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Science
9th Grade
05/17/2016

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the process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities
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classification
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animals with appendages and segmented bodies and eternal skeletons
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crustaceans
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a tree loses its leaves in the fall.
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deciduous tree
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a rock that forms when molten rock solidifies either above or below ground .
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igneous rock
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three distinct body parts
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insects
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a rock produced by metamorphism of an igneous or sedimentary rock .
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metamorphic rock
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the barred spiral galaxy in which we find earth
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milky way
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noticeable part of a flower
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petal
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designed to protect the bud
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sepal
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2 distinct body parts
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spider
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forms when large amounts o fluid , runny lava gradually build up a dome -shaped mountain
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shield volcano
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the point underground where on earthquake begins
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focus
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the place at ground level that is directly above the focus of an earthquake and often receives the most damage
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epicenter
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any trembling or shaking of the earths crust
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earthquake
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a monstrous wave that can occur after an earthquake or undersea landslide .
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tsunami
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is formed by eruptions composed mostly or tephra, or small fragments of solidified lava.
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cinder cone volcano
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creating a cone that has characteristics of both cinder cone and shield volcano
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composite volcano
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volcanoes that have not erupted in recorded history or are unlikely to ever erupt again
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extinct volcano
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animals with jointed appendages segmented bodies and external skeletons
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crustaceans
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