The two basic types of energy are what?
What does velocity have that speed does not?
Direction
What is pictured here?
Vertical Farming
What are the four Biogeochemical cycles we studied this semester
water, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorous
Name the eight planets, from innermost to outermost.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What was the very first artificial organ?
Heart, kidney, liver or brain
Kidney
What is the formula for gravitational potential energy?
GPE = mgh (mass x gravity x height)
What does the slope of a distance vs. time graph tell you?
Speed (or velocity)
What do you call the incorporation of trees into traditional farming practices?
Agroforestry
In the atmosphere, carbon is generally found in what form?
Carbon dioxide
Name the four Gas Giants
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The first robot-assisted surgery was a stereotactic brain biopsy using an industrial robot arm called PUMA 560. In what decade did this occur?
1980s.
How much kinetic energy does a 10 kg cheetah have, when running 10 m/s (no calculator)?
500 Joules
How many MINUTES will it take to drive to your grandmothers house? She live 80 km away and your parents drive 40 km/hour
120 minutes
What do you call the technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil?
Hydroponics
In the water cycle, clouds form by the process of evaporation followed by _________________.
Condensation
What is the hottest planet?
Venus
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a German physicist discovered _________ in 1895 while experimenting with a cathode-ray tube. Röntgen observed a mysterious green light on a nearby screen and, after further investigation, realized that these rays could pass through opaque objects like the human body.
X-rays
A tennis ball is dropped from 10 m, bounces several times, and comes to rest. What happened to its original energy (two things please)?
It became heat and sound
A hanglider leaping off a cliff accelerates from 1 m/s to 6 m/s in 10 seconds. What is her acceleration?
0.5 m/s2
What do you call the process of turning natural, organic wastes into useful fertilizers?
Composting
In photosynthesis, plants covert water and carbon dioxide into what and what?
sugar and oxygen
Kepler's First Law says that planetary orbits are in the shape of ______________ with the sun at one of the ____.
An ellipse/ foci
What does MRI stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A man is walking at 1 m/s, then starts running at 4 m/s. By how many times did he increase his kinetic energy?
16
A fast tortoise creeping along at 1 m/s will travel how many kilometers in one hour?
3.6 km
Aquaculture
Peas, beans and clover have nitrogen fixing bacteria in nodules on their roots. This group of plants is called ____________.
Legumes
The point in the orbit of a planet or comet in which it travels the fastest is called the ______________.
Perihelion
____________ is a type of treatment that harnesses the body's own immune system to fight cancer and other diseases. It involves boosting or modifying the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells or to target specific cells within the body.
Immunotherapy