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1
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What is a independent variable

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The variable we are changing

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What is a dependent variable

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The variable we are measuring

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What is Categoric data

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Data that is described by a label

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What if discrete data

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Data that is a whole numbee

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What is ordered data

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Data that can be ordered but not put into an actual number

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What is continuous data

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Data that could have any number of

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When do you plot a line graph?

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When you have 2 sets of continuous data

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How do you find the gradient

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Changing in y
——————-
Changing in x

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What is a hazard

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The danger associated with a particular object

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What is a risk

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The chance of something happening

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11
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How do you use a Bunsen burner?

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Place the Bunsen burner onto a heatproof mat

Make sure your gas tap is off when connecting the tube

Make sure your air hole is closed when lighting the Bunsen burner

Turn your gas tap on

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Astronomy

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The study of objects (such as starts,planets,comets and galaxies) beyond the earths atmosphere

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What is the geocentric model

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Where the sun is in the centre and all the planets orbit around it

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What is the heliocentric model

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Where the earth is in the centre and there are 5 planets orbiting around it

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What is mass

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Mass is the amount of matter an object contains

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16
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What is weight

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Weight is the force of gravity acting on an object

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17
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What is gravitational field strength

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10N/KG

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18
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Formula for finding weight

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mass x gravitational field strength

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19
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What is the force of gravity

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All objects have a force that attracts them towards each other

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20
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How do starts generate heat

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By nuclear fusion

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21
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How to planets be seen

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Because they reflect light form their star

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22
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What is our nearest star

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The sun

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23
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Why do we orbit the sun

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We orbit the sun due to gravity

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24
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How long does it take for the moon to rotate around the earth once

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28 days

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How much of the moon is lit

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Only one half

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26
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Evaporation

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Evaporation occurs when particles in a liquid escape to form a vapour

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When does evaporation usually occur

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Evaporation can occur at any temperature but its fastest at liquids boiling point

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28
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What is everything made out of

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Atoms

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29
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What is an element

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When a substance only has one atom

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30
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What is a pure substance

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When the substance only has 1 type of element in it

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31
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What is a compound

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2 or more elements chemically joined

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32
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What is an element

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Made of 1 atom only

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33
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What is a mixture

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2 or more elements and/or compound not joined together

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34
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Molecules

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2 or more non metals chemically joined

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35
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What is diffusion

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Diffusion is the movement of particles that allows them to spread out and mix with other particles

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36
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Shen does diffusion usually occur

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Diffusion occurs in liquids and gasses but hardly at all in solids

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37
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What is solubility

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Mass of solute that can dissolve in the amount of solvent given at a certain temperature

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What is a solute

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The substance being dissolved

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39
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What is a solvent

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The substance doing the dissolving

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40
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What is a solution

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A mixture of the solute+solvent

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41
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Soluble

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A substance that dissolves in the solvent

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42
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Insoluble

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The substance that cannot dissolve in a solvent

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43
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What is crystallisation

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Separating a solid from a solution instead of evaporating the solution you can evaporate some of the solvent letting the solute slowly crystallise

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Filtration

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To separate an insoluble,you should pour onto filter paper and separate particles from the solution

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45
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Distillation

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You can evaporate and then condense the solvent.This gets rid of the solute which leaves the solvent behind

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46
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MRS GREN

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Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition

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47
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Excretion

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This is the removement of waste produced by a individual

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48
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Movement

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This is a change of position in order to respond to surroundings

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49
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Respiration

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This is a release of energy from food or stored chemicals

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50
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Sensitivity

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Reacting to the surroundings

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51
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Growth

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Growing up

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52
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Reproduction

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Creating new individuals

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53
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Nutritions

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The intake of food

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54
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Nucleus

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Controls activity of the cell

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55
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Cell membrane

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Surrounds the cell

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56
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Cytoplasm

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Carey out activities of the cell

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57
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Cell wall

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Supports cell to stop from bursting

58
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Permanent vacuole

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Storage of waste substance

59
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Chloroplast

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Traps light energy to make food for the plant

60
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Mitochondrien

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The plant and animal cell

61
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Muscle cell

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Relaxes and controls movements around the body

62
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Where is a muscle cell found

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In the heart and muscles

63
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Red blood cell

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Carries oxygen and blood around the body

64
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Where is a red blood cell found

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Found In the circulatory system

65
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Nerve cell

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Sends and receives messages from the brain

66
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When is the nerve cell found

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Found in the brain,spinal cord and nervous system

67
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Cilated cell

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Helps to wave and move things and traps dust from getting into body

68
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Where is a cilated cell found

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Found in the lining of your nose

69
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Egg cell

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To develop into a foetus and collect genes from the mother and pass them onto child

70
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Where is the egg cell found

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In the ovaries

71
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Palisade cell

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Carry out photosynthesis for the plant

72
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Where is a palisade cell found

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Found in top half of the leaf

73
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Sperm cell

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To fertilise a woman’s egg cell and soon develop a foetus

74
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Where is a sperm cell found

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Found in a males testicles

75
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Root hair cell

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Absorbs water and nutrients from the soil

76
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Where is a root hair cell found

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Fount in roots of a plant

77
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What is a unicellular organism

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A unicellular organism is a cell that is made of 1 cell.Found in animals or plants

78
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Good vacuole

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Helps digest food

79
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Coneradictile vacuole

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Vacuole helps remove water and waste

80
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Pseudopod

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Helps engulf the food

81
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Energy

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The ability to do ‘work’ this involves movement of some sorr

82
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Can energy be created

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No energy can only be changed/converted/transferred to another form

83
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How can kinetic energy be changed

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By speeding up the object or down

84
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How can chemical energy be changed

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Can be changed by chemical bonds being made or broken

85
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How can thermal energy be changed

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Changed by material warming or cooling

86
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How can gravitational potential energy be changed

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Changed by massive objects moving closer or further apart

87
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How can nuclear energy be changed

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Can be changed by fusion

88
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How can vibrational energy be changed

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Can be changed by the amplitude of vibration increasing/decreasing

89
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How can magnetic energy. Be changed

90
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How can elastic potential energy be changed

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Changed by squeezing/relaxing/or stretching object

91
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How can electrostatic energy be changed

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Changed by changing the distance between the objects

92
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What are energy pathways

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Energy pathways are how energy is transferred

93
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How can you mechanically transfer energy

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When a force moves through a distance

94
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How can you electrically transfer energy

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When a charge moves through a potential difference

95
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How can energy be transferred by heating

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When the temperature difference occurs

96
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How can energy be transferred by radiation

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Light and sound

97
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What are stores measured in

98
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What are pathways measured in

99
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What is absolute zero

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When atoms and molecules posses some kinetic energy and they freeze until the molecules are completely stationary.This is absolute zero which is 273* Celsius

100
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What is conduction

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Conduction is like pass the punch.Some materials pass on the kinetic energy better than others.The best conductors are metals as they have free electrons to move along the material

101
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What is convection

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Convection is warmer air rising as you transfer heat

102
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Why does warm air rise

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Warm air rises because it is less dense

103
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What is infrared radiation

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Is a form of electromagnetic spectrum.It does not need anything else to transfer it as it travels in invisible waves

104
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Example of infrared radiation

105
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Why do solids melt

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Solids melt because the particles gain energy and move further apart

106
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Why do liquids freeze

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Liquids freeze because the particles lose energy and move closer together

107
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Why do gasses condense

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The particles lose energy and move closer together

108
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Why do liquids evaporate

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Because the particles gain energy and move further apart

109
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What does DNA stand for

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

110
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What Is DNA made out of

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Long strands connected by an acid to create a double helix

111
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Where is DNA found inside a cell

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DNA is found inside the nucleus

112
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What is DNA called when it winds up tight

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A chromosome

113
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What is a gene

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A gene is the set of instructions to posses a particular trait

114
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Inheritance characteristics

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The features we inherit from our genes

115
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What is an allele made out of

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A moms and dads feature paired

116
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Dominant allele

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Allele will express itself which means it will show itself regarding whether there is a recessive allele or not

117
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Recessive

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Allele will only show itself if it has a recessive allele gene

118
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Why are fatal diseases still around if they kill people

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Adults with the desease pass it on to their children

119
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Chromosomes

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46 chromosomes in a nucleus
23 pairs
All the chromosomes make up a cells genome

120
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What is the circulatory system

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Transports blood around the body,oxygen and glucose too

121
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What is the main organ of the circulatory system

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The heart because is sends blood through your body through tube like organs called blood vessels

122
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What is the nervous system

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Helps the organism to respond to the environment around it

123
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What is the job of the lungs

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The job of the lungs is to exchange gases

124
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What is a wave

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A wave is a transfer of energy

125
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What do all waves require to travel

126
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What is a medium

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A solid liquid or gas

127
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What are oscillations

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The points in sound waves

128
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What are examples of transverse waves

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Water ripples
Light
Slinky rope

129
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What are longitudinal waves

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Longitudinal waves consist of squashes and stretches which travel outward

130
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What is the amplitude of a wave

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The maximum displacement of a point on a wave away from its undisturbed position

131
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What is the wavelength

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Wavelength is the distance between the two consecutive crests our troughs

132
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What is the frequency of a wave

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The number of waves passing a point each second

133
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What is the wave speed

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The speed at which energy is transferred through the medium

134
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What is thermal energy

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Any object with a temperature

135
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What is kinetic energy

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Any object that is moving

136
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What is gravitational potential

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Objects at a height above the ground

137
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What is elastic potential energy

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Objects that are stretched or compressed

138
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What is chemical energy

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Anything that has a chemical energy store

139
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What is nuclear energy

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Energy that is stored in the nucleus

140
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What is magnetic potential energy

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When two magnets are held close together

141
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What is electrostatic potential

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When charges are close together

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