GED (MIXED)

• Ribosome


  site of protein synthesis
• Nationalism


  Doctrine that the interests and security of one's own Country are more important than those of other nations or international groups.
• Polygon


  A closed plane figure formed by three or more line line segments that meet only at their end points
• Essay


  an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• activation energy

  the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur
• Quota


  greatest numbers of persons who may be admitted as to the US or to an institution such as a college
• absolute value


  The distance a number is from zero on a number line
• Friction


  the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
• Discrimination


  unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
• detail


  a small part of something
• circulatory system

  the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body
• Feudalism

  A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
• Rhyme


  Repetition of sounds at the end of words
• alimentary canal


  digestive tube that extends from the mouth to the anus
• Compromise


  an accommodation in which both sides give up some
• sphere


  A 3-dimensional object shaped like a ball.

  
  

  Every point on the surface is the same distance from the center.
• image


  a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
• Osmosis


  diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
• Key


  the part of the graph that indicates how to interpret symbols or colors
• Armistice


  a temporary peace, halt in fighting before treaty is signed
• mixed number


  a number with a whole number and a fraction
• Personification


  the giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea
• Trachea


  windpipe
• fault


  a crack in the earth's crust
• Stimulus


  any event or situation that evokes a response
• linear equation


  an equation whose graph is a straight line
• Theme


  Central idea of a work of literature
• Appesement


  policy of giving into the demands of an enemy power in effort to maintain peace
• Topic


  the subject matter or area of a literary work.
• Velocity


  the speed and direction of a moving object
• Velocity formula


  v=d/t
• Average (mean)


  the sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of numbers in a set
• alveolus


  air sac in the lung
• Proton


  positively charged particle
• coordinates/ ordered pair


  a pair of numbers in the form (x,y) that identify the distance of a point from the origin or center on the coordinate plane. The first number tells the distance to the left or right of the vertical axis, and the second number tells the distance above or below the horizontal axis
• non-fiction


  writing that tells about real people, places, and events
• metamorphic rock


  rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
• Civil War


  American War between the north and south ( 1861- 1865
• independent variable


  The input of a function; a variable whose value determines the value of the output, or dependent variable.
• Phenotype


  An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.