Environmental Science
This process, done by plants, uses sunlight to make food and releases oxygen into the air.
Photosynthesis
This force keeps you from floating away and gives objects weight
Gravity
This type of bond forms when atoms share pairs of electrons.
Covalent bond
What molecule carries genetic information?
DNA
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
The process of changing to survive in an ecosystem is called?
Adaptation
This type of energy is stored in an object due to its position, such as a book on a high shelf.
potential energy
This number, found on every element’s periodic table square, tells you how many protons it has.
Atomic number
What organelle is responsible for making energy in a cell?
Mitochondria
This phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun.
Solar Eclipse
This term describes the maximum population size an environment can sustainably support.
Carrying capacity
What is the term for a force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact?
Friction
Chemical symbol for gold
Au
What cell organelle modifies and packages proteins?
Golgi apparatus
What is the largest organ in the body?
Skin
What is the term called when there is rivalry between living things for resources? Also a term in sports.
Competition
What is the term for the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion?
Inertia
This law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.
Law of conservation of mass
What is the process where cells divide to make identical copies?
Mitosis
What is the pH of pure water at room temperature?
7
This term describes a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem, such as sea otters controlling sea urchin populations.
Keystone species
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton's Third Law
This type of intermolecular force, stronger than London dispersion but weaker than ionic bonds, occurs between polar molecules
Dipole-dipole interactions
What molecule provides energy for cells
ATP
What gas is most abundant in the Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen