Teas Vocabulary From Glossary

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absolute value

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distance between a number and zero on the number line

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acid

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any compound with a hydrogen ion activity greater than water pH <7

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acidic solutions

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solutions that have a pH scale value less than 7

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activation energy

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enery necessary for a chemical reation to occur

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active verb

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verb that shows an action performed by th subject of the sentence

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active voice

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state of a sentence that contains an active verb

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adaptation

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increase from generation to generation of alleles of genes that allows a species to survive in their environment

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addition principle

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rule that makes it possible to move terms from one side of an equation to the other by adding opposites to each expression

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ATP adenosine triphosphate

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cellular fuel; produced in the mitochondria

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adjective

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descriptice word that modifies nouns or pronouns

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adverb

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word modifying a verb,adjective,or other adverb indicating when,how,where,why or how much

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alkane

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hydrocarbon with only single bonds CnH2n+2

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alkene

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hydrocarbon with on double bond CnH2n

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alkyne

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hydrocarbon with on triple bond CnH2n-2

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alleles

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two or more different forms of a certain gene

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alveoli

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structure in the lungs that permits the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to occur

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amino acid

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building blocks of proteins

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anatomical position

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body is facing forward,feet parallel to each other,arms at side with palms forward

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anatomy

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study of the structure of various organs and body systems

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anion

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atom or molecule with a negative charge

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antecedent

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noun that a pronoun refers back to;replaces

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anterior

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toward the front of the body or body structure opposite posterior

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antibody

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protein produced by a B cell in response to an antigen

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antigen

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a foreign protein such as a pathogen that stimulates antibody production

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apostrophe

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' indicate possessiveness or the omission of letters or numbers

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arabic numberal

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written numbers that use a combination of the whole number 0123456789

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arteries

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blood vessels that transport blood away from teh heart to the capillaries

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article

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word that is used to limit a noun,either indefinite-a,an-or definite the

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atom

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sm part of an element that sill retains all the original properties of the element

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atomic mass

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number of protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom; the average mass of all of the known isotopes of an element

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atomic number

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number of protons in the nucleus of the chemical element; the number of protons that defines a specific atom

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attributive tag

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part of a sentence that indicates who said a driect quote

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audience

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person or persons who will be reading a piece of writing

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author's intent

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underlying reason why the author wrote the text

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autonomic nervous system

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branch of the peripheral nervous system that controls automatic body functions like heart beat and digestion

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autotroph

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organism that is able to produce its own food

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axon

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part of the nerve cell that carries impulses away from the cell body and connects one neuron with another neuron over a synapse