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2ab17bef_hcards_about_Myers_9_Chapter_5__Question
[Answer] the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines. [Question]
menopause
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2ab17bef_hcards_about_Myers_9_Chapter_5__Question
[Answer] A study in which people of different ages are compared with one another. [Question]
cross-sectional study
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2ab17bef_hcards_about_Myers_9_Chapter_5__Question
[Answer] Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period. [Question]
longitudinal study
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2ab17bef_hcards_about_Myers_9_Chapter_5__Question
[Answer] Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age. [Question]
crystallized intelligence
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2ab17bef_hcards_about_Myers_9_Chapter_5__Question
[Answer] The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement. [Question]
social clock
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2ab17bef_hcards_about_Myers_9_Chapter_5__Question
[Answer] Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood. [Question]
fluid intelligence
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words in a sentence.Ex. sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy [Term]
Alliteration
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a word that is the opposite of another word. [Term]
Antonym
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] main character in opposition to the protagonist. Sometimes not a person but an obstacle such as a force of nature, society or inner conflict. [Term]
Antagonist
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the author's reason or intention for writing the selection. Always ask youself- is the purpose to entertain, to inform, or persuade. [Term]
Author's purpose
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the story of a person's life written by the person [Term]
Autobiography
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the story of a person's life written by another person [Term]
Biography
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the method an author uses to communicate information about the characters. [Term]
Characterization
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the moment when the action of the story comes to its highest point. This usually occurs at the end of the story just before the resolution. [Term]
Climax
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the end of the selection [Term]
Conclusion
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] struggle between opposing forces in literature. [Term]
Conflict
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] information within the reading selection that helps the reader figure out the meanings of challenging words [Term]
Context clues
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the actual words/ conversation that the character says to another character. [Term]
Dialogue
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the examine and judge; to say if something is good or bad [Term]
Evaluate
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] text written to explain and convey information about a pecific topic. [Term]
Expository text
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a narrative intended to convey a moral or lesson to the reader [Term]
Fable
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the part of the story following the climax where there is a sharp decline in dramatic tension [Term]
Falling action
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] any story that is a product of imagination rather than fact [Term]
Fiction
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create speacial effect [Term]
Figurative language
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time [Term]
Flashback
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] technique in which the author provides the reader with clues about events that will happen later in the story [Term]
Foreshadowing
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] when you make assumptions about different events and/or characters apply them to new situations. [Term]
Generalizations
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] catagories of literature such as biography, mystery, historical, sports, and romance. [Term]
Genre
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a organizational picture, such as Venn diagram or webbing, that helps the learner identify the important elements. [Term]
Graphic organizer
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] two or more words that are pronounced alike but have a different meaning [Term]
Homophone or homonym
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] an exxaggerated statement used to make a stong effect. [Term]
Hyperbole
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] words and phrases used specifcally to help the reader to imagine each of the senses. [Term]
imagery
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] reading between the lines. taking what the author worte and adding it to what you already know to make an assumption. [Term]
inference
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a difference between what is expected and what actually happens. [Term]
irony
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a comparison between two unlike things without using the word like or as. [Term]
Metaphor
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the overall feeling created by the author's words. [Term]
Mood
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the speaker of the story [Term]
Narrator
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] writing that is true and the purpose is to inform. [Term]
nonfiction
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] words whose sounds express their meaning. Ex. buzz crash cland hiss boom hush [Term]
onomatopoeia
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the events that occur in the story beginning with the setting and ending with the resolution [Term]
plot
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] perspective from which the story is being told [Term]
point of view
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] makeing and educated guess as to what will happen next. [Term]
prediction
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. [Term]
prefix
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the central character in a story that is the good guy or the one with whom the reader identifies [Term]
protagonist
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] giving lifelike characteristics to inanimated objects [Term]
personification
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] occurs at the end of a story and include the story's action after the climax. [Term]
resolution
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] order in which the events in the story are presented to the reader. [Term]
sequential order
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the enviroment of the time and place where the action of a story occurs. [Term]
setting
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a comparison between two unlike things by using the word like or as . [Term]
simile
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning [Term]
suffix
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a concise explanation of a reading selection contain only main ideas [Term]
summary
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] details that support or back up the main idea of the passage. [Term]
supporting details
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] an image, object, character, or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning. [Term]
symbol
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] two or more words that have highly similar meanings. [Term]
synonym
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the underlying message of the selection that the author is trying to convey or communicate to the reader. [Term]
theme
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the clues of the story that suggest the writer's own attitude toward elements in the stoy. [Term]
tone
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the ability to imagine or see what you are reading [Term]
visualizaton
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the author's style the quality that makes his or her writing unique [Term]
voice
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] compare means to show similarities, contrast means to show differences [Term]
Compare and contrast
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a conflict between characters, such as a family feud, trouble with a bully, or romantic difficulties [Term]
Conflict: character vs. character
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] conflict between a character and a force of nature, such as a tornado [Term]
Conflict: character vs. nature
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] an internal conflict that takes place in a character's mind. (character may have to decide between right and wrong or between 2 solutions to a problem.) [Term]
Conflict: character vs. self
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a fact can be proven to be true, an opinion is someones feelings [Term]
fact vs. opinion
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the story is told from the viewpoint of a character. As a result the reader is only exposed to what that character experiences. [Term]
point of view (limited 3rd Person)
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] all knowing; instead of being a character in the story, the narrator is outside the story so the thoughts of all characters are presented. [Term]
point of view (omniscient 3rd Person)
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] the narrator uses I, me, we and other first-person pronouns to relate his thoughts, experiences, and observations in a work of fiction or nonfiction. [Term]
point of view (1st person)
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fb61154c_Flashcards_about_PSSA_Terms__Term
[Definition] a word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are added [Term]
root word
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[Term] Biotic [Definition]
Living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
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[Term] Abiotic [Definition]
Nonliving factor in ecosystem
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Producer [Definition]
Organism that obtains its energy from abiotic sources
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Primary Consumer [Definition]
Herbivores because they r first consumer above trophic level
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Secondary Consumer [Definition]
Carnivores, eat herbivores
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Tertiary Consumer [Definition]
Carnivores that eat secondary consumers
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Herbivore [Definition]
organisms that eat only plants
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Carnivore [Definition]
eat only animals
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Omnivore [Definition]
eat plants and animals
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Detritivore [Definition]
eat detritus or dead organic matter
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Decomposer [Definition]
detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Generalist [Definition]
consumers that have varying diets dont rely on single food source
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Specialist [Definition]
consumer that primarily eats 1 specific organism or feeds on very small number of organisms
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Autotrophic [Definition]
get energy from nonliving resources make own food
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Heterotrophic [Definition]
get energy by eating other living or once living resources such as plants and animals
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Keystone Species [Definition]
species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystems
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Natural Selections [Definition]
mechanism by which individuals that have inherited veneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Adaptation [Definition]
inherited trait that is selected for overtime because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Niche [Definition]
all physical, chemical, and biological factors that species need to survive, stay healthy and reproduce
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Competition [Definition]
ecolofical relationship in which two organisms attempt to obtain the same resource
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Predation [Definition]
process by which one organism hunts and kills another organism for food
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Symbiosis [Definition]
ecological relationship between memers of at least 2 different species that libe in direct contact with one another
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Parasite [Definition]
species that directly harms a host
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Host [Definition]
organism fed on by parasite
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[Term] Mutualism [Definition]
ecological relationsjip between two spevies in which each species gets a benefit from the interaction
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[Term] Commensalism [Definition]
ecological relationship in which one species recieves a venefit but the oter species is not affected one way or another
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Parasitism [Definition]
ecological relationship in which one organism benefits by harming another organism
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19cfbd04_ards_about_ecology_definitions__Definition
[Term] Habitat [Definition]
combined biotic and aviotic factors found in the area where an organism lives
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[Term] Competitive exculsion [Definition]
theory that states that no two spevies can occupy the same niche at the same time
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[Term] ecological equivalent [Definition]
organisms that share a similar niche but live in different geographical regions
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[Term] Population Density [Definition]
measure of individuals living in a defines area
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[Term] Population Dispersion [Definition]
way in which individuals of a population are spread out over an area or volume
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[Term] Survivorship Curve [Definition]
graph showing the surviving memvers of ech age group of a population over time
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