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GED 7: Science Technology and Society > General Concepts > Flashcards

General Concepts Flashcards

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Study of the atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, and atmospheric effects on our weather

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Meteorology

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Study of the origin of the universe

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Cosmology

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Study on longer weather patterns

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Climatology

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Solar eclipse can only happen when the moon is

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New (day)

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Lunar eclipse can only happen when the moon is

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Full (night)

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Nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system

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Syzygy

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Layer of atmosphere where ozone layer is located

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Stratosphere

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Coldest layer where meteors melt

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Mesosphere

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Layer of atmosphere where radio waves are found

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Ionosphere

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Watery fluid portion of blood (90% water) in which elements are suspended

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Plasma

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Responsible for preventing bleeding

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Platelets

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Responsible for taking nutrients and carrying waste from the cells

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Plasma

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Carrier of oxygen

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Hemoglobin

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Responsible for transporting CO2 in exhaling

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Red blood cells

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Iron, nickel and cobalt

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Ferromagnetic

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Aluminum

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Paramagnetic

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Gold

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Diamagnetic

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Device used to measure the blood pressure of a person

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Sphygmomanometer

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Period mammals evolved

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Triassic

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Score of hardest mineral in Mohs scale

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10

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Softest mineral in Mohs Scale

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Talc

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Lens of magnifying glass

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Convex lens

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Gland for regulation of growth

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Thyroid glands

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Dry ice is an example of what change of state of matter

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Sublimation

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61 km/h or less
Tropical Depression
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Law that states 'Heat flows from high to low'
Thermodynamics
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Joint responsible for bending arms and legs
Hinges
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Bending of light rays when entering a medium
Refraction
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Child born with thyroxin (hypothyroidism)
Child will become mentally retarted
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Partially molten layer of the Earth
Asthenosphere
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Breathing is controlled by what part of the brain
Medulla Oblongata
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Largest part of the brain
Cerebellum
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Controls many involuntary actions in the body
Brain stem
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Known as table sugar
Sucrose
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Genetic mutation from mother
Hemophilia
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Animal and plants belong in this taxonomy
Kingdom
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Five kingdoms
Animals Plants Fungi Bacteria Protists
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Taxonomy of human
Kingdom - Animalia Phylum - Chordata Class - Mammalia Order - Primates Family - Hominidae Genus - Homo Species - Sapiens
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Possesses true nucleus in their cells
Those that are multicellular or eukaryotic
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Female reproductive organ of plants or flowers, considered to have perfect flowers
Pistil
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Male reproductive organ of plants or flowers, considered to have perfect flowers
Stamen
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Seed-bearing vascular plants where the seed are enclosed within the fruits
Angiosperms
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Seed-bearing vascular plants where the seed are exposed
Gymnosperms
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Cassava
Example of a Dicotyledon
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Sugarcane, Pineapple, Rice
Example of a Monocotyledons (rich in fiber)
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Gives plants their green color
Chlorophyll
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Growth regulator of plants (fruit ripening, stimulating the opening of flowers)
Ethylene
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Absent in plant cells / plants
Lysosome
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Perform the work of lysosomes in plants
Cell walls and vacuoles
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Structure that surrounds the cell
Membrane
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Cell structure that break down nutrient molecules and old cell parts
Lysosomes
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Site of protein synthesis in the cell
Ribosomes
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Digestive system of the animal cell
Lysosomes
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Extra chromosome is also known as
T21 or dawn syndrome
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Large areas characterized by their vegetation, soil, climate and wildlife
Biomes
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Location that has the greatest biodiversity
Forest Dipterocarp Corals
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Tall grasses
Prairies
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Short grasses
Steppe
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Treeless
Tundras
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Hot, dry and scattered trees
Savanna
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Causes bones to turn brittle and break easily
Removal of Type 1 collagen
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Components of fungal cell wall
Glucans, chitin and glycoproteins
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Reproduces through fragmentation
Flat worms
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Cell bursts, cell swells
Hypotonic
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Cell shrinks and shrivels, cell is dehydrated
Hypertonic
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Safest solution
Isotonic
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Stores water in a plant cell
Vacuoles
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Place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
Focus
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When an object has more protons (positive) than electrons (negative)
Positive
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Coolest of all gasses
Helium
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Hottest of all gasses
Acetylene
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Most stable group in the periodic table (higher number of electrons, the more stable)
Noble gases
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Protein shell of the virus
Capsid
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Acellular (non-living)
Virus
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Living organism thrives best in here
Habitat
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2 waste products of the citric acid cycle
Carbon dioxide and ATP
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Lowest form of learning from animals
Conditioning
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Process that involves a sperm fusing with an ovum
Fertilization
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Preferred source of direct energy of cells
Carbohydrates
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Milk is an example of what
Colloids
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Most abundant mineral in the body that aids in the blood-clotting process
Calcium
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Organs which are no more functional compared to their ancestral form of trait
Vestigial organs
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Human's arm, a bat wing and a dolphin's flipper classification
Homologous structure
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Fish kill due to algal blooms
Eutrophication
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Causes malaria
Plasmodium Vivax
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When canopy and shrubs start to grow in a damaged area, it is called
Secondary succession
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Philippine species known as Pithecophaga jefferyi
Monkey - eating eagle
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Uses microorganism metabolism to clean up toxic wastes from oil spill
Bioremediation
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Scurvy is a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency
Vitamin C
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Feeds on decaying matters, decomposers
Yeast
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Cleanest type of energy
Nuclear
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Dirtiest type of energy
Fossil
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Earth is the center of the universe
Claudius Ptolemy
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Sun is the center of the universe
Nicolaus Copernicus

GED 7: Science Technology and Society (8 decks)

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