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X-kit Achieve! Grade 11 Geography Study Guide

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ISBN: 9781775782056

Grade 11 learners can use X-kit Achieve! Geography study guide throughout the year to prepare for and pass exams. Clear, annotated diagrams, photographs, tables and concise explanations in simple language make learning, understanding and remembering Geography easy. Geographical skills and techniques are...

X-kit Achieve! Grade 11 Geography

X-kit Achieve! Grade 9 Mathematics Study Guide

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ISBN: 9781775780380

X-kit Achieve! Mathematics Grade 9 is a study guide which includes concise explanations, plenty of practice and sample test and exam papers with answers. The series has been developed based on research and feedback from learners and teachers. It offers Graded maths exercises which cover understanding, application and problem-solving skills. CAPS compliant.

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Xkit Achieve! Grade 9 Mathematics

X-kit Presteer! Graad 8 Wiskunde Studiegids

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ISBN: 9781775781134

X-kit Presteer! Wiskunde vir graad 8 is ’n studiegids met gegradeerde oefeninge, uitgewerkte voorbeelde, en bied talle vrae- en antwoordstelle. X-kits is geskryf deur ervare onderwysers en dek die nuutste kurrikulum.

X-kit Presteer! Graad 8 Wiskunde

X-kit Presteer! Graad 9 Wiskunde Studiegids

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ISBN: 9781775780373

X-kit Presteer! Wiskunde vir graad 9 is ’n studiegids met gegradeerde oefeninge, uitgewerkte voorbeelde, en bied talle vrae- en antwoordstelle. X-kits is geskryf deur ervare onderwysers en dek die nuutste kurrikulum.

X-kit Presteer! Graad 9 Wiskunde

X-kit Achieve! Grade 10 Physical Sciences: Chemistry Study Guide

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Chemistry , Physical Sciences

ISBN: 9781775781424

Understand and master Physical Sciences with X-kit Achieve! Chemistry Study Guides. Graded exercises and worked solutions help learners assess and improve their Physics skills. Carefully structured exercises require them to practise the basics,...

X-kit Achieve! Grade 10 Physical Sciences: Chemistry

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evaporate

Physical Sciences

separate a solute, such as salt, from a solution, such as water.

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Physical Sciences

a clear glassy material possessing good heat and electrical insulating properties.

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competitiveness

the ability of a firm or nation to produce goods and services of an acceptable quality and at...

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figure of speech

English First Additional Language , English Home Language

a word or term which achieves more imaginative effects than simple or literal language. Figures...

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voluntary

controlled by the person's conscious mind.

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urban myth

English First Additional Language , English Home Language

See urban legend.

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the ratio between export and import prices.

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taxon

a group or category in the biological classification system (the plural of taxon is taxa).

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reversible reactions

Physical Sciences

reactions that either simultaneously occur in both directions or that can be reversed by...

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article (in literature)

English First Additional Language , English Home Language

a piece of non-fiction prose written for a newspaper, magazine or website

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a narrow, tall, pointed mass of rock; formed from a volcanic pipe

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Physical Sciences

a solution to which a little base has been added to a lot of water.

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Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; Swaziland.

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designated employer

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a firm that employs 50 or more employees, or has a total annual turnover as in Schedule 4 of the...

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indirect labour cost

(also called indirect labour expense) expense for labour used, e.g. cleaning services,...

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consumer equilibrium

the situation that exists when the last rand that is spent on one product gives the same...

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poverty line income

the minimum income that is needed to cover the basic needs of people.

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Physical Sciences

a cell used for electrolysis.

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forward reaction

Physical Sciences

the reaction that uses up reactants and forms products.

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aqueous solution

Physical Sciences

a solution in which water is the solvent.

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genes

small units of DNA that contain hereditary information that is passed from one generation to the...

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selling price; the value of the final output at the prices paid for the output by consumers.

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filament

a fine thread-like structure. In plants: the stalk of the male sexual organ.

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simple inorganic chemical substances (mineral salts) that are needed in relatively large amounts...

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autoimmune disease

a disease caused when the body's immune system destroys other body cells.

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