Chapter 13
The shape of DNA
What is double helix?
The planet closest to the sun
What is Mercury?
Color of the hottest stars
What is blue?
A wheel with a rod running through the wheel
What is a wheel and axle?
What is a resistor?
Small sections of DNA that control the traits of an organism
What are genes?
The planet with the Great Red Spot
What is Jupiter?
A group of stars that form a pattern
What is constellation?
A grooved wheel with a chain or rope wrapped in the groove
What is a pulley?
The type of circuit that has only one path for the electricity to travel
What is series circuit?
What is purebred?
Bright clouds of gas on the photosphere of the sun
What is faculae?
This is formed when a massive supergiant star collapses and disappears from space
What is black hole?
This occurs whenever an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction
What is acceleration?
A coil of wire with a core attached to an electrical source
What is an electromagnet?
The physical appearance of an organism
This person launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
Who is Robert Goddard?
A chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits the sun
What is a comet?
This is determined by the mass and velocity of an object
What is momentum?
The part of a computer that stores facts temporarily
What is RAM? (random access memory)
Shows the genetic possibilities of a particular trait that can result for offspring of a specific pair of parents
What is Punnett square?
This occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of the earth
What is lunar eclipse?
The name of the well-known star in the Little Dipper
What is Polaris?
This class of lever has the fulcrum located between the effort force and resistance
What is a first-class lever?
The unit that measures the amount of electrical push in a circuit
What is the volt?