Illusions
In the formula F=M*A, what does the A stand for?
Acceleration
This term refers to a species that has no current living members. Identify this term, which refers to an organism that was probably unable to adapt to its environment.
Extinction or Extinct
What celestial neighborhoods, which can be seen from hundreds of thousands of light years across and home to billions of stars, come in spiral, elliptical, or peculiar shapes?
Galaxies
When the weather gets cold, bears, squirrels, and many other warm-blooded animals enter what dormant state?
Hibernation
What small dish, made of thin glass or plastic, is used by bacteriologists to cultivate cultures of bacteria?
Petri (Pee-Tree) Dish
Examples include microwaves, light, infra-red, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma, or radio. What is the term for radiation that has both electric and magnetic properties?
Electro-Magnetic Radiation
What member of a community acts as a detriment to another organism yet relies on that organism for it's own survival?
A parasite
Castor and Pollux, known as The Twins, form the centerpieces of which Zodiac constellation?
Gemini
Flat, tape, and round are three types of which kind of invertebrate animal?
Worms
What relationship exists between two organisms when each individual benefits from the presence of the other?
Symbiosis
Velocity
Physically, there are a sequence of DNA bases that specify the order of animo acids in an entire protein or, in some cases, a portion of a protein. What are these basic units of heredity?
Genes
M33, the Milky Way, and this galaxy make up part of what astronomers call the "Local Group". Name this nearby galaxy, seen in a constellation of the same name.
Andromeda
They range in size from one millimeter to over six inches, and there are more species of this type of insect than any other. What is the common name for the order coleoptera (Kahl-ee-OP-ter-AH)?
Beetle
What cells, some of which were cleared for research use by President Bush in 2001, can differentiate into any type of cells in the human body?
Stem Cells
Generally limited to bullets, rockets, and missiles, which branch of physics studies the motion of bodies projected in space?
Ballistics
What four syllable word refers to any change in an organism that makes it better suited to its environment?
When the hydrogen in the core of a red giant is used up, the star explodes in a tremendous burst. What is this spectacular explosion in astronomy called?
Supernova
In a society of bees, each has a specific role. What is the term for a bee whose only function is to mate with the queen?
Drone
What study of our environment examines the relationship between plants and animals and their physical and biological environment?
Ecology
Whether or not light is visible, its effects on an object, and even its color, are factors of what property of light waves?
Wavelength or Frequency
Also called bryophytes, what rootless nonvascular plants closely related to liverworts and hornworts consist of slender stalks and leaves, and can grow on any moist surface?
Moss
Above it lies the chromosphere. What term refers to the visible region of the sun?
Photosphere
These animals have no tissues, organs, heads or mouths. What is the collective name for animals that belong to the phylum Porifera?
Sponges
It is commonly known as the fourth state of matter. Identify this state of matter, which occurs at extremely high temperatures.
Plasma