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| a bend in layers of rock caused by compression of rock layers. |
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| a pathway showing he energy flow from one organism to another |
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| a complex pathway of interconnected food chains found in an ecosystem |
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| a push or pull that can change the motion of a body unless counteracted by an opposite push or pull |
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| a combination of chemical symbols that shows the type and number of atoms that make up the compound |
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| the smallest ratio of ions that make up a compound |
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| -the remains or other evidence of ancient life preserved in rocks |
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| the use of fossils to help correlate rock layers of one area with similar rock layers of another area |
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| the fossil evidence that shows the forms of organisms that appeared, existed for a long time, and disappeared |
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| an attempt to falsify or fabricate research information |
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| the number of vibrations or cycles of a wave in a given period of time, often per second |
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| - a force that opposes the motion of a body |
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| - a kingdom of complex organisms that breaks down other organisms to absorb the nutrients |
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| the joining together of low mass particles to form higher mass particles and release energy |
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| a large group of stars held together by gravity |
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| - a reproductive cell which is haploid, also known as a sex cell |
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| - radioactive decay that produces a high-energy gamma ray |
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| high energy radiation, part of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
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| a state of matter with no definite volume or shape and is compressible. |
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| a segment of DNA that codes for a protein, a hereditary unit. |
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