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Sience Final!!!
everything in between
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Science
8th Grade
06/04/2013

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NEWTONS 1ST LAW
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IF IT IS IN MOTION THEN WILL STAY IN MOTION BUT IF ITS AT REST THEN ITLL STAY AT REST
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NEWTONS 2ND LAW
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he relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors (as indicated by their symbols being displayed in slant bold font); in this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.
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Newton's Third Law 

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 For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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SPEED
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RATE OF DISTANCE
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ACCELERATION
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A CHANGE IN SPEED OR DIRECTION
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COVEREGENT
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The point of converging; a meeting place:
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Divergent
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Drawing apart from a common point;
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TRANSFORM
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AROWS GOING ACROSS
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COLD FRONT
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TRIANGLES
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WARM FRONT
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BUMBS
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STATIONARY FRONT
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TRIANGLES AND BUMBS
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HIGH PRESSURE
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H
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LOW PRESSURE
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L
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LINES WITH NUMBERS
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ISOBARS
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HIGH PRESSURE
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CLOCKWISE
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LOW PRESSURE
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COUNTER CLOCKWISE
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NEBULA
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A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness depending on the way the mass absorbs or reflects incident radiation.
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WHAT IS PRIMARY ELEMENT IN A NEBULA
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HYDROGEN
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WHAT HOLDS THE MATTER IN THE NEBULA TOGETHER
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gravity
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protostar
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star before it shines
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process within the star to shine
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nuclear fusion
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GALAXIES
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LARGE GROUPS OF STARS
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COOLEST STARS
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RED
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HOTTEST STARS
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BLUE
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WAXING
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INCREASING LIGHT
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WANING
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DECREASE LIGHT
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GIBBOUS
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ILLUMINTED
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CRESCENT
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UNILLUNITED
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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE ONE CYCLE?
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28 DAYS
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DURING WHICH PHARSES OF MOON IS THE TIDAL RANGE GREATEST?
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FULL AMD NEW AND THEY ARE CALLED SPRING TIDES
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PRIMARY SOURCE
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SUN
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PRODUCERS
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A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.
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DECOMPOSER
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An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
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primary consumer
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An animal that eats grass and other green plants in a food chain; an herbivore

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secondary consumer
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An animal that feeds on smaller plant-eating animals in a food chain.
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herbivore
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An animal that feeds on smaller plant-eating animals in a food chain.
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carnivore
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 A flesh-eating animal.
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omnivore
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One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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Decomposers
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To become broken down into components; disintegrate.
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FINISHED
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