Cell-ebration Station
What molecule serves as the primary energy currency of the cell?
ATP
What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
K
What is the SI unit of energy?
Joule
What layer of Earth do humans live on?
Crust
What SI unit measures electrical current?
Ampere
What process produces genetically identical daughter cells?
Mitosis
What particle determines an element's atomic number?
Proton
What quantity measures how fast velocity changes?
Acceleration
What scale is commonly used to measure earthquake magnitude?
Richter Scale (accept Moment Magnitude Scale)
What simple machine is formed by wrapping an inclined plane around a cylinder?
Screw
What immune cells produce antibodies?
B cells
What type of reaction involves the transfer of electrons between species?
Redox Reaction
What phenomenon causes light to bend when entering a new medium?
Refraction
What atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
What property describes a material's resistance to deformation?
Stiffness
What chromosome region shortens with age and is associated with cellular senescence?
Telomeres
What functional group contains a hydroxyl (-OH) group?
Alcohol
What law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction?
Newton's third law
What term describes the total amount of organic matter produced by an ecosystem?
Biomass
What device measures the electrical activity of the heart?
Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
What molecular complex translates mRNA into protein?
Ribosome
What law states that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature?
Boyle's Law
What property of a wave remains constant when it moves from one medium to another?
Frequency
What process drives the movement of tectonic plates?
Mantle convection
What nanomaterial consists of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice?
Graphene