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11 Cards in this Set
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Conservation of mass
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The principle that mass cannot be created or destroyed; also conservation of matter
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Convergent Boundary
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The area where two tectonic plates collide
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Covalent Bond
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A chemical bond between two atomss of the same or different elements in which each atom shares each atom
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Diffraction
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The bending of a wave around an obstuction
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D.N.A.
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A nucleic acid that carries gene material; present in all cellular organisms
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Electromagnet
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A magnet consisting if a coil of wire wrapped around a core that becomes strongly magnetized when current flows through the coil producing a magnetic field
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Electromagnetic Waves
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Wave generated by the oscillation of a charged particle and characterized by periodic variations of electric and magnetic fields
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Fault
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A rock fracture along which movement or displacement of Earths' crust has taken place
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First Law of Thermodynamics
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A law that states the internal energy in a system remains constant and the change in thermal energy in a system is equal to the work done on the system
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Genotype
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The sum of genetic information contained in an organism
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Half-life
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The amount if time required for half of an original sample of radioactive material to decay or undergo radioactive transformation
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