ATI TEAS Version 7 Review Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and concepts from Reading, Math, Science, and English sections of the ATI TEAS Version 7 exam.

Axel Erlandson

A Swedish American farmer known for creating "circus trees" by shaping and grafting young trees into intricate patterns using horticultural techniques.

Grafting

The natural or intentional joining of plant tissues, which Axel Erlandson observed in sycamore trees and used as inspiration for his tree shaping.

Egg Binding

The function of eggs in baking where they help hold disparate ingredients together into a homogenous batter or dough.

Leavening

A crucial function of eggs in baking that allows a product to rise, which can be difficult to replicate with simple fruit substitutes like applesauce.

Emulsify

The process of mixing disparate ingredients into a homogenous batter or dough, often aided by the proteins or fats found in eggs.

Sashiko

A traditional form of Japanese embroidery, literally meaning "little stabs," that originated in the Edo period as a practical technique for reinforcing and insulating clothing.

Extirpated

A term meaning destroyed or completely removed from a specific region, used in the text to describe the historical status of humpback whales in Neah Bay due to harpoon hunting.

Parthenogenesis

A method of reproduction used by mourning geckos where the mother essentially clones herself to create all-female offspring without fertilization.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Known as the "Mother of Rock and Roll," she was a pioneer who fused spiritual lyrics with electric guitar distortion, influencing musicians like Elvis Presley.

Thixotropic

A property of certain fluids, such as ketchup or yogurt, that have high viscosity when undisturbed but become less viscous and more pourable when agitated.

Perimeter

The total distance around the boundary of a figure, calculated by adding the lengths of all sides (e.g., $2 \times \text{length} + 2 \times \text{width}$ for a rectangle).

Median

The middle value in a data set when the numbers are arranged in order from least to greatest.

Negative Correlation

A relationship between two variables where one increases as the other decreases, such as exercise hours increasing while stress levels decrease.

Antagonist Muscle

A functional group of muscles that oppose the movement of a prime mover (agonist) muscle.

Blood Clot

A biological structure composed primarily of platelets and fibrin.

Independent Variable

The factor in a scientific experiment that is intentionally changed or manipulated to observe its effect, such as the type of soil used in a plant growth study.

Keratin

The primary structural protein component of fingernails and toenails.

Urea

A substance excreted by sweat glands and kidneys that is derived from the breakdown of amino acids in the liver to remove excess nitrogen from the body.

Crossing Over

The process during meiosis where non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes exchange genetic material.

Translation

The biological process where a tRNA binds an amino acid, transports it to a ribosome, and the ribosome joins it to adjacent amino acids to form a protein.

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

A hormone that triggers the pituitary gland to release luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH).

Genotype

The specific set of alleles present in an organism's genetic makeup.

Phenotype

The observable physical traits or characteristics of an organism resulting from its genotype and environmental influence.

Microevolution

Changes in allele frequencies within a gene pool over a single generation.

Complex Sentence

A sentence structure that contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Definite Article

The word "the," used to refer to a specific noun.

Principal

A homophone referring to the head of a school or the most important element, distinct from "principle" (a fundamental truth or law).