Science Quiz
This fourth of matter occurs when atoms in gas are ionized
plasma
It's nicknamed "the president's office in the sky"
Air Force One
This iron-containing pigment in blood has a job to do: carry oxygen to tissue
hemoglobin
The F-16 has the alliterative name "Fighting" this speedy type of raptor
Falcon
In 2015 gravitational waves were first directly observed after this man predicted them a century earlier
Einstein
A key to quantum mechanics is the notion that both radiation & matter can act as either particles or these
waves
3 major airports serve New York City including this one that's not even in the same state
Newark
A 1926 issue of Nature proposed this name for a quantum of light
a photon
This Grumman & amphibious plane, essential to the defenders of Bataan, is not named for an amphibian, but for a water bird
the Duck
Honored in 2007, Frances E. Allen was the first woman to win the Turing Award for work in this science
computer science
Most snapping turtles are this type of equal-opportunity eater, happy to eat any old animal or vegetable for brunch
an omnivore
For its defensive firepower, World War II's B-17 was alliteratively nicknamed the "Flying" this
Fortress
In 1891 Tesla unveiled his famous this, used in radio technology
his (the Tesla) coil
In a Shrike Commander, Bob Hoover perfected a routine of aerobatics, landing & taxiing all deadstick, i.e. this
he had no engine power at all
Before its mission ended in 2017, the spacecraft named for this astronomer gave us a view of Saturn's moon Enceladus
Cassini
Chloroplasts are where this energy conversion process takes place in plants
photosynthesis
The first African-American woman in space, on her first shuttle mission in 1992, she carried with her a photo of pilot Bessie Coleman
Jemison
Meaning "covered seed", it's the scientific term used to designate flowering plants
angiosperm
70 years after Louis Blériot first did it, the human-powered Gossamer Albatross flew across this body of water in 1979
the English Channel
Casgevy for sickle cell disease is the first FDA-approved therapy using the genome editing therapy known by this acronym
CRISPR
This 12-letter word describes the richness of life forms in a given environment
biodiversity
King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette were in attendance when these brothers demonstrated their hot air balloon in 1783
the Montgolfier brothers
Galileo discovered this, the largest moon of Jupiter & the largest satellite in our solar system
Ganymede
During World War II, one job of the Howard DGA-15 was as a Navy air ambulance with this bird name that's associated with nursing
Nightingale
A new hominin species of this, with a name meaning "southern ape", was discovered in 2008
Australopithecus