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an element that begins with the letter B
What is Boron, Beryllium, Barium, etc.
the product of a substance's mass over volume
What is density?
In 1664, the explanation to why things fall down and why planets orbit around the Sun
What is gravity?
an Italian astronomer who has been referred to as the "father of modern physics"
Who is Galileo Galilei?
A popular show host, often seen in early science classes, who's theme song is still quoted today
Who is Bill Nye the Science Guy?
a chemical compound containing carbon triple bonded to nitrogen; a popular poison in murder mysteries
What is cyanide?
a compound that produces OH- ions or electrons in water, as well as one that accepts protons
What is a base?
in 1859, a British naturalist came up with this to explain how life on Earth developed
What is the Theory of Evolution?
a Polish and naturalized French physicist and chemist who discovered radium and polonium
Who is Marie Curie?
The film, released in 2016, that told the story of three African-American women who helped launch an astronaut into orbit
What is Hidden Figures?
the characteristic smell after a lightning strike is the result of the production of this
What is ozone?
a complete transfer of valence electrons
What is an ionic bond?
chemist who's experiment led to doctors washing their hands and sterilizing their equipment
Who is Louis Pasteur?
came up with a model of the universe that was heliocentric rather than geocentrism
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
What is Interstellar?
classified as neither a liquid nor a solid due to flow at an almost imperceptible rate
What is glass?
a linear organic polymer consisting of a large amount of amino-acid residues, forming a chain and part or a complete protein molecule
What is a polypeptide?
instance that resulted in creating the first generator, and considered the beginning of the huge generators that produce our electricity
What is Faraday's experiment?
the first person to visualize a microorganism
Who is Robert Hooke?
The full name of the character who, in the movie The Martian, becomes stranded on Mars after a terrible storm
Who is Mark Watney?
reaching this causes liquid helium to become a "superfluid" and move rapidly, defying gravity
What is the lambda point?
What is an allotrope?
proposed by Georges Lematre in 1927?
What is the Big Bang theory?
regarded as the first computer programmer, and whose notes is considered to be the very first computer algorithm
Who is Ada Lovelace?
fictional scientific components that reduce the distance between atoms while increasing density and strength
What are Pym Particles?