Science Flashcards
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Mutually beneficial relationship between two animals
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symbiosis
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Atmospheric layer 7 to 30 miles up
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Stratosphere
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Term for wind speed above 72 miles per hour
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Hurricane
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Wind velocity scale
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Beaufort scale
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Hygrometer measures this
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(Relative) humidity
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The period between ice ages
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Interglacial
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Fossilized resin from prehistoric pines
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Amber
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Amoeba-like single cell organisms
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Protozoans
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The four forces of nature
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Electromagnetic - Gravity - Strong and weak nuclear
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What oviparous animals do
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Lay eggs
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Clouds composed of ice crystals
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Cirrus
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Poikilothermic animal
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cold blooded
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Broadest measure of living things
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Kingdom
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Citric acid “cycle”
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Krebs cycle
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It turns red in acid and blue in alkaline
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Litmus paper
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Acidic level “factor”
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ph factor
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Acid made from oak bark
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Tannic acid
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The science of heredity
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Genetics
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Organisms that combine algae and fungi
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Lichens
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Wavelength just longer than visible light
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Infrared
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Hydrogen isotope with atomic weight of three
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Tritium
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Hydrogen isotope with atomic weight of two
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Deuterium
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Lowest ignition point of a vapor
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Flash point
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Scientific name for southern lights
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Aurora Australis
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Scientific name for northern lights
Aurora Borealis
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The solar wind colliding with Earth's magnetc field creates this effect
Northern and Southern lights
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Geologic epoch when man developed
Pleistocene
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Clouds formed by convection
Cumulus
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Wavelength just shorter than visible light
Ultraviolet
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Rainy thunder-head type clouds
Cumulo-nimbus
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Term for a mineral that glows under an ultra-violet light
Fluorescence
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3-D imaging process
Holography
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The first plastic developed
Celluloid
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Term for water circling around a drain
Corolis effect
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Lakes at high altitude
Seamount
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Fast tropospheric winds
Jet stream
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Low-lying clouds
Stratus
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Equal and opposite force of centripetal
Centrfugal force
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Term for the "skin" that develops on a surface of water
Surface tension
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The study of rocks
Petrology
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Neutral particle in an atom's nucleus
Neutron
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Positively charged particle in the nucleus
Proton
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Center of an atom
Nucleus
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Negatively charged atomic particle
Electron
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Atoms of an element with same # of protons - different # of neutrons
Isotope
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Ionic or covalent bonds join these
Atoms
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The study of past artifacts
Archaeology
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Theory that seeks to unite the four forces of nature
Unified field Theory
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The study of man
Anthropology
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An electron is this type of particle
Lepton
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Ancient science of transmuting metals
Alchemy
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The science of crime prevention and punishment
Penology
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The science of projectiles
Ballistics
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The science of agriculture
Agronomy
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The science of heat and energy transfer
Thermodynamics
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The science of light
Optics
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The science of sound
Acoustics
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The study of fossils
Paleontology
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Bitter almond smelling gas
(Hydrogen) cyanide
60
Force applied to a body to maintain a circular orbit
Centripetal force
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Solid carbon dioxide
Dry ice
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tri-atomic oxygen
Ozone
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NACL
Salt
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HCL - found in the human stomach
Hydrochloric acid
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H2SO4
Sulfuric acid
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CO2
Carbond dioxide
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General term for ultimate subatomic particles
Quarks
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NH3
Ammonia
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Particle or packet of light
Photon
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Scientific name for laughing gas
Nitrous Oxide
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Least amount of material needed for a nuclear reaction
Critical mass
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Term it takes for radioactivity to decrease by 50%
Half life
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The four states of matter
Solid - Liquid - Gas - Plasma
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The act of joining atoms together
Fusion
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The act of splitting atoms
Fission
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Quark that holds the nucleus of an atom together
Gluon
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Copper and tin alloy
Bronze
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CO
Carbon Monoxide
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Element used in car batteries
lead (Pb)
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Element with the symbol Cm
Curium (named for Marie and Pierre Curie)
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Element with the symbol Cl
Chlorine
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Element with the symbol B
Bismuth
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Element with the symbol As
Arsenic
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Element with the symbol Ar
Argon
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Element with the symbol Am
Americium
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Last element in alphabetical order
Zirconium (Zr)
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Materials made from two or more metals
Alloys
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Elements used in rechargeable batteries
Nickel (Ni) - Cadmium (Cd)
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Element with the symbol Fe
Iron
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Element used to galvanize steel
Zinc (Zn)
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Element used in fluorescent lights
Neon (Ne)
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Element found in bones
Calcium (Ca)
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Graphite element
Carbon
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Most malleable and ductile metal
Gold (Au)
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Nevada state metal - best electric conductor
Silver (Ag)
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Element found in seaweed
Iodine (I)
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"Color" Element
Chromium (Cr)
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Element with the symbol No
Nobelium (named for Alfred Nobel)
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Element with the symbol Se
Selenium
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Element with the symbol Sb
Antimony
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Element with the symbol S
Sulfur
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Element with the symbol Rn
Radon
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Element with the symbol Ra
Radium
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Element with the symbol Pu
Plutonium
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Element with the symbol Pt
Platinum
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Element with the symbol Es
Einsteinium
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Element with the symbol P
Phosphorus
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Element with the symbol F
Fluorine
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Element with the symbol Na
Sodium
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Element with the symbol Mn
Manganese
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Element with the symbol Ho
Holmium (named for Stockholm)
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Element with the symbol Ge
Germanium (used in transistors)
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Element with the symbol Ga
Gallium
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Element with the symbol Fr
Francium
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Element with the symbol Fm
Fermium (named for Enrico Fermi)
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Light metal used in fighter aircraft
Titanium (Ti)
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Element with the symbol Po
Polonium (named for Poland)
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Father of soviet hydrogen bomb
Andrei Sakharov
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Grey filament metal with highest melting temperature
Tungsten (W)
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Scientist who discovered electromagnetic waves
Heinrich Hertz
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Russian who developed theory of conditioned reflex
Ivan Pavlov
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Monk who descoverd the principles of genetics
Gregor Mendel
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Astronomer who proposed heliocentric solar system
Copernicus
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Second English Astronomer Royal
Sir Edmund Halley
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Astronomer with metal nose
Tycho Brahe
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Scientist who established the periodic table of elements
Dimitri Mendeleyev
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Father of rocketry
Robert Goddard
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English scientist who discovered the properties of Hydrogen
Henry Cavendish
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French father of modern chemistry
Antoin Lavoissier
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English father of modern chemistry
Robert Boyle
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Father of nuclear navy or nuclear submarine
Hyram Rickover
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Father of the hydrogen bomb
Edward Teller
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Father of the atom bomb
Robert Oppenheimer
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Silver and tin alloy
Pewter
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Copper and silver alloy
Sterling silver
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Element with the symbol Xe
Xenon
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Saturn V rocket developer
Werner von Braun
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Heaviest non man-made element
Uranium (U)
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Copper and zinc alloy
Brass
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Blue metal
Cobalt (Co)
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Earth's most abundant metal
Aluminum (Al)
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Lightest common metal
Magnesium (Mg)
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Second-lightest metal
Potassium (K)
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Lightest metal
Lithium (Li)
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Atmosphere's most abundant element
Nitrogen (N)
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Scientist who discovered the structure of he atom
Neils Bohr
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Earth's most abundant element
Oxygen (O)
148
Metal which is liquid at room temperature
Mercury (Hg)
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Second-lightest element
Helium (He)
150
Lightest element
Hydroge (H)
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Scientist who proposed the theory of the expanding universe
Edwin Hubble
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Scientist who first learned of fermentation
Louis Pasteur
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German scientist who established quantum theory of radiation
Max Plank
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French scientist of optics and geometry
Rene Descartes
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Italian physicist who discovered radioactive elements
Enrico Fermi
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English scientist who discovered sodium and potassium
Sir Humphry Davy
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Earth's second most abundant element
Silicon (Si)
