Basics of Science (Mod. 1-3)
What does it take to destroy a scientific law?
One counter example
What are the 2 theories explaining Earth's history?
Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
The more safe/dangerous an animal's life is, the more offspring it will have.
Dangerous
What joint is an elbow or knee - offering limited range of motion but the greatest stability?
Hinge joint
A denser object can float on water due to ________ _____________
Surface tension
Which is correct: geocentric or heliocentric system?
Heliocentric
What are the two types of weathering that rocks can experience?
Physical
Chemical
What does DNA stand for? (Pronounce it)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What does combustion require?
Oxygen and fuel
Mechanical advantage of a 4-pulley system
4
The 3 limitations of science
It cannot prove anything
It is not 100% reliable
It must confirm to the Scientific Method
Which type has better details, a petrified fossil or a fossil cast? Why?
Petrified
All of it is preserved vs just shape and outer details
The 3 types of cells
Animal, plant, and bacteria
What neutralizes the stomach acid before the chyme enters the small intestine?
Bases (e.g. baking soda) from the pancreas, gall bladder, and pancreas
An organism has specialized structures, several eukaryotic cells and makes its own food. What kingdom is it in?
Plantae
Steps of the Scientific Method (ideas becoming scientific law)
Observation, Hypothesis, Experiments, Theory, Years of Experiments, Law
What kind of creatures make up most of the fossil record?
Clams and hard-shelled creatures
What are the 5 kingdoms of life that we studied?
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
When you exhale air, the air passes through the trachea or pharynx first?
The trachea
What 3 historical tests does the Bible pass well?
Internal, external, bibliographic
Name at least one of Sir Isaac Newton's accomplishments
Formulated 3 laws of motion, law of gravity, calculus, white light made of colored light, new telescope design
Where geologists believe a layer of rock contains an unconformity – but it cannot be identified
Paraconformity
Are all Fungi made of many cells? If not, give an example.
No.
Yeast.
The only vessel in a lymph node that takes lymph away.
Efferent lymph vessel
How did Mt. St. Helens support a catastrophic view of how the Grand Canyon could form?
Mudflows carved out a miniature version of the Grand Canyon in a very short period of time.