Review of comma usage 1. These are all acceptable sentences. – Harry, travelling to the tutoring session, received a call. – Harry received a call, travelling to the tutoring session. – Travelling to the tutoring session, Harry received a call. – Sam, however, hates math. 2. NO comma before that – We all know that[…]
Ex post = After the fact Persona non grata = An unwelcome person Ex ante = Before the fact Carpe diem = Seize the day/of the day A posteriori = Relating to observed facts Dues ex machina = From Gd, Machine Ceteris paribus = Holding all else constant A fortiori = For a stronger reason[…]
Veiled = Hidden Galvanize = To spur/excite to action Yield = To give way to Coarse = Rough/not elegantly stated Qualify a claim = To state the limitations of an argument Treachery = Disloyal Dreary = Sad/gloomy Malleable = Flexible Freewheeling = Off the cuff Employ = To use Frank = Honest/open Mediation = Going[…]
Sequester = To isolate Austere = Serious/severe Egregious = Very bad Withstand = To handle hardship Thaw = To defrost Opine = To give an opinion on Mitigate = To lessen Proclaim = To state strongly Pragmatic = Practical Skeptical = Questioning Dubious = Doubtful Egregious = Very bad Systemic = Affecting an entire system[…]
– Water exists in 3 states: Solid/ice, liquid/drinking water, gas/water vapor. Melting point = freezing point. They both describe the same transition of matter – liquid to solid is freezing and solid to liquid is melting. Freezing point of water — 32 F and 0 C at 1 atm of pressure Boiling point of water[…]
Line n passes through (12,4) and (-6,10). Line s is perpendicular to line n and passes through (-3,9). Find the equation of line n.
What is mitosis? Mitosis is the process of cell division. One cell becomes two cells with full chromosomal identity. Stages of mitosis: 1. Prophase 2. Metaphase 3. Anaphase 4. Telephase Cytokinesis begins in anaphase or telephase. Cytokinesis is the division of the cytoplasm into 2 new cells.
– Higher temperatures will (usually) increase reaction rate, colder temperatures will (usually) decrease reaction rate. – Amoebas: unicellular, have a nucleus, lack cell wall – Trophic level: the higher in a food chain an organism is, the higher its trophic level is. Producers have a lower trophic level than consumers. – Accuracy vs. Precision in[…]
– DNA undergoes transcription to become RNA. RNA undergoes translation to become protein. – Ribosomes contain RNA – Proteins are large molecules with smaller amino acids in them. – The nucleus of a cell contains chromosomes. The chromosomes have DNA wrapped in proteins.
The center of an atom is a nucleus. In the nucleus, there are 2 subatomic particles: protons (positive charge) and neutrons (neutral charge). Outside of the nucleus are electrons. The energy of an electron is in shells. An atom is a single nucleus with a positive charge surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons.[…]