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| Building blocks of proteins | Amino Acids |
| Richness of a variety of life forms in a given environment | Biodiversity |
| the smallest unit of of life capable of living indepedently. | Cell |
| a protein that promotes a particular chemical reaction in the body | Enzyme |
| Interdependent community of living organizsms and their climatic and geographical habitat | Ecosystem |
| the double stranded chemical substance that carries genetic information | DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| the complete se of an organism's genetic material | Genome |
| A substance secreted in one part of the an organism that regulates the functioning of other tissues or organs. | Hormone |
| the process of cell division that results in gametes (sperm or egg cells) that contian half thenumber of chromosomes | Meiosis |
| the process which which a cell divides it nucleus and other cell materials into two duplicate daughther cells | Mitosis |
| Any of the cells inthe nervous ystem that sned electrical and chemical messages to other cells | Neuron |
| A chemical secreted by an animal or plant ot influence the behavior of ther members of its species | Pheromone |
| A medically inactive substance | Placebo |
| A cell that gives rise to other types of cells | Stem |
| A microscopic often disease causing organism made of genetic material surrounded by a protein shell | Virus |
| The basic unit of a chemical compound composed of two or more atoms bonded together | Molecule |
| A group of gases including helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon that are not reactive except in rare and limited instances | Noble Gases |
| The transfer of a fluid across a semipermeable membrane | Osmosis |
| An atom of chemical element with the same number of protons in its nucleus as other atoms of that element, but with a different number of neutrons | Isotope |
| one of a group of industrial chemicals that contain chlorine, fluorine, and carbon and have been found to damage Earth's ozone layer | Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) |
| any of the possible states of matter | Phase (solid, liquid, gas, or plasma) |
| A crack or break in the Earth's crust | Fault (One of the most famous is the San Andreas Fault in CA) |
| a type of rock formed by the solidifciation from a molten state | Igneous |
| Hot liquid rock under the Earth's crust | Magma |
| Rock that has recyrstalized under the influence of heat and pressure since their original formation | Metamorphic |
| Idea that the lithosphere the uppermost layer that includes the Earth's crust is made up of many separate rigiid plates of rock that float on top of hot semi-liquid rock | Plate tectonics |
| Type of rock formed by the buildup of material at the bottoms of bodies of water | Sedimentary |
| A single supercontinent that scientists believe began to break apart at least 200 million years ago to form the current continents | Pangaea |
| Rocks that rises from the floor of a limestone cave are | Stalagmites |
| Rocks that hang from the ceiling of a limestone cave are called | Stalactites |
| The inventor of the Periodic Table? | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| The process of injecting liquid into shale rock to crack it and gain access to petroleum or natural gas is known as | Fracking or Hydraulic Fracking |
| What are the Alkali Metals | Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, Francium (note Hydrogen although not a metal is grouped with them) |
| What are the Alkaline Earth Metals | Beryllium , Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium |
| What elements belong to the Lanthanide series | Lanthanium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium |
| What elements are in the Actinide Series | Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium |
| What is the lightest element | Hydrogen |
| Series of rare earth elements with atomic numbers 57-71. | Lanthanide Series |
| A series of radioactive metallic elements in Group 3 of the periodic table | Actinide Series or Actinides |
| The lightest non-metal or gas is | Boron |
