chemistry
What is the smallest particle of an element that retains its properties?
Atom
what organelle is responsible for protein synthesis
the ribosome
Which part of the neuron receives incoming signals?
dendrites
what is the force that attracts two masses towards each others
gravity
area in the brain is responsible for speech
ATP
What type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs?
Covalent bond
What is the name of the process by which mRNA is decoded to produce a polypeptide chain?
Translation
What is the term for learning through association?
Classical conditioning
What phenomenon causes light to bend when it passes through materials of different densities?
Refraction
What type of bond connects amino acids?
peptide bond
What is the pH of pure water at 25°C?
7
What is the term for a gene that masks the expression of another gene?
Dominant gene
Sigmund freud
What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
3.00 × 10⁸ m/s
Which lipid molecule makes up most of the cell membrane?
phospholipids
What gas is produced when an acid reacts with a metal?
Hydrogen
what cells in the pancreas are responsible for insulin production
beta cells
area in the brain is responsible for speech
Broca's area
What type of energy is stored in a stretched spring?
Elastic potential energy
According to Le Chatelier’s Principle, what happens to the equilibrium of an exothermic reaction if the temperature is increased?
The equilibrium shifts toward the reactants
When sodium reacts with chlorine to form NaCl, what type of reaction occurs?
Redox reaction
What phase of meiosis leads to genetic variation through crossing over?
Prophase I
what do you call two or more conflicting behaviors or beliefs
cognitive desinence
What theory unifies space and time into a single four-dimensional framework?
General relativity
what is the process of converting pyruvate into glucose
gluconeogenesis