Biology and Ecology
The mitochondria.
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
The law stating that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction.
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
The unit of Measurement for an electric current.
What is an Ampere?
The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
What is Pangea?
The process by which rocks are broken down by wind, water and other natural forces.
What is weathering?
What is biodiversity?
This element has the chemical symbol 'Ag'
What is Silver?
The constant acceleration due to gravity on Earth's Surface.
What force moves at 9.81m/s^2
The scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes.
What is the Richter Scale?
The number of organisms that an ecosystem can sustainably support
What is Carrying Capacity?
The reaction that occurs when an acid and a base react to form water and salt.
What is a neutralization reaction?
The man who created the formula V=IR when pertaining to electricity
Who is Georg Ohm?
The layer of the Earth's Atmosphere where the ozone layer is found.
What is the Stratosphere?
The rock formed when lava cools down and hardens on the surface of the earth
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
The process by which plants release water vapour into the air through their leaves.
What is transpiration?
The most abundant gas in the Earth's Atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
The type of electromagnetic radiation with the shortest wavelength.
What are gamma rays?
The type of boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary?
4.6 Billion Years Ago.
When did the Earth Form?
The organ system responsible for transporting nutrients, gases and wastes around the body.
What is the circulatory system?
The type of bond formed when one atom donates an electron to another atom.
What is an ionic bond?
This principle states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant over time.
What is the conservation of energy?
The element that is fused in the core of stars in the red giant phase of stellar evolution.
What is Helium?
The process by which sedimentary rocks are altered by heat and pressure to form another form of rock.
What is metamorphism?