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PLMAT Flashcards

1
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cells

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smallest living organism and basic unit of life on earth

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2
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3 parts of cell

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membrane, the nucleus, and the cytoplasm

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3
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what’s nucleus?

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contains of the cell’s DNA, sends messages to tell the cell to grow

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4
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membrane

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ensure cell remains separate

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5
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cytoplasm

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interiorof cell that surrounds the nucleus.

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6
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Cytoskeleton 💀

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forms/ helps cell maintain correct shape.

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7
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endoplasmic reticulum (ER) 🤛

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synthesizes, folds, and transports proteins.

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8
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Golgi apparatus 📦

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post office of cell, where items go through packaging

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9
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mitochondria 🏠

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powerhouses of cells.
help turn food into energy that cell can use

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10
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Ribosomes

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Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

Read RNA and translate it into proteins by sticking together amino acids

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11
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two typesof cell division

mm

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@ mitosis
most of cells in the body divide. The “parent” cell splits into two “daughter” cells.

@ meiosis
body produces sperm cells and egg cells.

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12
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Cell types? SBBMSEN

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stem cells
bone cells
blood cells
muscle cells
sperm cell
egg cell
nerve cell

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13
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what is blood cell 🩸🩸💉

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red blood cells - carry oxygen around body

white blood cells - part of immune system

platelets - help blood clot to prevent blood loss

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14
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Isaac Newton

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The Father of Modern Physics

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15
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Heat and Thermodynamics

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Heat- form of energy that produces hotness.

Thermodynamics- deals with the energy relationships involving heat

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16
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Methods of heat transfer
CCR

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Conduction: transfer of heat from hotter body to colder body

Convection: transmission of heat due to movement of medium

Radiation: heat gets transmitted without the action

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17
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Types of equilibrium

TMC

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Thermal equilibrium: temperature of every part of the system is the same as surroundings

Mechanical equilibrium: no unbalanced force

Chemical equilibrium: chemical composition is same throughout system.

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18
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Internal Energy ⚡🔌

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sum total of the kinetic energy

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19
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kinetic energy.

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energy possessed by atoms by virtue of their motion

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20
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Work

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energy spent to overcome an external force.

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21
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electromagnetism 🔌

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produced when electrical flows through conductor

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22
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DNA?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid - carries genetic information

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23
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Molecule?

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group of atoms together

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24
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Isaac Newton 2nd Law

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Law of acceleration

f = ma

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25
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Ohms Law

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current is voltage

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26
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NPN BODIES? 🦭

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Negative
have excess electrons

Positive
deficiency of electron.

Neutral
the same number of protons and electrons.

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27
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Law of inertia
Isaac Newton - Law of motions

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a body at rest will remain at rest
a body in motion will move unless force acts on

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28
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Transmutation ➡️⬅️⬆️⬇️

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changing of one element to another

29
Q

2 types of nuclear reactions
🐠🐋🐟

A

Nuclear fission
splitting of atom

Nuclear fusion
combining nuclei atom

30
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Sound

A

a longitudinal wave and mechanical wave.

31
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Sound can be transmitted in

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solid, liquid or gas.

32
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Sound is slower than

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light.

33
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Radioactive atoms - ABG

A

alpha particle
beta particle
gamma ray

34
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High frequency sound

A

high pitch

35
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Low frequency sound

A

low pitch.

36
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Sound can exhibit the following properties: RRID

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reflection (echo and reverberation),
refraction,
interference
diffraction.

37
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Doppler Effect 🌊 👋

A

waves is moving with respect

38
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laws of reflection state that:

A

a. incident ray, reflected ray, normal lie in the same plane.
b. angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

39
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🤍 Refraction 🤍

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bending light rays pass an angle from medium to another

40
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Lenses form 📹📷

A

images by refraction.

41
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Dispersion 🌈

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separating white light into a band of colors.

42
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Diffraction 👀

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bending light passes through small opening.

43
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Interference

A

two beams of light superimposed with one another.

44
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Temperature

A

measure of hotness or coldness of body

45
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Heat

A

energy in transit from body of higher temperature to lower temperature.

46
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Thermal energy 🔥

A

resulting from heat flow

47
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Internal energy
=

A

total of all energies in a substance

48
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wave

A

a disturbance, travels through a medium

49
Q

2 types of waves

T & L

A

Transverse waves
move up and down perpendicular

Longitudinal waves
move back and forth parallel

50
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Highest points of waves are called
🗻

A

crests

51
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Low points are called

A

troughs.

52
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Amplitude

A

maximum displacement

53
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Wavelength

A

distance between two successive crests or successive troughs.

54
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Frequency

A

number of crests or troughs that pass a point per second. (Hz).

55
Q

Work

A

force is causing body to move.
In equation,

W = F x d

SI unit of work is Nm or joule.

56
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Energy

A

ability to do work.

57
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Kinetic energy

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energy due to motion.

use the equation
KE = 1⁄2 mv2

58
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Potential energy

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energy due to position.
use the equation
PE = mgd.
unit is joule.

59
Q

The kinetic energy of free falling body

.

A

increases while its potential energy decreases.

60
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The total mechanical energy of a free falling body

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remains the same

61
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The loss in potential energy

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equals increase in kinetic energy

62
Q

Power

A

rate of doing work.
In SI it is expressed in watts.



63
Q

atom

A

smallest particle of an element.

64
Q

nucleus

A

small dense core

65
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diffusion 🤝

A

intermingling of the molecules

66
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The atomic number is also equal to

A

number of electrons.

67
Q

atomic mass or mass number is

S

A

sum of an atom’s protons and neutrons

68
Q

reactants

A

substances that combine

69
Q

mass of the reactants is

A

equal to the mass of the products.

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