Letter B
What is scientific study of living organisms called?
Biology
What is the basic unit of life?
Cell
Photosynthesis
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
What are microscopic, single-celled organisms that can be found almost everywhere?
Bacteria
What is the movement of blood around the body called?
Circulation
What is the transfer of pollen from the anther to a flower's stigma called?
Pollination
Which planet in our solar system is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What type of rock forms when lava cools and solidifies?
Basalt
What chemical symbol has the symbol C?
Carbon
What positively charged particle resides in the atomic nucleus?
Proton
What is the powerhouse of the cell, responsible for generating most of the chemical energy needed to power biochemical reactions?
mitochondria
What term describes the variety of living organisms in an area?
Biodiversity
What substance speeds up a chemical reaction without being used up overall?
Catalyst
What is the force per unit area called?
Pressure
Named after the physicist who proposed it, what subatomic particle with a negative charge was discovered by J.J. Thomson in 1897?
electron
What force helps an object float in liquid?
Buoyancy
What celestial object can develop a glowing coma when it approaches the Sun?
Comet
What do you call a large molecule made from repeating smaller units called monomers?
Polymer
This is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight, and it relies on a specialized wing structure that is actually a modified mammalian hand with elongated fingers. What is this creature?
A bat