Famous Armenian Scientists
This physicist and computer scientist is the current president of Armenia.
Armen Sarkissian
A chemical reaction that releases heat is called this.
Exothermic
True or false: 19 is a prime number
True (it only has two divisors: 1 and 19)
Milk is rich in this mineral which is important for bone health.
Calcium
This muscular organ has 4 chambers and functions as a pump.
Heart
MiG fighter jets are named after this Soviet-Armenian aircraft designer.
Artem Mikoyan
When an electrical current runs through a wire it produces a _______ field.
Magnetic
In order of operations, the E in BEDMAS stands for this.
Exponents
True or false: Coffee reduces your body's ability to absorb some minerals from the foods you eat.
True
Pound for pound, what is the strongest muscle in the human body?
Masseter (aka the jaw muscle)
This founding father of theoretical astrophysics has an observatory named after him in Byurakan, Armenia.
An object that is launched off a catapult is called this.
Projectile
The sum of the internal angles of a triangle equals this.
180 degrees
This is the scientific name for common table sugar.
Sucrose
This organ produces bile which helps digest fat from the foods we eat.
Liver
True of False: The inventor of the MRI machine was Armenian.
True (Dr. Raymond Damadian)
The path that a projectile takes when flying through the air is called this.
Trajectory
A nine sided polygon is called this.
Nonagon
Foods that are good sources of these decrease the risk of developing cancer.
Antioxidants
If Bob broke his tibia, he would feel pain in this part of his body.
This NASA astronaut has logged 337 hours of space flight, holds degrees in engineering and medicine, and is the only person of Armenian descent to have been in space.
This naturally magnetic element is found in rare earth magnets.
Neodymium
Any number divided by zero is this.
Undefined
This yellow fruit helps other fruits and vegetables ripen by releasing ethylene gas.
Banana
This organ was once believed to be useless but now is believed to aid in immune function. (hint: appendicitis happens when it gets inflamed)
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