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Force - -Any influance that tends to accelerate an object; a push or pull; measured in newtons; vector quantiy -Applied Force - -An external force -Friction - -Force that acts to resist the relative motion (or attempted motion) of objects or materials that are in contact -Net Force - -Combination of all the forces that act on an object -Support

Energy - -the ability to do work/ put matter into motion -Renewable sources of energy - -solar, hydro, and wind -Non-renewable sources of energy - -fossil fuels -Fossil fuels - -highly combustible substances formed from the remains of organisms from past geologic ages -Main fossil fuels - -coal (solid), oil (liquid), and natural gas (gas) -Wha

trade surplus - -exporting more than is imported -trade deficit - -exporting less than is imported -net exports - -exports-imports -balance of trade - -goods and services traded -balance of payments - -summary of a country's international trade -within a given year -in domestic country's currency -made of current and financial accounts -curre

Introduction to Statistics: one of the tools used to make decisions. - -sda -Sampling costco pizza or checking the temperature before jumping in the shower are both examples of making a decision and selecting a course of action. - -sda -As a student of business or economics, you will need basic knowledge and skills to organize, analyze, and trans

appreciation - -an increase in the value of a currency as measured by the amount of foreign currency it can buy -automated clearing house - -an electronic payment network available to businesses, individuals and financial institutions in the US, US terriroties, and Canada -barter system - -an economic system in which goods or services are traded

Prejudice - -A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members -Stereotype - -A belief about the personal attributes of a group of people. -Racism - -An individual's prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race or institutional practices that subordinate people of a given race -Sexism - -An

Prejudice - -A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members -Stereotype - -A belief about the personal attributes of a group of people. -Racism - -An individual's prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race or institutional practices that subordinate people of a given race -Sexism - -An

pursuing a set of unique activities that provide value to customers; making trade off about which businesses to pursue, what products to produce, and which customers to serve; and aligning resources to achieve organizational objectives - -strategy -a firm achieves a competitive advantage when it creates more economic value than competitors by enga

Why is t necessary to consder the learning curve of resources on a project - -To estmate labor costs properly -The budgeting approach based on the collectve judgement of top and middle managers s called - -Top-Down Budgeting -A requirement of top-down budgeting - -None of the above -A problem with top-down budgeting is - -Individual team members

Auditing Transaction Cycles - -•Most accounts have a typical "risk profile" by account-assertion! •Cash - Existence is typically Higher Inherent Risk •There is usually a standard set of documents and records that we might be able to use as evidence for an account-assertion. •Cash can be confirmed with Bank(s) •Therefore, there are usual audit plan

Definition of Renaissance - -rebirth -Where in Italy did banking originate? - -Florence -Which family was responsible for banking in Italy - -Medici -Five major states of Italy - -Milan, Venice, Florence, Papal States, Naples -The author of the Book of the Courtier, a handbook on courtly manners, was - -Castiglione -Believed a political ruler

Building wooden furniture - -Which of the following situations best describes the use of renewable resources -Hunter gather - -During the period humans altered their habitats -Kenya - -In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly -Environmental science - -Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devis

Watershed - -The entire area of land from which water drains into a given river. -Feedback Loop - -A system of output can serve as input to the same system. A circular process. -Negative Feedback Loop - -Output results from a system moving in one direction acting as input that moves the system in the other direction. Input and output essentially

Major parts of atmosphere - -Nitrogen 78% oxygen 21% water vapor 0-4% and ,04$ carbon dioxide and 40 trace gases normlaly present like helium hydrogen methane neon ect.. -Air pollutants - -Certain gases and aerosols with harmful effects three factors determine level of air pollution Amount of pollutants in air Amount of space into which pollutan

A nucleosome is formed by - -the winding of DNA around histone proteins -Fertilization results in - -a zygote, a diploid cell, and a cell with new genetic combinations -Adenylyl cyclase uses ___ as a substrate to synthesize ___ - -ATP; cAMP -Unpacking of chromosomes and the formation of a new nuclear envelope is a characteristic of which stage o

Periods - -Rows on the periodic table -Groups - -Columns on the periodic table -Isotopes - -The same element with a different number of neutrons -Alkali Metals - -Group 1 elements -Alkaline Earth Metals - -Group 2 elements -Halogens - -Group 17 elements -Noble Gases - -Group 18 elements -Transition Metals - -Groups 3-12 elements -Molecule -

Matter - -Anything that has mass and takes up space -Mixture - -A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined -Compound - -A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds -homogeneous mixture - -A mixture in which substances are evenly distributed throughout the mixture -heterog

Business Performance Management (BPM) - -pogingen om de strategieën van een onderneming systematisch te vertalen naar operationele doelen. -Datavisualisatie - -technologie om gebruikers te helpen patronen en verbanden in grote aantallen gegevens te ontdekken, die moeilijk te onderscheiden zouden zijn als de gegevens in de vorm van traditionele reg

Consumer Behavior - -study of individuals, groups, or organizations and the processes they use to select, secure, use, and dispose of products, services, experiences, or ideas to satisfy needs and the impacts that these processes have on the consumer and society. -Marketing Strategy, Regulatory Policy, Social Marketing, and Informed Individuals -

Redox Reaction - -In oxidation, one atom gains electrons and one looses electrons. Atoms that lose electrons are Oxidized. Atoms that gain electrons are Reduced. -Electrochemical devices - -Systems that control the electron transfers in Redox processes. -Thermodynamic stability - -Measure of how stable a system is with respect to changes in the