Earth & Space
The type of rock formed by the cooling of magma.
What is Igneous?
The transfer of heat through direct contact.
What is Conduction?
The formula for the salt produced by HCl+NaOH.
What is NaCl? (Sodium Chloride)
This logic gate outputs true only if both inputs are true.
What is an AND Gate?
A shift in data caused by a flaw in equipment or design.
What is Systematic Bias?
The boundary between the Earth's crust and mantle
What is the Moho (Mohorovičić Discontinuity)?
This law states V=IR in an electrical circuit.
What is Ohm’s Law?
The naming system for chemical compounds.
What is IUPAC nomenclature?
A 3D modeling process abbreviated as "CAD."
What is Computer-Aided Design?
The range of values within which the true value likely lies.
What is a Confidence Interval (or Margin of Error)?
A large, circular ocean current system.
What is a Gyre?
The speed of light in a vacuum (approx. value).
What is $3.00 \times 10^8$ m/s?
This principle says a system at equilibrium reacts to stress.
What is Le Chatelier’s Principle?
The ratio of output force to input force.
What is Mechanical Advantage?
The "standard" against which experimental results are compared.
What is the Control?
The H-R Diagram plots luminosity against this.
What is Temperature (or Spectral Class)?
An object's resistance to a change in its state of motion.
What is Inertia?
A substance that speeds up a reaction without being consumed.
What is a Catalyst?
In coding, a loop that runs a set number of times.
What is a For Loop?
The ability of a study to be repeated with the same results.
What is Reproducibility (or Reliability)?
These "lines" on a map connect points of equal elevation.
What are Contour Lines?
The principle that describes buoyancy and displaced fluid.
What is Archimedes' Principle?
The number of particles in one mole of a substance.
What is Avogadro’s Number (6.022 \times 10^{23})?
This property describes a material's resistance to scratching.
What is Hardness? (Often measured by the Mohs Scale)
A "blind" study where the participant doesn't know the group.
What is a Single-Blind Study?