases in

DNA

Definition
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine
Term
GO OVER MITOSIS BOOK FOR THIS FLASHCARD
Definition
Term
GO OVER MEIOSIS booklet FOR THIS FLASHCARD
Definition
Term
Fertilization
Definition
sexual reproduction
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Hybrid
Definition
offspring of crosses between parents with different traits
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Homozygous
Definition
TT or tt-two identical-same
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Heterozygous
Definition
Tt-2 different
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Phenotype
Definition
physical characteristics
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Genotype
Definition
genetic makeup
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Incomplete Dominance

 

Definition

-neither allele is dominant over other

-heterozygous genotype produces blened phenotype

(look at cross)

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Dihybrid Cross
Definition
2 traits, 2 separate genes
Term
Polygenic Inheritance
Definition

many genes control a trait like

homozygous dominant-AABBCCDD

homozygous recessive-aabbccdd

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Codominace
Definition
2 alleles in a gene that are dominant together(look at cross)
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Sex-linked traits
Definition
female-xx, male-xy(look at cross)
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