NYSTCE CST 245 Arts and Science SOLUTIONS 100%

NYSTCE CST 245 Arts and Science SOLUTIONS 100% Seasonal changes - ANSWER moon orbits earth once per month Yearly Changes - ANSWER earth orbits around the moon one time per year physical change - ANSWER A change in a substance that does not change its identity chemical change - ANSWER charastics change in state or phase transformation of energy examples - ANSWER Chemical Energy is converted to Electrical Energy (stove), Kinetic Energy (car), Electricity (power plant), and Mechanical Energy (space shuttle). Electricity is converted to light (light bulb) and sound and light (TV). effects of common forces - ANSWER accelerate in body is in motion if at rest conservation of energy - ANSWER Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it may be transformed from one form into another, but the total amount of energy never changes nation-state - ANSWER A country who's population share a common identity. nationalism - ANSWER Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality Fuedalism - ANSWER political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals where the lords let them rent land for a price resource - ANSWER A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use. cultural diffusion - ANSWER The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another Ecology - ANSWER The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment Six Elements of Geography - ANSWER 1. The World in Spatial Terms 2. Places and Regions 3. Physical Systems 4. Human Systems 5. Environment and Society 6. The Uses of Geography Scarcity - ANSWER Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants oppertunity cost - ANSWER cost of the loss of the next most desireable good or service that could have been produced with a recource Checks and Balances - ANSWER A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power democratic - ANSWER ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws. Authoritarian - ANSWER A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power. Due Process - ANSWER (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles Federalism - ANSWER a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states seperation of powers - ANSWER dividing the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches Declaration of Independence - ANSWER Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state. U.S. Constitution - ANSWER A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. Major Civil Rights Legislation - ANSWER ended segregation