General Science
A method of procedure for studying the world around us
What is Scientific Method?
A person who studies Biology
What is a Biologist?
The phase of matter (1 of 3) that rain is in
What is Liquid?
The universal force acting on all matter
What is Gravity?
The fastest land animal
What is Cheetah?
The element that we, as humans, require to breathe and function
What is Oxygen?
The organelle in the center of a cell, sometimes called the "command center"
What is a Nucleus?
The basic unit of a chemical element
What is Atom?
The word for the distance an object travels per unit of time
What is Speed?
Many adults have these teeth removed, but they are called your "third molars"
What is Wisdom Teeth?
This is what pennies are made of
What is Zinc?
The name for the genetic material that makes up living things
What is DNA?
The name for the number of protons in an atom's nucleus
What is Atomic Number?
The (full) name of the English physicist and mathematician that described three laws of motion
What is Sir Isaac Newton?
The name of the rainforest that produces 20% of Earth’s oxygen
What is Amazon Rainforest?
This weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any other, except lightning
What is Tornadoes?
The "father" of Biology
What is Aristotle?
One of the early models of the atom which was compared to pudding with raisins distributed throughout
What is the Plum Pudding Model?
A material through which electrons move easily
What is a Conductor?
The distance (roughly) from Earth to the Sun
What is 92,900,000 miles?
This "wonder drug" became available to the general public in 1944 and has been widely used ever since
What is Penicillin?
The study of the relationships between living organisms and their physical environment
What is Ecology?
The name for a group of elements that exhibit both metallic and nonmetallic behavior
What is Metalloids?
The name of the principle discovered by a French scientist that says that, pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted throughout the fluid
What is Pascal's Principle?
The scientific name for the domestic dog
What is Canis lupus familiaris?