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These are chambers in a canal used to move ships from one water level to another

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Wireless was the original term for what we now call this means of broadcasting

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When it precedes oz. for ounce the abbreviation fl. stands for this

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Einstein realized m mass & this e are different aspects of the same thing

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The acceleration due to this represented by the symbol g varies slightly with latitude since the earth is not a perfect sphere

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This sound composed of a random mix of frequencies comes in white & pink types

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This is the most abundant element on earth which is lucky--we need it to breathe

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The name of this noble gas is greek for new

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Oxford's definition for ductile: (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin this

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This malaria-fighting substance is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree

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Geologists called stratigraphers are involved with determining the earth's age & history by looking at layers of these

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Plant from which eli whitney's gin removed seeds

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The energy a body has because of its motion is this type

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In 1938 otto hahn & fritz strassman discovered this process of splitting an atom

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All amino acids contain carbon hydrogen oxygen & this element

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In the classification of animals this grouping comes between kingdom & class

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For every action there's an equal & opposite reaction is newton's third law of this

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This element is taken from the air by a fixation process to make fertilizer

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Cerium a rare earth metal was named for this asteroid discovered 2 years before the element

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Anthracite the highest grade of coal is composed almost entirely of this element

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Joseph priestley gave this name to some tree sap that could wipe out pencil marks

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Also called chert this rock was used by early man for tools

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The mammalian order edentata has 3 families: anteaters armadillos & these slow movers

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Whether alternating or direct it's a flow of electricity

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In the middle ages this pungent gas was obtained by heating the horns & hooves of oxen

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Most of these proteins that speed up chemical reactions have names ending in -ase

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This fossilized resin from prehistoric pines can preserve an insect forever

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This outer planet discovered by herschel has a 98-degree axial tilt & solstices 42 years apart

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