ATI TEAS flashcards
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- Main idea
- The central point of a passage, supported by details throughout; it is broader than any single fact and is often stated in the introduction or conclusion.
- Inference
- A logical conclusion drawn from evidence in the text combined with general knowledge; it is implied rather than directly stated by the author.
- Author's purpose
- The reason a text was written, usually to inform, persuade, entertain, or instruct; identified by tone, word choice, and what the text asks the reader to do.
- Fact versus opinion
- A fact can be verified with evidence, while an opinion expresses a belief or judgment and is often signaled by words such as should, best, or seems.
- Text structure
- The organizational pattern of a passage, such as compare-contrast, cause-effect, chronological, problem-solution, or description, which determines how details are arranged.
- Context clue
- Surrounding words or sentences that reveal an unfamiliar word's meaning; types include restatement, example, contrast, and the general sense of the passage.
- Supporting detail
- Evidence such as examples, statistics, or quotations that explains or proves the main idea and answers who, what, when, where, why, or how.
- Bias
- A one-sided slant favoring a particular viewpoint, often revealed by loaded language, omitted counterarguments, or reliance on a single source.
- Order of operations
- The sequence for evaluating expressions: parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division left to right, then addition and subtraction left to right.
- Percent change formula
- Percent change equals the difference between the new and old values divided by the original value, then multiplied by one hundred.
- Mean, median, mode
- Mean is the sum divided by the count; median is the middle value of ordered data; mode is the value that appears most often.
- Cross-multiplication
- A method for solving a proportion in which the numerator of one ratio is multiplied by the denominator of the other to form an equation.
- Slope
- The steepness of a line, calculated as the change in y divided by the change in x between any two points on the line.
- Absolute value
- The distance of a number from zero on the number line, which is always nonnegative, so the absolute value of negative seven is seven.
- Area of a triangle
- One half times the base times the height, where height is measured perpendicular to the chosen base; the result is expressed in square units.
- Reciprocal
- The number that, when multiplied by a given number, equals one; dividing by a fraction is equivalent to multiplying by its reciprocal.
- Mitochondria
- Organelles that carry out cellular respiration, converting glucose and oxygen into ATP, the energy currency used for most cellular work.
- Mitosis versus meiosis
- Mitosis yields two genetically identical diploid cells for growth and repair; meiosis yields four genetically varied haploid gametes for sexual reproduction.
- Homeostasis
- The maintenance of stable internal conditions such as temperature, pH, and blood glucose despite changes in the environment outside the organism.
- Newton's second law
- Force equals mass times acceleration, meaning a larger net force or a smaller mass produces greater acceleration of an object.
- Density
- Mass per unit volume, calculated as mass divided by volume; an object less dense than the fluid around it will float.
- pH scale
- A measure of hydrogen ion concentration from zero to fourteen, where values below seven are acidic, seven is neutral, and above seven is basic.
- Dominant allele
- A version of a gene that is expressed in the phenotype even when only one copy is present, masking the effect of the recessive allele.
- Punnett square
- A grid used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring, and their expected ratios, from the known genotypes of two parents.
- Subject-verb agreement
- A rule requiring the verb to match the subject in number; interrupting prepositional phrases are ignored, so a singular subject takes a singular verb.
- Independent clause
- A group of words containing a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
- Semicolon use
- A punctuation mark placed between two closely related independent clauses, or between items in a series that already contain internal commas.
- Pronoun-antecedent agreement
- A pronoun must match the noun it replaces in number and gender, so a plural antecedent requires a plural pronoun such as they.
- Active voice
- A sentence construction in which the subject performs the action, making writing more direct and concise than the passive construction.
- Affect versus effect
- Affect is usually a verb meaning to influence, while effect is usually a noun meaning the result or outcome of an action.
- Run-on sentence
- Two or more independent clauses joined without correct punctuation or a conjunction; repaired with a period, semicolon, or comma plus conjunction.
- Apostrophe rules
- An apostrophe marks possession, added as 's to singular nouns and after the s of plural nouns, and it also marks contractions.