Basic Science

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Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

Atom

The basic unit of a chemical element, consisting of a nucleus of protons and neutrons, with electrons orbiting around it.

Gravity

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.

Mitosis

A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus.

Evaporation

The process of turning from liquid into vapor.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, a self

Kinetic Energy

Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.

Element

A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.