AP Vocabulario 16 Mog Flashcards
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| 5549634644 | tradiciones | social customs |  | 0 |
| 5549650906 | valores | values |  | 1 |
| 5549653154 | creencias | beliefs |  | 2 |
| 5549655740 | culturas | cultures |  | 3 |
| 5549657553 | origen étnico | ethnicity |  | 4 |
| 5549662628 | valores familiares | family values |  | 5 |
| 5549666339 | valores morales | moral values |  | 6 |
| 5549674309 | viajes | travel |  | 7 |
| 5549676182 | ocio | leisure |  | 8 |
| 5549678042 | aduana | customs |  | 9 |
| 5549680446 | baile | dance |  | 10 |
| 5549683922 | librería | book store |  | 11 |
| 5549688427 | café | cafe, coffee |  | 12 |
| 5549691033 | campo | countryside |  | 13 |
| 5549693541 | centro comercial | mall |  | 14 |
| 5549696765 | coleccionar estampillas | stamp collecting |  | 15 |
| 5549708363 | deportes | sport |  | 16 |
| 5549711099 | equipaje | luggage, baggage |  | 17 |
| 5549714429 | excursión | excursion, trip |  | 18 |
| 5549717593 | gimnasio | gym |  | 19 |
| 5549721460 | hacer ejercicio | to exercise |  | 20 |
| 5549723309 | ir de compras | to go shopping |  | 21 |
| 5549727042 | jugar | to play |  | 22 |
| 5549730195 | lago | lake |  | 23 |
| 5549732963 | maleta | suitcase |  | 24 |
| 5549736660 | montañas | mountains |  | 25 |
| 5549739187 | parque | park |  | 26 |
| 5549743193 | parque de atracciones | amusement park |  | 27 |
| 5549746309 | pasatiempo, afición | hobby |  | 28 |
| 5549752969 | pasear | to go for a walk |  | 29 |
| 5549755976 | piscina, alberca | pool |  | 30 |
| 5549755977 | playa | beach |  | 31 |
| 5549758160 | rio | river |  | 32 |
| 5549759647 | visado | visa |  | 33 |
AP Psychology: Unit 9 Flashcards
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| 5552349444 | Developmental Psychology | 1) a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span. 2) human form conception until death | 0 | |
| 5552351615 | Zygote | 1) the fertilized egg, it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo. 2) 0-2 weeks old, egg + sperm |  | 1 |
| 5552353370 | Embryo | 1) the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month. 2) 2-8 weeks old, major organs are made |  | 2 |
| 5552353371 | Fetus | 1) the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth. 2) 9+ weeks old |  | 3 |
| 5552355745 | Teratogens | 1) agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm. 2) agents that can reach an unborn baby | 4 | |
| 5552360841 | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) | 1) physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking. In severe cases, symptoms include noticeable facial misproportions. 2) when a mother drinks during pregnancy, causes birth defects |  | 5 |
| 5552363373 | Habituation | 1) decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner. 2) adapt to a repeated stimuli | 6 | |
| 5552363398 | Maturation | 1) biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience. 2) starts of the same but end at different times | 7 | |
| 5552365620 | Cognition | 1) all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. 2) mental activities | 8 | |
| 5552367130 | Schema | 1) a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information. 2) concepts/ideas | 9 | |
| 5552369031 | Assimilation | 1) interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas. 2) learn something by comparing to something similar | 10 | |
| 5552370891 | Accommodation | 1) adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information. 2) learn something that is not compared to other things | 11 | |
| 5552372574 | Sensorimotor Stage | 1) in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities. 2) learns about the world trough sensory and motor function | 12 | |
| 5552374899 | Object Permanence | 1) the awareness that things continue to exist when not perceived. 2) knows things are still existing even though you cannot see it | 13 | |
| 5552376740 | Preoperational Stage | 1) in Piaget's theory, the stage (from 2 to about 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic. 2) child understands language, not logic | 14 | |
| 5552382825 | Conservation | 1) the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects. 2) when you know that properties remain the same even with changes in the form | 15 | |
| 5552385284 | Egocentrism | 1) in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view. 2) only their point of view (me, me, me) | 16 | |
| 5552385285 | Theory of Mind | 1) people's ideas about their own and other's mental states - about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict 2) idea about their own mental states | 17 | |
| 5552387228 | Concrete Operational Stage | 1) in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events. 2) Children starts understanding logic | 18 | |
| 5552391800 | Formal Operational Stage | 1) in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts. 2) child can think abstractly and like an adult | 19 | |
| 5552393938 | Autism | 1) a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of other's states of mind. 2) disorder marked by deficient communication, not social, and don't understand other people's state of mind | 20 | |
| 5552395961 | Stranger Anxiety | 1) the fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age. 2) fear of strangers | 21 | |
| 5552395962 | Attachment | 1) an emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation. 2) emotional bond | 22 | |
| 5552397797 | Critical Period | 1) an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development. 2) important period that produces proper development | 23 | |
| 5552402347 | Imprinting | 1) the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life. 2) following of the first large moving object |  | 24 |
| 5552407841 | Temperament | 1) a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity. 2) a person's characteristics | 25 | |
| 5552411443 | Basic Trust | 1) according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers. 2) sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy | 26 | |
| 5552413771 | Self-concept | 1) our understanding and evaluation of who we are. 2) who we think we are | 27 | |
| 5552416584 | Gender | 1) in psychology, the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female. 2) our role as a male or female (bio and Social) | 28 | |
| 5552418716 | Aggression | 1) physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone. 2) ability to hurt others on purpose | 29 | |
| 5552418717 | X Chromosome | 1) the sex chromosome found in both men and women. Females have two X chromosomes; males have one. An X chromosome from each parent produces a female child. 2) a female and male chromosome but females have more | 30 | |
| 5552421362 | Y Chromosome | 1) the sex chromosome found only in males. When paired with an X chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child. 2) a male chromosome | 31 | |
| 5552423590 | Testosterone | 1) the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty. 2) sex hormone | 32 | |
| 5552425590 | Role | 1) a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave. 2) our norms | 33 | |
| 5552427541 | Gender Role | 1) a set of expected behaviors for males or for females. 2) norms for males and females | 34 | |
| 5552431309 | Gender Identity | 1) our sense of being male or female 2) how we feel about our gender | 35 | |
| 5552433185 | Gender Typing | 1) the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role. 2) learning of male and female roles | 36 | |
| 5552435835 | Social Learning Theory | 1) the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished. 2) learn by watching (observational learning) | 37 | |
| 5552437643 | Adolescence | 1) the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence. 2) teen years | 38 | |
| 5552439303 | Puberty | 1 the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing. 2) time in life when you can start having babies | 39 | |
| 5552439304 | Primary Sexual Characteristics | 1) the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that makes sexual reproduction possible. 2) what is needed for babies | 40 | |
| 5552441348 | Secondary Sex Characteristics | 1) non-reproductive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair. 2) the side-effects of puberty (not needed) | 41 | |
| 5552447090 | Menarche | 1) the first menstrual period. 2) women's first period | 42 | |
| 5552447091 | Identity | 1) our sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles. 2) how we see our self | 43 | |
| 5552449121 | Social Identify | 1) the "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "Who am I?" that comes from our group memberships. 2) how we see ourselves as a generation | 44 | |
| 5552451356 | Intimacy | 1) in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood. 2) when you start making strong, forever lasting relationships | 45 | |
| 5552453552 | Emerging Adulthood | 1) for some people in modern cultures, a period from the late teens to mid-twenties, bridging the gap between adolescent dependence and full independence and responsible adulthood. 2) starting to be a adult | 46 | |
| 5552456523 | Menopause | 1) the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines. 2) loss the ability to let go of eggs (don't have any more) | 47 | |
| 5552457977 | Cross-sectional Study | 1) a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another. 2) fast paced learning with different ages | 48 | |
| 5552459920 | Longitudinal Study | 1) research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period. 2) expensive experimentation with one group of people | 49 | |
| 5552463003 | Crystallized Intelligence | 1) our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age. 2) things we already know that tends to increase with age | 50 | |
| 5552466742 | Fluid Intelligence | 1) our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood. 2) how fast our mind works that tends to decrease with age | 51 | |
| 5552470461 | Social Clock | 1) the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement. 2) how people see when it is necessary to do certain things in life |  | 52 |
AP Terms Flashcards
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| 8043240366 | Allegory | Noun - A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. (Example: Animal Farm) |  | 0 |
| 8043274303 | Allusion | Noun/Verb- A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication. (Example: This line is a(n) ____________ to William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night) |  | 1 |
| 8043310028 | Analogy | Noun/Adj- A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based. (Example: Antigone is ________ to Oedipus just as Ismene is to Creon.) |  | 2 |
| 8043351082 | Conceit | A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. |  | 3 |
| 8043374637 | Litotes | Understatement for rhetorical effect, esp when achieved by using negation with a term in place of using an antonym of that term. (Example: "She was not a little upset" for "She was extremely upset.") |  | 4 |
| 8043404098 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part. (Example: "count heads (or noses)" for "count people.") |  | 5 |
| 8043423954 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |  | 6 |
| 8043438250 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special. (Example: "ten sail" for "ten ships") |  | 7 |
| 8375655562 | Connotation | Connotation refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Emotional associations or meanings in addition to their literal meanings or denotations. |  | 8 |
| 8375691349 | Denotation | Denotation is generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word |  | 9 |
| 8375698902 | Diction | Diction can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. |  | 10 |
| 8375748431 | Style | The technique that an individual author uses in his writing. |  | 11 |
| 8375763014 | Syntax | ______ is a set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought. |  | 12 |
| 8375782285 | Tone | _____, in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. |  | 13 |
| 8375791827 | Colloquialism | the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. |  | 14 |
| 8375811435 | Ambiguity | is a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. ________ words or statements lead to vagueness and confusion |  | 15 |
APES Flashcards
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| 10357869713 | Organic vs. Inorganic | contain C &H vs. just C or H or neither ie. CH4 is organic CO2 is inorganic | 0 | |
| 10357869714 | natural vs synthetic | natural made by nature synthetic human made | 1 | |
| 10357869715 | Kinetic vs. Potential Energy | Kinetic energy- the energy a being has while in motion, potential energy- the energy an object has to be in motion | 2 | |
| 10357869716 | radioactive decay | A spontaneous process in which unstable nuclei lose energy by emitting radiation | 3 | |
| 10357869717 | half life | Time it takes for half of an isotope to decay | 4 | |
| 10357869718 | Law of Conservation of Mass | Matter is not created nor destroyed in any chemical or physical change | 5 | |
| 10357869719 | 1st law of thermodynamics | Energy cannot be created or destroyed | 6 | |
| 10357869720 | 2nd law of thermodynamics | Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe. | 7 | |
| 10357869721 | Entropy | A measure of disorder or randomness. | 8 | |
| 10357869722 | Organism | A living thing | 9 | |
| 10357869723 | Species | A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. | 10 | |
| 10357869724 | Population | A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area | 11 | |
| 10357869725 | Community | All the different populations that live together in an area | 12 | |
| 10357869726 | Ecosystem | A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. | 13 | |
| 10357869727 | biotic factor | Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact | 14 | |
| 10357869728 | abiotic factor | physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem | 15 | |
| 10357869729 | Producers (autotrophs) | Organisms that make their own food | 16 | |
| 10357869730 | Consumers (heterotrophs) | obtain energy by consuming other organism so | 17 | |
| 10357869731 | Decomposers | Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms | 18 | |
| 10357869732 | Photosynthesis formula | 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight ---> C6 H12 O6 + 6O2 | 19 | |
| 10357869733 | cellular respiration formula | C6H1206->CO2 + H20+ ENERGY (released) | 20 | |
| 10357869734 | Aerobic vs. Anaerobic | Aerobic means "with oxygen," and anaerobic means "without oxygen." | 21 | |
| 10357869735 | Extinction | A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals. | 22 | |
| 10357869736 | Erosion | Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away | 23 | |
| 10357869737 | Adaptation | A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce | 24 | |
| 10357869738 | Gene | A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait | 25 | |
| 10357869739 | gene pool | Combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population | 26 | |
| 10357869740 | Trait | A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes. | 27 | |
| 10357869741 | Chromosome | Any of the usually linear bodies in the cell nucleus that contain the genetic material. | 28 | |
| 10357869742 | natural selection | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. | 29 | |
| 10357869743 | plate tectonics | A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move. | 30 | |
| 10357869744 | Biodiversity | the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. | 31 | |
| 10357869745 | climate change | Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades | 32 | |
| 10357869746 | Metabolism | All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism | 33 | |
| 10357869747 | Rocks | A naturally formed aggregate, or mixture, of minerals; have varied chemical compositions | 34 | |
| 10357869748 | Minerals | A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence. | 35 | |
| 10357869749 | Climate vs. Weather | weather is short term, climate is a region's average weather over a long period of time | 36 | |
| 10357869750 | Weathering | The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface. | 37 | |
| 10357869751 | Ions/elements | positively and negatively charged atoms | 38 | |
| 10357869752 | Mutations | A random error in gene replication that leads to a change | 39 | |
| 10357869753 | electromagnetic spectrum | All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation | 40 | |
| 10357869754 | Co2 | Carbon dioxide | 41 | |
| 10357869755 | CO | carbon monoxide | 42 | |
| 10357869756 | C6H12O6 | Glucose | 43 | |
| 10357869757 | Ch4 | Methane | 44 | |
| 10357869758 | H2 | Hydrogen gas | 45 | |
| 10357869759 | H20 | water | 46 | |
| 10357869760 | N2 | Nitrogen gas | 47 | |
| 10357869761 | NOx | Nitrogen Oxides | 48 | |
| 10357869762 | NO3- | Nitrate | 49 | |
| 10357869763 | O2 | Oxygen gas | 50 | |
| 10357869764 | O3 | Ozone | 51 | |
| 10357869765 | PO4 3- | Phosphate | 52 | |
| 10357869766 | SO2 | sulfur dioxide | 53 | |
| 10357869767 | U | Uranium | 54 | |
| 10357869768 | P | Phosphorus | 55 | |
| 10357869769 | S | Sulfur | 56 | |
| 10357869770 | Cl | Chlorine | 57 | |
| 10357869771 | K | Potassium | 58 | |
| 10357869772 | NaCl | sodium chloride | 59 | |
| 10357869773 | Pb | Lead | 60 | |
| 10357869774 | Hg | Mercury | 61 | |
| 10357869775 | Rn | Radon | 62 |
AP Biology Biotechnology Flashcards
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| 6581907449 | DNA produced by combining DNA from different sources | Recombinant DNA |  | 0 |
| 6581907450 | A form of technology that uses living organisms, usually genes, to modify products, to make or modify plants and animals, or to develop other microorganisms for specific purposes. | Biotechnology |  | 1 |
| 6581907451 | Small rings of DNA found naturally in some bacterial cells in addition to the main bacterial chromosome. Can contain genes for antibiotic resistance, or other "contingency" functions. | Plasmids |  | 2 |
| 6581907452 | The production of multiple copies of a gene. | Gene Cloning |  | 3 |
| 6581907453 | Enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides | Restriction enzymes |  | 4 |
| 6581907454 | A single-stranded end of a double-stranded DNA restriction fragment. | Sticky end |  | 5 |
| 6581907455 | A linking enzyme essential for DNA replication; catalyzes the covalent bonding of the 3' end of a new DNA fragment to the 5' end of a growing chain. | DNA Ligase |  | 6 |
| 6581907456 | DNA molecules that can carry foreign DNA into a host cell and replicate there. | Cloning vector |  | 7 |
| 6581907457 | DNA library of only the coding regions of a gene, made from mRNA by reverse transcriptase | Complimentary DNA (cDNA) |  | 8 |
| 6581907458 | A method of producing thousands of copies of DNA segment using the enzyme DNA polymerase | polymerase chain reaction (PCR) |  | 9 |
| 6581907459 | Procedure used to separate and analyze DNA fragments by placing a mixture of DNA fragments at one end of a porous gel and applying an electrical voltage to the gel | gel electrophoresis |  | 10 |
| 6581907460 | An enzyme encoded by some viruses (retroviruses) that uses RNA as a template for DNA synthesis. | reverse transcriptase |  | 11 |
| 6581907461 | An individual's unique set of genetic markers, detected most often today by PCR or, previously, by electrophoresis and nucleic acid probes. | Genetic profile |  | 12 |
AP Skull Flashcards
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| 7790402458 | Mandible |  | 0 | |
| 7790406271 | Occipital |  | 1 | |
| 7790409457 | Temporal |  | 2 | |
| 7790415246 | Foreman magnum |  | 3 | |
| 7790432238 | sagital suture |  | 4 | |
| 7790434869 | external auditory meatus |  | 5 | |
| 7790442017 | parietal bone |  | 6 | |
| 7790447199 | coronal suture |  | 7 | |
| 7790457399 | Zygomatic bone |  | 8 | |
| 7790476057 | nasal |  | 9 | |
| 7790486601 | frontal |  | 10 | |
| 7790488346 | lambdoidal suture |  | 11 | |
| 7790491814 | mastoid process |  | 12 | |
| 7790494538 | maxilla |  | 13 |
AP Lit Set #9 Flashcards
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| 5623227812 | Prognosticate | (v) to predict or foretell a future event |  | 0 |
| 5623229953 | Pursuit | (n) the act of looking for or trying to find something |  | 1 |
| 5623232710 | Procure | (v.) to obtain, acquire by special means |  | 2 |
| 5623235495 | Alchemist | (n.) a person who studies chemistry and tries to change the substance or nature of element |  | 3 |
| 5623245014 | Bestow | (v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings |  | 4 |
| 5623245016 | Enounce | (v) utter words or pronounce |  | 5 |
| 5623254645 | Anatomize | (v) To dissect in order to examine structure; dissect in order to analyze |  | 6 |
| 5623260983 | Emaciate | (adj.) unnaturally thin |  | 7 |
| 5623263980 | Imbue | (v) to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten |  | 8 |
| 5623266115 | Ardour | (n) great enthusiasm or passion |  | 9 |
AP Lit Poetry Terms Flashcards
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| 7850242670 | allusion | a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event person or work | 0 | |
| 7850253134 | apostrophe | an address to either an abstract person, some abstract quality, or nonexistent personage. | 1 | |
| 7850262375 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 2 | |
| 7850267435 | cacophony | a harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones | 3 | |
| 7850271318 | didactic poem | a poem which is intended to teach a lesson | 4 | |
| 7850276546 | enjambment | the continuation from one line to the next with no pause | 5 | |
| 7850286200 | eye rhyme/slant rhyme | a half-rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is different when pronounced | 6 | |
| 7850291214 | heroic couplet | two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth century verse. |  | 7 |
| 7850303012 | iambic pentameter | five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables. |  | 8 |
| 7850332129 | internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than the end | 9 | |
| 7850335090 | lyric poem | a short poem that presents a single speaker | 10 | |
| 7857500865 | metaphysical conceit | a figure of speech that employs unusual and paradoxical images in comparison. usually sets up an analogy between one entity's spiritual qualities and an object in the physical world and sometimes controls the whole structure of the poem. | 11 | |
| 7857520165 | mock heroic | imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject. served as a response to the deluge of epic, pastoral, heroic poems that were being written in the 17th century. | 12 | |
| 7857528627 | ode | a lyric poem written in the form of an address to someone or something, often elevated in style. | 13 | |
| 7857530525 | Petrarchan conceit | especially popular with Renaissance writers of sonnets; hyperbolic comparison most often made by a suffering lover of his beautiful mistress to some physical object. | 14 | |
| 7857538815 | refrain | a group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza. | 15 | |
| 7857542767 | sestet | a six line stanza | 16 | |
| 7857544338 | tercet | a stanza of three lines in which each line ends with the same rhyme. | 17 | |
| 7857546342 | terza rima | a three line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc, etc. | 18 | |
| 7857550535 | villanelle | a 19 line poem divided into five tercets and a final quatrain. Line 1 is repeated in lines 6, 12, and 18, and line 3 is repeated in lines 9, 15, 19. | 19 |
Chapter 10 APES Flashcards
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| 5021465317 | Tragedy of the Commons | The tendency of a shared limited resources to become depleted because people act from self interest for short term gain. Ex. communal pasture. atmosphere, oceans | 0 | |
| 5021465318 | Externality | A cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price | 1 | |
| 5021465319 | Maximum sustainable yield | (MSY) The maximum amount harvestable that does not compromise the future, usually 50% of the population. | 2 | |
| 5021465320 | Resource Conservation Ethic | People should maximize resource use based on the greatest good | 3 | |
| 5021465321 | Multiple use lands | May be used a for recreation, grazing, etc. | 4 | |
| 5021465322 | Rangelands | Dry, Open grasslands | 5 | |
| 5021465323 | Forests | Dominated by tree's | 6 | |
| 5021465324 | Clear cutting | Removing all or most trees within an area | 7 | |
| 5021465325 | Selective cutting | Removes single trees or relatively small numbers of trees | 8 | |
| 5021465326 | Ecologically sustainable forestry | Maintaining all species in as close to a natural state as possible | 9 | |
| 5021465327 | Tree Plantations | Large areas planted with a single, fast growing tree species | 10 | |
| 5021465328 | Prescribed Burn | A fire deliberately set under controlled conditions, reduces accumulated biomass and mimics natural disturbances | 11 | |
| 5021465329 | National Wildlife refuges | Federal public land managed for the purpose of protecting wildlife, managed by FWS | 12 | |
| 5021465330 | National Wilderness areas | Set aside to preserve large tracts of intact ecosystems. Managed by FWS. Alaska has the most in the US. Allow only limited human use and are designated as roadless. | 13 | |
| 5021465331 | National environmental policy act | (NEPA) mandates an environmental assessment of all projects involving federal money or permits | 14 | |
| 5021465332 | Environmental impact Statement | (EIS) Outlines the scope and purpose of a project | 15 | |
| 5021465333 | Environmental mitigation plan | Stating how it will address the projects environmental impact | 16 | |
| 5021465334 | Endangered species act | Designed to protect species from extinction | 17 | |
| 7456608422 | National Parks | Managed by NPS. Purpose for preservation of biodiversity and ecosystems while allowing recreational and educational use. | 18 | |
| 7456648899 | suburban | 2 out of 3 americans live in suburbs. Areas around metropolitan centers. Have low population densities compared to urban areas. | 19 | |
| 7456658126 | Urban | relating to a city | 20 | |
| 7456668882 | urban sprawl | creation of urbanized areas that spread into rural areas and remove clear boundaries between the two. | 21 | |
| 7456677156 | urban blight | when a population shifts to the suburbs, the city's revenue from sources such as property, sales and service taxes begins to shrink. | 22 | |
| 7456704079 | induced demand | increase in the supply of a good causes demand to grow. For example, when people move away from a city, they need to drive to work, so bigger roads are needed. | 23 | |
| 7456714906 | zoning | a planning tool developed in the 1920s to separate industry and business from residential neighborhoods and create quieter, safer communities. | 24 | |
| 7456729183 | smart growth | focuses on strategies that encourage the development of sustainable, healthy communities. (know 10 basic principles) | 25 |
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