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1. The part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed
Image: ovule

2. Elements that are good conductors of electric current and heat.
Image: metals

3. A thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Image: cell membrane

4. A membrane covered storage chamber
Image: Vacuole

5. The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops
Image: Irrigation

6. To soak up or take in
Image: absorb

7. A tropical storm that has winds of 119 km or greater
Image: hurricane

8. Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions
Image: balanced force

9. A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
Image: plate tectonics

10. Group of genera that share many characteristics
Image: family

11. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
Image: subduction

12. The middle layer of Earth's atmosphere; where most meteoroids burn up
Image: mesosphere

13. A structure that surrounds the membrane for strength and support
Image: Cell Wall

14. clouds that form in flat layers
Image: stratus

15. proton
Image: positive charge

16. To draw together, to reduce in size
Image: contract

17. The ability to see
Image: visibility

18. The theory that states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.
Image: continental drift

19. wind that blows from an ocean or lake onto land
Image: sea breeze

20. The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid
Image: melting point

21. heavy rainstorms accompanied by thunder and lightning
Image: thunderstorms

22. A large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture level throughout.
Image: air mass

23. material that forms Earth's hard surface
Image: rock

24. The ability of a substance to be bent
Image: malleability

25. A measure of how hot or cold something is.
Image: temperature