Biology
This blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
Arteries/artery
This type of bond forms when two atoms share electrons.
Covalent bond
_____ is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago.
Pangaea
This force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
Gravity/Gravitational Force
Often called the “Father of the Computer,” he designed the Analytical Engine.
Charles Babbage
This is the process by which plants lose water vapor through their stomata.
Transpiration
The _______ will tell you about the identity of an unknown substance, where mass should be divided by volume to obtain it.
Density
The number of planets in the solar system that have rings.
This type of wave can travel through a vacuum without the need for a medium.
Electromagnetic Wave
This three-letter acronym describes the global system of interconnected computer networks.
Worldwide Web (WWW)
This stage of mitosis is when chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell.
Metaphase
This law states that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure at constant temperature.
Boyle's Law
The difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse is determined by this body’s position.
The Moon
Rockets are propelled into space because the downward expulsion of gases produces an equal and opposite upward force. This demonstrates this law of motion.
Law of Action & Reaction (3rd Law)
This communication medium uses light pulses through glass fibers to transmit data.
Fiber optics
Deforestation leads to habitat loss, which is the primary cause of this ongoing environmental crisis.
Biodiversity
These hydrocarbons contain at least one double bond in their structure.
Alkenes
Venus is hotter than Mercury due to this atmospheric effect.
Greenhouse effect
According to relativity, time is observed to run slower for objects moving close to this universal speed limit.
Speed of light
This imaging technology uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of internal organs.
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
This organelle, once a free-living prokaryote according to the endosymbiotic theory, contains its own DNA and ribosomes.
Mitochondrion
The principle that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers is called this.
Pauli Exclusion Principle
The Hawaiian Islands were formed as the Pacific Plate moved over this stationary volcanic source.
Hotspot
In Einstein’s famous equation E = mc², mass is converted into energy. This principle is the basis for the enormous energy released in this type of nuclear reaction that powers the Sun.
Nuclear fusion
In experimental research, repeating an experiment under the same conditions tests this key characteristic of science.
Reproducibility (or replicability)