Chemical Compounds, Commonly
Science of the 1800s
Let's give Star Wars a hand
Feeling Science - "e"
Biological Processes
200
Sodium Chloride, which you know better as "table" this
What is salt?
200
In 1865 this monk presented the results of his breeding experiments with pea plants to the Natural Science Society in Brünn
Who is Mendel?
200
Samuel L. Jackson says despite losing a hand and getting thrown out a window, this character still lives walking the earth with jewels
Who is Mace Windu?
200
Around week 7 of pregnancy, it's called this. After, it's a fetus
What is an embryo?
200
From the latin for "fine powder", it's the process by which microscopic grains from one plant travel to another to fertilize it
What is pollination?
400
Don't chuckle...nitrous oxide also goes by this name
What is laughing gas?
400
In 1800, Alessandro Volta announced his invention, the voltaic pile, a predecessor to the modern this
What is a battery?
400
The genetic template for the title characters, Jango Fett got unhanded then unheaded in this film, episode 2
What is Attack of the Clones?
400
It's the lightest stable subatomic particle that we know about
What is an electron?
400
These glands that aid in digestion are found under the tongue and inside the cheeks and lower jaw
What are salivary glands?
600
Chimney sweeps may find this 4-letter form of amorphous carbon coating their workplace
What is soot?
600
CHCl3, also known as this, was administered as an anesthetic to Queen Victoria when she gave birth to Prince Leopold.
What is chloroform?
600
Dooku lopped an arm off this character who had some serious anger mangagement issues; Obi-Wan would dis-arm him as well.
Who is Anakin Skywalker?
600
Langerhans cells are found in this layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
600
As part of this system, the thin walls of the alveoli are conducive to extracting carbon dioxide and getting oxygen to the blood
What is the respiratory system?
800
Sodium bicarbonate, used in ovens & refrigerators alike, is known by this common 2-word name
What is baking soda?
800
A brilliant mathematician, she wrote the program for Charles Babbage's early computer prototype.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
800
Generally speaking, this jedi hunter who really should have had that cough looked at lost 2 of his 4 hands to Obi-Wan
Who is General Grievous?
800
These hormones relieve pain but probably don't give the runner's high as once thought
What are endorphins?
800
In the process of adolescence, the slow development of the PFC, or Prefrontal this, may explain risk-taking
What is the cortex?
1000
"G" is for this, hydrated calcium sulfate, used in drywall
What is Gypsum?
1000
This Brit lent his name to a cage that shields whoever is inside from electromagnetic radiation.
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Who is Faraday?
1000
Stone-cold Luke Skywalker whomped a wampa, slicing off the huge creature's entire arm on this ice planet
What is Hoth?
1000
It's hibernation, but in summer
What is estivation?
1000
This is no place like this, the regulating process in which equilibrium is the ultimate goal in an organism
What is homeostasis?