Infections
Evolution
Aerodynamics
Plant Biology
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What are infections?
Process of spreading a disease
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What is evolution?
The process where Earth diversified into millions of species
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What is aerodynamics?
The study of airflow around an object (ie planes)
100
What is biology?
The study of living things
100
What is a gene?
Unit of heredity transferred from parent to offspring
200
List 3 different ways to spread infections
Direct contact
Indirect contact
Food contamination
Insect bites
200
What’s a dichotomous key?
A list of qualities that help identify the organism
200
List the 2 types of tail shapes and explain their functions
Horizontal stabilizer - prevents pitch (up and down motion)
Vertical stabilizer - prevents yaw (side to side motion)
200
What are 4 properties of life?
Organization
Metabolism
Homeostasis
Growth
Reproduction
Response
Evolution
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What is a cloud?
A mass of condensed water vapour floating in the atmosphere
300
How do vaccines work?
Vaccines contain dead/weak microbes that are injected to train the immune system for faster healing time
300
What are four things that can show that evolution is occurring?
Anatomy
Molecular Biology
Biogeography
Fossils
300
What are the 4 forces of flight?
Lift
Thrust
Drag
Weight
300
What are 2 of the roles of plants in the ecosystem?
Primary producers
Energy flow begins in plants
Provides plants
Reduces pollution by intaking CO2
300
How many bones does the average adult human have?
206
400
List the types of outbreak
Endemic
Epidemic
Pandemic
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What are the three things that are required for evolution to occur? Explain them.
Selection - survival of the fittest
Reproduction - pass down genes
Variation - different genetic traits in a population
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List 2 types of wing shape
Tapered
Elliptical
Swept
Delta
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What is homeostasis? Examples?
Creating and maintaining equilibrium.
Temperature (shivering when cold)
Blood pH
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What are the first 10 digits of pi?
3.141592653
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List the steps of the lytic cycle (virus life cycle)
Attachment
DNA injection
DNA replication
Assembly
Release
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500
List one light and one heat resistant material used for in planes
Aluminum (light)
Nickel (heat resistant)
500
What is the equation of photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
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What was the tallest mountain on Earth before Mount Everest was discovered?
Mount Everest. It was always the tallest; we just didn't know it yet!