Anatomy
the largest bone in the human body
(What is the femur?)
term used to describe when day and night are of equal lengths; happens twice a year
(What is the equinox?)
the process of soil losing its fertility and becoming dry after overgrazing and intensive agriculture)
(What is desertification?)
this is the name of the tectonic plate we are currently on
(What is the North American Plate?)
the third phase of mitosis
(What is anaphase?)
the organ that stores and releases bile
(What is the gallbladder?)
IAU is the acronym for this organization (what does IAU stand for)
(What is the International Astronomical Union?)
the most used resource for electricity generation
(What is coal?)
these rocks form by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
(What is igneous rock?)
the physicist who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation
(Who/What is James Clerk Maxwell (or just Maxwell)?)
the study of the kidneys and their functions
(What is nephrology?)
the largest moon in our solar system
(What is Ganymede?)
the number of degrees Celsius the rise in temperature is targeted/hoped to be by Paris Climate Agreement
(What is 1.5 degrees Celsius?)
the rock the top layer of the ocean floor is made up of
(What is basalt?)
the definition of acids and bases that is based on them either giving or receiving protons
(What is Bronsted-Lowry definition?)
the two major veins that return deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart
(What are the venae cavae?)
the number of officially recognized constellations (hint: between 1 and 100)
(What is 88?)
the weather phenomenon that results in clouds of air pollution and smog lingering over cities
(What is a temperature inversion?)
a large volcanic crater, especially one formed by an eruption that leads to the collapse of the mouth of a volcano
(What is a caldera?)
Einstein discovered this in 1905, and for this contribution especially, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921
(What is the photoelectric effect?)
the gland responsible for regulating the body’s circadian rhythms and secreting melatonin
(What is the pineal gland?)
the name of the nomenclature most commonly used to classify galaxies
(What is the Hubble Sequence?)
the law that required businesses to consider environmental impacts of their actions and the first environmental legislation in the U.S.
(What is the National Environmental Policy Act?)
this mineral is composed of silicon dioxide (SiO2)
(What is quartz?)
the gas law that explains that pressure and temperature are directly proportional
(What is Gay-Lussac’s law?)