Vocabulary: Math #1
These lines lie in the same plane and do not intersect; the lines also have the same slope.
What are parallel lines?
A mathematical statement used to show that two expressions are equal.
What is an Equation?
The lowest possible temperature. It is 0 Kelvin or approximately -273 degrees Celcius.
What is absolute zero?
A reformer who favors putting an end to slavery.
Who is an abolitionist?
To avoid
What is bypass?
The answer to a division problem.
What is quotient?
The largest number that will divide into two or more other numbers equally.
What is the great common factor?
A substance which speeds up a chemical reaction but does not change the outcomes of the reaction?
What is catalyst?
The act of selling illegally or without permission.
What is bootlegging?
Readily seen or understood.
What is apparent?
A number that cannot be written as a fraction: it can be written as a decimal but continues infinitely without repeating.
What is an irrational number?
A number that multiples a variable.
What is a coefficient?
The chemical process of breaking something down into simpler substances.
What is fermentation?
The body of enfranchised citizens, those qualified to vote (for others)
What is the electoral college?
To reduce to a shorter form.
What is condense?
A number that shows place or position, as in 2nd place.
What is an ordinal number?
When you are select one item from several groups of items?
What is Counting principle?
A process used by plants to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose, using energy from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
Establish political control over a place by sending settlers.
What is to colonize?
Critical, extremely important.
What is crucial?
A fraction that has a larger numerator than denominator.
What is an improper fraction?
When are select several items from a group and the order in which you select does not matter.
What is permutation?
A compound made up of amino acids which plays several roles in forming the structural components of the body (such as muscles, hair, etc.) within an organism.
What is protein?
Name the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen
What is Kuomintang?
To serve as a superior example of a thing.
What is to exemplify?