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| all material in the universe that has mass and occupies space. |
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What is the basic unit of matter?
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| Name and describe the parts of an atom |
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| nucles, nutrons, & electrons |
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| Name and describe the two types of chemical bonds |
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| Covalent and Compound Bonds |
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| What are organic compounds? |
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| consist of covalenty landed carbon atoms and often include other elements especially hydrogen |
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| a molecule containing a very large number of atoms, such as a protein, nucleic acid, or synthetic polymer. |
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| Name and describe the 4 types of macromoleclues? How are they important to life? |
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| Protiens, Nucleic Acids, Carbohydrates, & Lipids |
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| Name and describe the different spheres of Earth |
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| Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, & Lithosphere |
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Positive VS. Negative Feedback
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Negative: results in slatiteration of a system.
Positive: results in a system moving to an extrem |
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| Matter that organisms require for life processes |
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| What elements make up water? |
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| Name and describe the different water properties |
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| Cohesion, Resistance to temp. change, Less dense when frozen, ability to dissolve many other moleclues. |
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What is a consumer?
What is a producer? |
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Consumer: organisms that must eat other organisms to obtain nutrients
Producer: organisms that are able to produce their own food |
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| addition of phosphorus to bodies of water can lead to an overgrowth of producers. |
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| What is nitrogen fixation? |
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| the conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia |
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| measures how acidic or basic a solutuion is |
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What are acids?
What are bases? |
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Acids: relatively high in conentration of H+
Bases: relatively high in conentration of OH- |
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Name and describe plate boundaries
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| crashing boundaries, divergatent boundaries, & transformation boundaries |
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