This process is essentially the opposite of photosynthesis.
What is respiration.
100
MRI stands for this:
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (p. 62)
100
These are the two basic designs of telescopes:
What are refracting and reflecting telescopes.
100
This layer of the Earth is 1216 km thick, has a temp. of up to 4000 degrees C and is made of solid iron with some nickel.
What is the inner core of the Earth.
100
The speed of this travels at approximately 300m/s.
What is sound.
200
This group of plants is the most evolved, most diverse and most successful; it makes up about 90% of the kingdom Plantae.
What are angiosperms. (p. 10)
200
The wand that the technician holds on the patient's body during an ultrasound is called this:
What is a transducer.
200
In 1923 Edwin Hubble used the most powerful telescope on Earth to look at this:
What is the Andromeda Galaxy.
200
Rocks are made up of two or more __________.
What are minerals. (p. 47)
200
These three colours make up the primary colours of light.
What are red, green, and blue.
300
The flat part of a leaf is called the leaf blade, or this:
What is the lamina.
300
This German physicist discovered x-rays in 1895 while experimenting with cathode ray tubes.
Who is Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. (p. 59)
300
One branch of astronomy is known as SETI, which stands for this:
What is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
300
List two examples of sedimentary rock.
What are conglomerate, shale, limestone and sandstone.(p. 48)
300
The human eye perceives colour using three types of these which are sensitive to long, medium and short wavelengths of visible light.
What are photoreceptor cells.
400
Mosses lack this, meaning they do not have tissue to transport water throughout the plant.
What is a vascular system.
400
One of the benefits of ultrasound is its use as a treatment to help sprains heal faster and to break up kidney stones and gallstones through a process known as this:
What is lithotripsy.
400
We see only a tiny fraction of all light. The entire possible range of light is called this:
What is the electromagnetic spectrum. (EMS) (. p 126)
400
Adding thin layers of zinc to iron or steel prevents rust. This process is called ______________.
What is galvanization.
400
Light reflecting off a smooth surface, where all of the light is reflected in the same direction, is called this.
What is specular reflection (p. 111)
500
This is the scientific classification name for the phyla of mosses.
What is Bryophyta.
500
The invention of CT (Computed Tomography) is generally credited to these two men.
Who are Godfrey Hounsfield and Allan McLeod Cormack. (p 60)
500
This type of telescope design uses a secondary reflector and a feed horn to bring the radio waves to a sharp focus.
What is a Cassegrain design. (p. 128)
500
When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, this will happen:
The oceanic plate will move under the continental plate (subduction) because it is denser. (p. 46)
500
The angle of incidence and angle of refraction are mathematically related to the index of refraction of each material through the law of refraction, also called this.