Biology
This molecule carries genetic instructions in nearly all living organisms.
What is DNA?
This branch of psychology focuses on the brain and nervous system.
What is biological psychology?
A renewable energy source that comes from the Sun.
What is solar energy?
The smallest unit of an element that retains its properties.
What is an atom?
This force keeps us anchored to the Earth.
The process by which plants use sunlight to make food.
What is photosynthesis?
The process of taking in information from the environment through the senses.
What is sensation?
This gas is most commonly associated with climate change.
What is carbon dioxide?
A substance with a pH less than 7.
What is an acid?
The formula for speed is distance divided by this.
What is time?
These cell parts are known as the “powerhouses” because they produce energy.
What are mitochondria?
This type of memory lasts only a few seconds without rehearsal.
The variety of life in an ecosystem is known as this.
What is biodiversity?
This number tells you how many protons an atom has.
What is the atomic number?
An object’s resistance to changes in motion.
What is inertia?
This body system includes the heart, blood, and blood vessels.
What is the circulatory system?
This famous psychologist developed the hierarchy of needs.
These organisms break down dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers?
A reaction that absorbs heat from its surroundings.
What is an endothermic reaction?
This law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law?
The type of cell division that produces gametes with half the usual chromosomes.
What is meiosis?
This psychological effect explains why context can change how we perceive visual illusions.
What is top-down processing?
The gradual increase in Earth’s average temperature is called this.
What is global warming?
The type of bond formed by sharing electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
The unit used to measure electric current.
What is the ampere?