Earth and Space
This layer of the Earth is composed of solid rock and makes up the Earth's outer shell.
The Crust
The average adult has about 22 square feet (or about 8 pounds) of which organ, making it the largest in the human body?
Skin
The number of protons in an atom’s nucleus is called this.
Atomic number
This part of the cell contains DNA and controls most of the cell’s activities.
What is the nucleus?
This gas, used by plants in photosynthesis, is released by animals when they breathe.
CO2
What is the percentage of nitrogen in the atmosphere?
(Team with the closest answer gets the points)
78%
What iron containing metalloprotein carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body? It is in the red blood cells of most vertebrate animals.
Hemoglobin
This type of isomerism occurs when compounds have the same molecular formula but differ in the connectivity of their atoms.
Constitutional Isomers
These are the basic units of life in all living things.
What are cells?
A group of the same species living in the same area is called this
population
What is the largest ocean on earth?
The Pacific Ocean
What muscle in the human body gets its name from the resemblance of its shape to a letter in the Greek alphabet?
Deltoid
Group one elements of the periodic table are called
Alkali Metals
This molecule carries genetic instructions from DNA to the ribosome
mRNA
This term describes animals that eat both plants and other animals
omnivores
This explosion marks the death of a massive star and can briefly outshine an entire galaxy.
Supernova
The "mandible" is the medical term for the lower jaw of the human skull; similarly, what word refers to the upper jaw?
This principle states that no two electrons in the same atom can have identical sets of four quantum numbers.
Pauli Exclusion Principle
This process makes new body cells that are identical to the parent cell.
mitosis
This type of relationship occurs when one organism benefits and the other is harmed
parasitism
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Saturn
In what part of the body can you find the stapedium, the smallest human skeletal muscle?
a quantitative analytical method used to determine the unknown concentration of a substance in a solution by reacting it with a standard solution of accurately known concentration
Titration
These structures on chromosomes carry the genes that determine inherited traits.
alleles
This global issue is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
climate change