Chemistry
These particles have a positive charge and are found in the nucleus of the atom
What are protons?
A pigment responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force
What is Newton’s First Law?
The layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core
What is the mantle?
The system that the heart is part of
What is the cardiovascular system?
The group of elements that are the most electronegative with 7 valence electrons in their outer shells
What are the halogens or group 17?
A polysaccharide consisting of chains of glucose monomers that makes up cell walls
What is cellulose?
The sum of all the forces acting on an object
What is net force?
A base-10 logarithmic scale used to measure the strength of earthquakes
What is the Richter scale?
The part of the eye that lets light in
What is the pupil?
The point in titration at which the amount of titrant added is just enough to completely neutralize the analyte solution
What is the equivalence point?
The main storage form of glucose in the human body
What is glycogen?
The rate of change of an object's acceleration over time
What is jerk?
The explosive death of a massive star, resulting in a brilliant burst of light and energy
What is a supernova?
Organ responsible for producing digestive enzymes and regulating blood sugar
What is the Pancreas?
The measure of disorder in a system
What is entropy?
A method used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly by heating and cooling a sample
What is PCR?
The product of an object's mass and its velocity, a quantity that remains conserved in the absence of external forces
What is momentum?
Volcano characterized by a tall, steep-sided cone formed by explosive eruptions
What is stratovolcano (or composite volcano)?
The largest bone in the human body
What is the femur?
The direction that the reaction shifts in when K is less than Q
What is the reverse direction?
The process by which white blood cells engulf and destroy invading pathogens
What is phagocytosis?
A collision where both kinetic energy and momentum are conserved
What is perfectly elastic?
An international agreement, established in 1973, that aims to protect and preserve the marine environment and regulate activities related to the oceans
What is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)?
Region in temporal lobe that if damaged results in loss of speech comprehension and trouble forming sentences
What is Wernicke's area?