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The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element (plural)
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An elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton
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Big cat known as king of the jungle
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One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
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How plants make food from sunlight
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Dry land with very little rain
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Gas in the air that we need to breathe
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A trivalent metalloid element
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An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous ___
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Distance travelled per unit time
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Force that pulls objects toward the Earth
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The mechanical ___ that a body has by virtue of its motion
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A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses
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Huge gray animal with a trunk
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A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
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Striped African relative of the horse
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