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9th Grade Vocabulary Words

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#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
281	adaptive radiation	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: adaptive + radiation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	bức xạ thích ứng	Island finches underwent adaptive radiation as they used different foods.
282	population dispersion	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: population + dispersion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	sự phân tán dân số	Nesting seabirds show clumped population dispersion along the cliffs.
283	environmental resistance	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: environmental + resistance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	sức đề kháng môi trường	Disease and food shortage contribute to environmental resistance.
284	limiting factor	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: limiting + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	yếu tố hạn chế	Available nesting space is the limiting factor for the colony.
285	biotic factor	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: biotic + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	yếu tố sinh học	Competition with an invasive plant is a biotic factor.
286	abiotic factor	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: abiotic + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	yếu tố phi sinh học	Soil pH is an abiotic factor affecting which plants can grow.
287	predator-prey relationship	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: predator + prey + relationship. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	mối quan hệ động vật ăn thịt-con mồi	Changes in snowshoe hare numbers affect their predator-prey relationship with lynx.
288	trophic level	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: trophic + level. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	cấp độ danh hiệu	An herbivore occupies a lower trophic level than a hawk.
289	energy pyramid	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: energy + pyramid. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	kim tự tháp năng lượng	The energy pyramid is widest at the producer level.
290	biomass	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Base-form focus: biomass is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. sinh khối 2. sinh khối loài 3. chất	The grassland contains more plant biomass than wolf biomass.
291	nutrient cycle	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: nutrient + cycle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	chu trình dinh dưỡng	Decomposers return matter to the soil in a nutrient cycle.
292	nitrogen cycle	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: nitrogen + cycle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	chu trình nitơ	Bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen during the nitrogen cycle.
293	ecological niche	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: ecological + niche. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	hốc sinh thái	Two species with an identical ecological niche compete strongly.
294	habitat fragmentation	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: habitat + fragmentation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	sự phân mảnh môi trường sống	A highway caused habitat fragmentation in the forest.
295	invasive species	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: invasive + species. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	loài xâm lấn	The invasive species crowded native mussels off the rocks.
296	keystone species	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: keystone + species. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	loài chủ chốt	Sea otters are a keystone species because they limit sea urchins that consume kelp.
297	conservation biology	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: conservation + biology. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	sinh học bảo tồn	Conservation biology guides plans for reconnecting wildlife habitat.
298	restoration ecology	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: restoration + ecology. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	phục hồi sinh thái	Restoration ecology informed the replanting of native wetland grasses.
299	ecological resilience	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: ecological + resilience. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	khả năng phục hồi sinh thái	Species diversity can strengthen ecological resilience after drought.
300	ecological succession	noun Study Field: Grade 9 life-science and ecology term Word study: Term structure: ecological + succession. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	diễn thế sinh thái	Ecological succession began when lichens colonized the bare lava.
301	mole	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Base-form focus: mole is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. mol 2. chắn 3. sóng	One mole of carbon atoms contains Avogadro's number of atoms.
302	molar mass	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: molar + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	khối lượng mol	Water has a molar mass of about eighteen grams per mole.
303	empirical formula	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: empirical + formula. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	công thức thực nghiệm	The empirical formula of hydrogen peroxide is HO.
304	molecular formula	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: molecular + formula. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	công thức phân tử	The molecular formula of hydrogen peroxide is H2O2.
305	stoichiometry	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -metry relates to measuring.	1. Phép 2. tỷ lượng 3. tính	Stoichiometry predicts how much oxygen is needed to burn the fuel completely.
306	chemical equation	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: chemical + equation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	phương trình hoá học	The balanced chemical equation has the same number of each atom on both sides.
307	stoichiometric coefficient	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: stoichiometric + coefficient. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	hệ số cân bằng hóa học	The stoichiometric coefficient 2 indicates two molecules of water.
308	reaction mixture	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: reaction + mixture. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	hỗn hợp phản ứng	The reaction mixture turned cloudy as a solid formed.
309	conservation of mass	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: conservation + of + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	bảo toàn khối lượng	Conservation of mass requires the total reactant mass to equal the total product mass in a closed system.
310	limiting reactant	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: limiting + reactant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	hạn chế chất phản ứng	Hydrogen was the limiting reactant, so some oxygen remained.
311	excess reactant	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: excess + reactant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	chất phản ứng dư thừa	Oxygen was the excess reactant and remained after the hydrogen was consumed.
312	theoretical yield	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: theoretical + yield. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	năng suất lý thuyết	The calculation gave a theoretical yield of twelve grams.
313	actual yield	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: actual + yield. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	sản lượng thực tế	Some product was lost during filtering, so the actual yield was ten grams.
314	percent yield	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Term structure: percent + yield. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	phần trăm năng suất	The experiment's percent yield was eighty-three percent.
315	solubility	noun Study Field: Grade 9 physical, Earth, and environmental-science term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	1. Tính 2. hoà tan 3. được	The solubility of many solids increases as water warms.

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