Space is Weird
This planet is the hottest in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.
Venus
This element is the only metal that is liquid at ordinary room temperature.
Mecury
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure.
Barometer
This blood test measures red blood cells, white blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelets.
Complete blood count, or CBC
This type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies.
Igneous
These marine mammals use echolocation to navigate and hunt.
Dolphins
This force pulls dropped objects toward the ground.
Gravity
This group of animals includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
Amphibians
This planet is famous for its prominent system of icy rings.
Saturn
This gas makes your voice sound unusually high when inhaled.
Helium
This boundary separates two air masses with different temperatures and densities.
Front
This value reflects the oxygen-carrying protein inside red blood cells.
Hemoglobin
This molten rock beneath Earth’s surface is called this.
Magma
This fish is famous for inflating its body when threatened.
Pufferfish
This property of matter makes an object resist changes in its motion.
Inertia
This branch of zoology focuses specifically on the study of birds.
Orinthology
This moon of Neptune is unusual because it orbits in the opposite direction from Neptune’s rotation.
Triton
This element can ignite spontaneously in air and is traditionally stored under water.
Phosphorus
This cloud type is thin, wispy, and usually found high in the atmosphere.
Cirrus
This test estimates average blood glucose over roughly the previous two to three months.
Hemoglobin A1C
This sedimentary rock is formed mainly from compacted sand grains.
Sandstone
This structure allows many fish to control buoyancy without constantly swimming.
Swim bladder
This quantity is calculated by multiplying mass by velocity.
Momentum
This class of animals includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites
Arachnids
This dwarf planet is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Ceres
This metal reacts so strongly with water that it can catch fire or explode.
Potassium
This narrow band of strong winds high in the atmosphere influences weather systems across large distances.
Jet stream
This waste product is commonly used to help assess kidney function.
Creatinine
This branch of geology studies fossils and ancient life.
Paleontology
This group includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
Ceteceans
This property allows pressure applied to a confined fluid to be transmitted throughout that fluid.
Pascals principal
This form of reproduction occurs when offspring develop from an unfertilized egg.
Parthenogenesis
This type of stellar remnant can form when a massive star collapses but does not become a black hole.
Neutron star
This metal is so soft it can be cut with a knife.
Sodium
This term describes a rapidly rotating thunderstorm with a persistent rotating updraft.
Supercell
A lipid panel commonly includes total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and this type of blood fat
Triglycerides
This mineral has the chemical formula SiO₂ and is common in many rocks.
Quartz
Sea stars move using hundreds of small hydraulic structures called these.
Tube feet
This principle explains why a heavy steel ship can float even though steel itself is denser than water.
Archimedes’ principle
This oxygen-carrying molecule gives many mollusks and arthropods blue blood.
Hemocyanin