Physics
This kind of energy depends on an object’s motion.
What is kinetic energy?
This is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element.
What is an atom?
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell” because it produces ATP.
What is the mitochondrion?
This organ pumps blood through the body.
What is the heart?
This is the layer of rock and soil that makes up the outermost part of the Earth.
What is the crust?
The acceleration due to gravity near Earth’s surface is approximately this many meters per second squared.
What is 9.8 meters per second squared?
This type of bond forms when electrons are shared between two atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome during translation.
What is transfer RNA (tRNA)?
This system is responsible for transporting blood, nutrients, and oxygen throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
This type of rock forms from compressed and cemented layers of sediment over time.
What is sedimentary rock?
This is the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion.
What is inertia?
This principle states that electrons fill orbitals starting with the lowest available energy levels first.
What is the Aufbau principle?
This process results in four genetically unique haploid cells from one diploid cell.
What is meiosis?
This hormone, produced by the pancreas, lowers blood sugar by helping cells take in glucose.
What is insulin?
The movement of the Earth’s plates is responsible for this type of natural event, which can create mountains and earthquakes.
What is tectonic activity (or plate tectonics)?
According to this law, the current through a conductor between two points is equal to the voltage divided by resistance.
What is Ohm's law?
This type of reaction occurs when an acid and base react to form water and a salt, often accompanied by a temperature change.
What is a neutralization reaction?
This cycle in cellular respiration produces the majority of NADH and FADH2_22 molecules used in the electron transport chain.
What is the Krebs cycle (Citric Acid Cycle)?
These structures in the inner ear detect sound and are essential for hearing.
What are the cochlea or hair cells of the cochlea?
This type of rock forms from cooled and solidified magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
This principle of quantum mechanics states that you cannot simultaneously know both the exact position and momentum of a particle.
What is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
This principle states that a change in pressure, temperature, or concentration will shift the position of a chemical equilibrium.
What is Le Chatelier’s principle?
This process uses a proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane to drive ATP synthesis in chloroplasts.
What is chemiosmosis?
These microscopic structures within skeletal muscle fibers are responsible for muscle contraction.
What are sarcomeres?
This process occurs when heat and pressure transform existing rocks into new rocks without melting them.
What is metamorphism?