destinys EOG prep
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cohesion | high surface tension polarity why insects can walk across water the cause that water forms droplets |
| bio-indicator | species that depend on specific conditions such as trout and other fish |
| individual susceptibility | why some people get diseases and others don't. |
| respiration | releasing CO2 |
| runoff | non point pollution |
| Dissolved Oxygen (DO) | oxygen needed for fish to breathe |
| aquatic | water |
| marine | water |
| terrestrial | Land |
| hydrosphere | all the water on earth (97% salty 2%freshwater frozen in ice caps 1% water that we can get to to use). |
| measles | virus! |
| estuary | place where fresh and salt water mix. |
| index fossils | triobite used to determine ages of rocks |
| osmosis | water |
| nucleus | DNA heredity control center |
| mitosis | cell division PMAT |
| meiosis | reproduction (sex cells) |
| pesticides | kills inscets |
| carcinogen | causes cancer radon asbetos |
| DDT | pesticide that causes cancer |
| turbidity | how clear or cloudy water is |
| topography | elevation |
| mutagen | changes DNA cancer and causes birth defects |
| natural selection | survival |
| uncomformity | missing rock layer |
| mesozoic | time of dinosaurs hint:dinosaurs mad ea big mes (mes)ozoic |
| Cenozoic | Time of humans hint:humans where ment to be forgiven of there (cen)ozoic. |
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