GED Examination Study Material Guide - Fully Updated Solutions

GED Examination Study Material Guide - Fully Updated Solutions Ribosome - answer - site of protein synthesis Nationalism - answer - Doctrine that the interests and security of one's own Country are more important than those of other nations or international groups. Polygon - answer - A closed plane figure formed by three or more line line segments that meet only at their end points Essay - answer - an analytic or interpretive literary composition activation energy - answer - the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur Quota - answer - greatest numbers of persons who may be admitted as to the US or to an institution such as a college absolute value - answer - The distance a number is from zero on a number line Friction - answer - the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. Discrimination - answer - unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice detail - answer - a small part of something circulatory system - answer - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body Feudalism - answer - A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land Rhyme - answer - Repetition of sounds at the end of words alimentary canal - answer - digestive tube that extends from the mouth to the anus Compromise - answer - an accommodation in which both sides give up some sphere - answer - A 3-dimensional object shaped like a ball. Every point on the surface is the same distance from the center. image - answer - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface Osmosis - answer - diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane Key - answer - the part of the graph that indicates how to interpret symbols or colors Armistice - answer - a temporary peace, halt in fighting before treaty is signed mixed number - answer - a number with a whole number and a fraction Personification - answer - the giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea Trachea - answer - windpipe fault - answer - a crack in the earth's crust Stimulus - answer - any event or situation that evokes a response linear equation - answer - an equation whose graph is a straight line Theme - answer - Central idea of a work of literature Appesement - answer - policy of giving into the demands of an enemy power in effort to maintain peace Topic - answer - the subject matter or area of a literary work. Velocity - answer - the speed and direction of a moving object Velocity formula - answer - v=d/t Average (mean) - answer - the sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of numbers in a set alveolus - answer - air sac in the lung Proton - answer - positively charged particle coordinates/ ordered pair - answer - a pair of numbers in the form (x,y) that identify the distance of a point from the origin or center on the coordinate plane. The first number tells the distance to the left or right of the vertical axis, and the second number tells the distance above or below the horizontal axis non-fiction - answer - writing that tells about real people, places, and events metamorphic rock - answer - rock that has been changed by heat and pressure Civil War - answer - American War between the north and south ( independent variable - answer - The input of a function; a variable whose value determines the value of the output, or dependent variable. Phenotype - answer - An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits. Blacklist - answer - list of people or organizations to be avoided in trade or denied employment because of government policy or suspected disloyalty Charter - answer - in colonial times a grant from the English ruler to a person or corporation giving certain rights and privileges of settlem