Biology
What is photosynthesis?
What is photosynthesis?This term refers to process by which plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
Type of rock formed from cooled magna or lava
What is igneous rock?
Chemical bond that shares a pair of electrons, between atoms
What is a covalent bond?
This macronutrient is the primary source of energy for athletes
What are carbohydrates?
A push or pull
What is force?
What is transcription?
The process by which DNA is copied to create an identical strand of RNA
Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
process by which a substance changes directly from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid phase.
What is sublimation?
The visualization technique athletes use to enhance performance is called this.
What is imagery or visualization?
Transfer of thermal energy
What is heat?
Keratin
Which protein helps form hair, nails and your skin’s outer layer?
the Dead Sea
What is the saltiest sea?
This term refers to the number of atoms of a given element in one molecule of a substance.
What is the molecular formula?
This type of lever is represented bye a seesaw, where the fulcrum is in the middle
What is a first-class lever?
V= IR
What is Ohm's law?
These structures in plant cells contain chlorophyll and are responsible for photosynthesis
What are chloroplasts?
process describing how water moves from the ocean to the atmosphere to land and back again
What is the water cycle?
This law states that a constant pressure, the volume of a given mass of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature.
What is Charles's law?
The max. amount of oxygen the body can utilize during exercise is known by this abbreviation
what is VO2?
Coulomb (C)
What is the unit of charge?
This phenomenon involves the ability of certain organisms, such as certain species of bacteria, to transfer genetic material horizontally between unrelated individuals. It is a significant factor in the spread of antibiotic resistance.
What is horizontal gene transfer?
Term describing a mineral's ability to split easily along first surfaces
What s cleavage?
This phenomenon occurs when 2 or more atoms share the same set of quantum states, resulting enhanced stability
What is molecular orbital theory?
This hormone often called the "stress hormone," increases blood sugar and suppresses the immune system.
What is cortisol?
Complete reflection of light back into a medium
What is total internal reflection?