Science (Hydro)
About 97% of Earth's water is salt water; of the remaining 3% that is fresh, most of it is trapped here.
Glaciers/Ice Caps
In the linear equation y = mx + b, this letter represents the y-intercept.
b
These are the horizontal rows on the periodic table; elements in the same one have the same number of electron shells.
Periods
When an author uses "I," "me," and "my" to tell a story, they are writing from this point of view.
First Person
This indicator of water quality measures the "cloudiness" or "haziness" of water caused by individual particles.
Turbidity
This is the rate of change for a vertical line on a coordinate plane.
Undefined
This law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction, only rearranged.
Law of Conservation of Mass
This is a struggle between opposing forces, such as "Man vs. Society" or "Man vs. Self."
Conflict
This is the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
River Basin (or Watershed)
This test is used on a graph to determine if a relation is a function; if a straight line touches more than one point, it is not a function
Vertical Line Test
This type of pathogen is non-living and requires a host cell to reproduce.
Virus
In an informational text, this structure is used when an author explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different.
Compare and Contrast
This is the ultimate source of energy for almost all food webs on Earth.
Sun
A line that passes through the points (0,0) and (4,8) has this specific slope
2
Doctors use these specific medicines to kill bacteria, but they are useless against viral infections like the flu.
Antibiotics
Authors use this to support their claims; it can include facts, statistics, or expert testimony.
Evidence
This process, described by Charles Darwin, explains how organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Natural Selection
This type of number cannot be written as a simple fraction because its decimal goes on forever without repeating (Like Pi or Square Root of 2)
Irrational Number
These are the vertical columns on the periodic table where elements share similar chemical properties.
Groups (or Families)
This term refers to the "author’s attitude" toward a subject, which can be described as formal, sarcastic, or objective.
Tone