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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
02/05/2010

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Term
 Igneous
Definition

Made when magma (hot liquid made of melted minerals) cools.  Magma can slowly cool underground or quickly on the earth's surface, where it is called lava

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Sedimentary
Definition

Formed when sediments, pieces of rocks broken off by weathering and erosion, are compacted and cemented together.

 

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Metamorphic
Definition

 Formed when rock is transformed by heat and pressure.

Term
What part of the brain affects balance?
Definition
Cerebellum
Term
What is in charge of all the functions your body needs to stay alive, like breathing air, digesting food, and circulating blood.
Definition
Brain Stem
Term
What part of the brain controls temperature in the body?
Definition
Hypothalmus
Term
How many feet in 1 meter?
Definition
3.28ft in a Meter
Term
How many pounds in a kilogram?
Definition
1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds
Term
How do you find the circumference of a circle?
Definition
C=2πr
Term
How do you find the area of a circle?
Definition
A=πr2 
Term
What is the Ideal Gas Law
Definition
PV= knT or PV=nRT
(Pressure)(Volume)= (Number of moles)(Universal gas constant 8.31)(Temperature)
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What is Avagodros Number
Definition
6.02x1023
Term
The appearance of an organism resulting from its genotype
Definition
Phenotype
Term
Water evaporating from a leaf is called
Definition
Transpiration
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Water evaporating from a leaf is called
Definition
Transpiration
Term
Two types of weatherign
Definition
Physical weathering
Chemical weathering
Term
what provides the heat and energy necessary to create metamorphic rock
Definition
Tectonic plate movement
Term
The theory of tectonic plate movement states that
Definition
the outer layer of earth's surface is broken into seven large plates and several smaller ones.
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What is the point at which the tectonic plates meet called?
Definition
plate boundaries
Term
Define convergent boundary
Definition
where two plates are moving against, or toward each other.
Term
Define divergent boundary
Definition
where two plates pull appart
Term
Transform boundary
Definition
one where two plates are sliding past eachother
Term
Natural phenomena such as mountain formation, volcanoes and earthquakes occur at this site
Definition
plate boundaries
Term
Glucose+Glucose=
Definition
Maltose
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