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independent variable
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dependent variable
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cell membrane
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the manipulated variable:
the one the scientist controls
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the responding variable:
what the scientist is measuring
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a thin outer covering of a cell
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cytoplasm
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nucleus
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vacuole
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a jellylike substance
that fills a cell
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a cell’s central control center
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the cell’s holding bin for food,
water and wastes
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cell
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biotic
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abiotic
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the smallest unit of living matter
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a living part of the ecosystem
(plants and animals)
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a nonliving part of the
ecosystem (ex. air and water)
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biosphere
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communities
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organism
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the part of earth where life exists
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groups of different species that
live together in a common habitat
and interact with one another
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a living thing that carries out
life functions on its own
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populations
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terrestrial
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aquatic
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group of organisms of the
same species that live in
the same area and interact
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land based ecosystem
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having to do with water or water
based ecosystem
estuaries
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herbivores
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carnivores
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the boundaries where
freshwater ecosystems meet
salt water ecosystems
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a consumer that eats only plants
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a consumer that eats only animals
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omnivores
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microorganisms
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decomposers
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a consumer that eats
both plants and animals
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an organism that is so small you
need a microscope to see it
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organisms that break down
wastes and the remains of other
organisms. (examples termites,
worms, and fungi)
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predators
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prey
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parasites
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species that feed on other species
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species that are
eaten by predators
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a relationship between two
species in which one species
benefits and the other
(host) is harmed
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hosts
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limiting factors
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deposition
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species that parasites live off of
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anything that restricts the growth
or survival of a population (food,
water, space, and shelter)
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the dropping off of soil and rock
particles by waves, wind, running
water, or glaciers:
constructive process
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volcanic eruptions
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floods
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weathering
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constructive process where a
volcano erupts and lava flows
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constructive or destructive
process where there is an
overflow of water onto land
that is usually dry
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the process through which rocks
or other materials are broken
down into smaller pieces
(physical or chemical):
destructive process
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erosion
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landslides
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earthquakes
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the wearing away of soil and rock
particles by waves, wind, running
water, or glaciers:
destructive process
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a sudden movement of rock and
soil down a slope:
destructive process
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movement or vibration in the
rocks that make up earth’s crust:
destructive process
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continental shelf
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continental slope
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mid-ocean ridge
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part of the earth or
continent that dips gently
downward under the water
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the steeper slope of land
between the continental
shelf and the ocean floor
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a continuous mountain range that can be
found along many parts of the ocean floor.
it is formed from melted rock being forced
up from below the ocean floor
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rift zone
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trench
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ocean basin
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an indention along the top of the
mid ocean ridges
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deepest part of the ocean floor
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a large underwater
area between continents
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beaches
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shoreline
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barrier islands
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land along the edge
of a body of water
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where the ocean water
meets the land
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an island that lies
parallel to the shore
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estuaries
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inlets
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waves
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where the river water and the
ocean water meet
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narrow body of water off
a larger body of water
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an up and down
movement of water
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crest
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trough
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currents
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the highest part of a wave
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the lowest part of a wave
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an ocean movement
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surface currents
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warm surface currents
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cold surface currents
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movement of the ocean
caused by the blowing
of steady winds over the ocean
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move water from the equator
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move cold water from
area near the poles
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tides
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matter
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volume
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the rise and fall of the
ocean water levels
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anything that has mass
and takes up space
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the amount of space an object
takes up physical property
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mixtures
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solutions
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solute
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two or more types of matter
that are mixed together but
keep their own properties
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a mixture in which one or more
types of matter are mixed evenly
in another kind of matter
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substance that is dissolved
by another substance to
form a solution
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solvent
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filtration
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sifting
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substance that dissolves one
or more other substances
to form a solution
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separating mixtures: the passing
of a liquid through materials
that remove impurities
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separating mixtures:
by passing through a strainer
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magnetic attraction
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evaporation
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new substance
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separating mixtures:
by using a magnet to pull out
the magnetic particles
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separating mixtures:
by allowing water to become
gas leaving behind the other
part of the mixture
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chemically combined,
not easily separated
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pollution
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force
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magnetism
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water, air, soil, mixing and
dissolving, foreign substances
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any push or pull that makes
an object start moving,
stop moving, speed up, slow
down, or change direction
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the ability of an object to push
or pull another object that
has the magnetic property
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gravity
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friction
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motion
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the attractive force that
exists between any two
objects that have mass
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a force between surfaces that
slows objects down or
stops them from moving
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a change in an object’s position,
over time position, direction,
speed, change of force, change in
mass
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