Biology & Life Science
Process in which a diploid cell becomes a haploid
What is meiosis?
The process in which ionic compounds dissolve in a solvent.
What is ionization?
The SI unit of force is
common tech term for a hidden flaw, error, or glitch in a software program
what is a bug?
A giant glowing cloud of dust and gas in outer space
what is a nebula?
What consists of the brain stem?
What are the medulla, pons and midbrain?
Classification of energy-releasing reactions
What is an exothermic reaction?
Newton's 3rd Law
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
represents building blocks of all digital technology, known as binary code
what are 0s and 1s?
An object with an intense gravitational field light cannot escape
what is a black hole?
The number of ATP produced by aerobic and anaerobic respiration respectively
36(30-38) and 2 ATP per glucose
The compound name for HCO3-
What is hydrogen carbonate?
Pink Floyd's famous The Dark Side of the Moon album cover illustrates this optical process, where white light splits into a rainbow as it passes through a glass prism.
What is dispersion (or refraction)?
a step-by-step set of instructions or rules designed to solve a specific problem or complete a specific task in a computer
what is an algorithm?
The top 2 gases found in the atmosphere
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
Part of the chloroplast in which light independent reactions occur
What is the stroma?
The measure of hydroxide ions used for indicating the alkalinity of a solution.
What is pOH?
Momentum is a vector quantity calculated by multiplying these two properties of an object.
What are mass and velocity?
Named after a British comedy troupe, this highly popular, beginner-friendly programming language uses a snake as its logo.
What is Python?
These vibrant night-sky light displays are caused by solar winds colliding with Earth's magnetic field.
What are Northern Lights?
The pancreatic hormone released to lower blood glucose after a meal.
The law that describes the inverse relationship between pressure and volume of a confined gas.
What is Boyle's Law?
This physical constant, valued at roughly 3.00x 10^8 m/s in a vacuum, represents the universal speed limit for electromagnetic radiation.
What is speed of light?
This programming technique involves a function calling itself in order to break a problem down into smaller, self-similar sub-problems.
what is recursion?
This protective gas layer in Earth's stratosphere absorbs the vast majority of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
What is the ozone layer?