The Systems
This system has the stomach intestines, and colon.
What is the digestive system?
This is the study of weather.
What is meteorology?
This natural phenomenon, which keeps Earth warm enough for life, shares its name with a glass building used to grow winter plants.
What is the greenhouse effect?
When dealing with something such as mass-hysteria, a doctor may use something like this to trick the person into thinking they're better.
What is a placebo?
Flowers use this process to create food for themselves using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
What is photosynthesis?
The urinary system has this organ, which filters the fluids you drink.
What are the kidneys?
This branch of science deals with the study of rocks, minerals, and the Earth's physical history.
What is geology?
This layer of the upper atmosphere blocks harmful UV rays, but chemicals once punched a massive "hole" in it over Antarctica.
What is the ozone (layer)?
To prevent bias, this type of clinical trial ensures that neither the patient nor the doctor knows who is getting the real treatment.
What is a double-blind study?
This vast, underground network of thread-like fungal filaments acts like nature's internet, connecting plants and absorbing nutrients.
What is mycelium?
This large organ breaks down old blood cells and helps your body fight off bad germs.
What is the spleen?
Doctors in this field specialize in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
What is cardiology?
This permanently frozen ground, commonly found on high mountains, is currently melting in the Arctic, releasing excess methane gas.
What is permafrost?
Psychologist Ivan Pavlov famously used this type of animal to experiment with classical conditioning, making them salivate at the sound of a metronome or buzzer.
What is a dog?
Watch out! Receding water at a beach connected to a large body of water line a sea or ocean can indicate this natural disaster.
What is a tsunami?
This master gland sits at the base of the brain and controls many other glands in the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
This branch of zoology is dedicated entirely to the scientific study of snakes, lizards, amphibians, and reptiles.
What is herpetology?
This scientific term describes the historic geological epoch we live in now, defined by human activity becoming the dominant force shaping Earth's climate and environment.
What is the Anthropocene?
This famous 1920 behavioral experiment conditioned an 11-month-old infant to fear a white rat by pairing it with the loud, scary sound of a clanging steel bar.
What is the Little Albert experiment?
This specific type of localized, high-velocity windstorm drops downward from a thunderstorm and spreads out violently, making it a major hazard for aircrafts.
What is a microburst? (Downburst also accepted)
This anatomical structure, a cluster of capillaries at the start of a nephron, serves as the primary site for blood filtration in the kidney.
What is the glomerulus?
This branch of linguistics shares its name with a love of learning and words, focusing specifically on the historical development and comparative study of languages.
What is philology?
This massive Atlantic Ocean current system, which includes the Gulf Stream, keeps Europe warm but faces a potential collapse due to melting freshwater.
What is the AMOC? (or Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)
This famous 1971 psychological experiment at a California university had to be shut down early after students internalizing roles as guards became abusive.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This French term describes the highly localized, furious, and dry down-valley wind that regularly scours the Mediterranean coast of southern France.
What is the mistral?