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What is the SI unit of electric current?
Answer: Ampere
What gas do plants absorb during photosynthesis?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
What is the second law of thermodynamics primarily about?
Answer: Entropy increases in isolated systems
What equation describes radioactive decay?
Answer: N = N₀e^(-λt)
What does the derivative of a function represent in a position–time graph?
Answer: the instantaneous velocity of an object
What planet has the strongest surface gravity?
Answer: Jupiter
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
What structure in DNA holds the genetic code?
Answer: Nitrogenous bases
What is the function of a lac operon?
Answer: a DNA sequence that regulates the breakdown lactose
What happens to the pressure of a gas if its temperature increases while volume remains constant?
Answer: the pressure increases
What is the chemical formula for sulfuric acid?
Answer: H₂SO₄
What is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth (approx.)?
Answer: 9.8 m/s²
What type of radiation has the shortest wavelength?
Answer: Gamma rays
What is the Laplace transform primarily used for?
Answer: Solving differential equations
What type of mutation changes one amino acid in a protein without altering the reading frame?
Answer: a missense mutation
What part of the brain regulates balance?
Answer: Cerebellum
What organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell”?
Answer: Mitochondria
What rock type forms from cooled magma?
Answer: Igneous
What particle mediates the electromagnetic force?
Answer: Photon
What structure controls the movement of substances into and out of a cell through selective permeability?
Answer: the cell (plasma) membrane
Who developed general relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
What is the function of ribosomes?
Answer: Protein synthesis
What does CRISPR target?
Answer: Specific DNA sequences
What is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle about?
Answer: Limits simultaneous precision of position and momentum