General Education Exam Preparation Flashcards

A set of flashcards designed to assist in studying key vocabulary terms and concepts for a general education exam.

Loquacious

Means excessively talkative.

Proverb

A short, well-known pithy saying, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

Vascular Tissue

Tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the roots and helps form the plant's support.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.

Hydroponics

A method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.

Mole

An amount of substance that contains approximately 6.022 x 10^23 entities (atoms, molecules, ions, etc.).

Rational Number

Any number that can be expressed as a fraction of two integers.

Renewable Resource

A resource that can be replenished naturally over time.

Cerebrum

The part of the brain responsible for memory and intelligence.

Herbivores

Organisms that only consume plants.