Chemistry
This is the smallest unit of an element that retains all the properties of that element.
What is an atom?
This organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
This layer of the Earth, composed of solid rock, includes both the crust and the upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
This term describes the energy an object has due to its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
This element is the most abundant in the universe, making up about 75% of its normal matter.
What is hydrogen?
This type of chemical bond involves the sharing of electrons between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
These are the building blocks of proteins, made up of an amino group, a carboxyl group, and a variable side chain.
What are amino acids?
This scale measures the energy released by an earthquake.
What is the Richter scale?
This scientist developed three laws of motion that form the basis of classical mechanics.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This scale measures the spiciness or heat of chili peppers, based on capsaicin concentration.
What is the Scoville scale?
This is the term for a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.
What is a catalyst?
In humans, this system is responsible for transporting blood, nutrients, and oxygen throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
This type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
This type of mirror curves inward, like the inside of a spoon, and can produce magnified images.
What is a concave mirror?
This physicist, known for his work on black holes, once claimed that "intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."
Who is Stephen Hawking?
The name of the law that states the volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature, when pressure is constant.
What is Charles's Law?
This enzyme is responsible for linking Okazaki fragments during DNA replication
What is DNA ligase?
This type of boundary forms when two tectonic plates collide, often creating mountains.
What is a convergent boundary?
These particles mediate the strong nuclear force that holds protons and neutrons together in an atomic nucleus.
What are gluons?
A creature that, despite being classified as a mammal, lays eggs and has spines.
What is a monotreme/platypus/echidna/?
This method of analyzing the structure of organic compounds involves the use of infrared light to identify functional groups and bonds in a molecule.
What is infrared spectroscopy?
A genetic disorder caused by the absence of an enzyme needed to metabolize phenylalanine, leading to brain damage if not treated early.
What is phenylketonuria (PKU)?
This large-scale atmospheric circulation cell operates between the equator and 30° latitude in each hemisphere.
What is the Hadley cell?
This principle states that pressure decreases as the velocity of a fluid increases in a streamline flow.
What is Bernoulli's principle?
This is the fastest-growing plant in the world, able to grow up to 35 inches in a single day.
What is bamboo?