Asvab General Science

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Anthropods

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Invertebrates with segmented bodies and jointed legs

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Monera

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Most primitive kingdom; organisms are prokaryotic; includes bacteria

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Chordata

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Vertebrates animals; includes human

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Fiber

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Provides bulk w/c allows the large intestine to carry away waste manner

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Arteries

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Cary blood from the heart to the tissue of the body

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Veins

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Carry blood back to heart from the capillaries

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Capillaries

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Permit the exchange of materials between the blood and the body's cells

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Platelets

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Cell fragment that allow blood to clot

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Lipase

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Changes fats into glycerol and fatty acids

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Pancreatic amylase

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Breaks down complex carbohydrates into simple sugar; helps digest starchy foods

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Trypsin

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Converts polypeptides into amino acid

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Bile

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Produced by the liver aids in the physical digestion of emulsifying fat

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Cerebellum

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Concerned with the mascular coordination of the brain

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Medulla

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Connection between the brain and the spinal cord; controls involuntary actions

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Spinal cord

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Carry impulses; control center for many simple reflexes

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Meiosis

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Process by which gametes are created

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Protista

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Simple eukaryotes; cells with nuclei

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Fungi

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Decomposers; mushrooms

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Ecology

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Study of interrelations between organisms and their physical surroundings

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Biosphere

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Zone of the planet earth where life naturally occurs, including land, air, and water.

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Biome

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Species bound together by similar climate, vegetation, and animal life.

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Ecosystem

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System made up of a community of animals, plants as wells as the non-living

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Geology

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Deals with the history and the composition of earth and its elements

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Outer core

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2,300 Km thick liquid

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Inner core

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1,200 Km radius solid

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Richter scale

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Use to measure the intensity of the earthquake

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Richter scale

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Use to measure the intensity of the earthquake

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Igneous rock

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Formed from hardening lava

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Richter scale

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Use to measure the intensity of the earthquake

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Igneous rock

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Formed from hardening lava

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Sedimentary rock

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Formed by gradual deposited of small bits of rock, clay, and other materials

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Richter scale

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Use to measure the intensity of the earthquake

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Igneous rock

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Formed from hardening lava

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Sedimentary rock

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Formed by gradual deposited of small bits of rock, clay, and other materials

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Metamorphic rock

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Formed when existing rock material is altered through temperature, pressure, or chemical processes

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4 most abundant elements in the human body

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Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen

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4 most abundant elements in the human body

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Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen

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Organic compounds contain

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Carbon

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4 most abundant elements in the human body

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Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen

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Organic compounds contain

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Carbon

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An anemometer measures...

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Windspeed

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4 most abundant elements in the human body

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Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen

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Organic compounds contain

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Carbon

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An anemometer measures...

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Windspeed

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Iris

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Flat, colored, ring-shaped membrane of the eye

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6 basic animal groups

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Inter-Vertebrate, mammals, fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles

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Clouds in the lowest altitude

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Stratus

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Clouds in the lowest altitude

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Stratus

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Positively charged subatomic particle

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Proton

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Clouds in the lowest altitude

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Stratus

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Positively charged subatomic particle

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Proton

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Negatively charged subatomic particle

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Electron

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Clouds in the lowest altitude

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Stratus

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Positively charged subatomic particle

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Proton

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Negatively charged subatomic particle

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Electron

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Neutrally charged subatomic particle

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Neutron

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Clouds in the lowest altitude

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Stratus

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Positively charged subatomic particle

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Proton

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Negatively charged subatomic particle

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Electron

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Neutrally charged subatomic particle

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Neutron

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100 degrees Celsius = ___ degrees Fahrenheit.

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212 degrees

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Clouds in the lowest altitude

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Stratus

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Positively charged subatomic particle

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Proton

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Negatively charged subatomic particle

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Electron

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Neutrally charged subatomic particle

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Neutron

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100 degrees Celsius = ___ degrees Fahrenheit.

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212 degrees

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The majority of earths air is composed of what?

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Nitrogen

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Clouds in the lowest altitude

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Stratus

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Positively charged subatomic particle

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Proton

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Negatively charged subatomic particle

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Electron

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Neutrally charged subatomic particle

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Neutron

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100 degrees Celsius = ___ degrees Fahrenheit.

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212 degrees

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The majority of earths air is composed of what?

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Nitrogen

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How much of the earths air is composed of nitrogen?

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About 80%

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Boiling point of water. In Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin.

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212 F

100 C

313 K

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Kingdom

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Biggest animal group

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Species

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Organisms similar enough to creat offspring

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Species

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Organisms similar enough to creat offspring

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Genus

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Groups of Species

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Family

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Groups of genera

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Family

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Groups of genera

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Order

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Groups of families

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Family

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Groups of genera

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Order

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Groups of families

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Class

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Groups of orders

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Family

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Groups of genera

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Order

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Groups of families

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Class

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Groups of orders

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Phylum

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Groups of classes

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Family

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Groups of genera

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Newton

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Unit of force

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Order

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Groups of families

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Class

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Groups of orders

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Phylum

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Groups of classes

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Botany

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The study of plants

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Zoology

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The study of animals

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Geodesy

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The study of the size and shape of the Earth

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Sun

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G2V

Yellow Dwarf

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Physics

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Deals with properties, changes, and interactions of matter and energy

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Work

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Force excreted on an object times the distance moved in the direction the force is excerted

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Family

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Groups of genera

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Newton

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Unit of force

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Joule

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Unit of work

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Order

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Groups of families

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Class

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Groups of orders

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Phylum

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Groups of classes

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Botany

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The study of plants

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Zoology

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The study of animals

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Geodesy

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The study of the size and shape of the Earth

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Sun

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G2V

Yellow Dwarf

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Physics

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Deals with properties, changes, and interactions of matter and energy

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Work

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Force excreted on an object times the distance moved in the direction the force is excerted

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Meiosis

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Occurs in humans, animals, plants, and fungi.