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AP Environmental Science: ch 2 Flashcards

Textbook: Living in the Environment, Miller & Spoolman

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870577706datafactual information collected by scientists1
870577707hypothesispossible explaination for observations2
870577708theorywidely accepted hypothesis3
870577709peer reviewscientists reporting experiments for examination4
870577710statisticstools to interpret numerical data5
870577711probabilityhow likely something will happen6
870577712matteranything that has mass7
870577713atomsmallest unit of an element8
870577714molecule2 or more atoms9
870577715acidmore hydrogen ions10
870577716basemore hydroxide ions11
870577717pHmeasure of acidity12
870577718organic compoundhave atleast 2 carbon atoms13
870577719elementsimplest form of a substance14
870577720genebasic unit of hereditary15
870577721traitdistinguishing characteristic16
870577722chromosomepieces of DNA in nucleus17
870577723law of conservation of matteratoms aren't created or destroyed18
870577724first law of thermodynamicsenergy isn't created or destroyed19
870577725second law of thermodynamicsspontaneous processes result in entropy20
870577726potential energystored energy21
870577727kinetic energyenergy associated with motion22
875353299paradigm shiftnew discoveries overthrow accepted theory23
875353300energycapacity to do work24

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