Cells and Microorganisms
This organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
What is the function of the respiratory system?
What is breathing or gas exchange?
An element with a different number of neutrons
What is an isotope?
The law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions?
What is mass cannot be created or destroyed, only rearranged?
Newton's first law of motion.
What is an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force?
Name the process through which cells divide to create new cells.
What is cell division or mitosis?
Name the system responsible for transmitting signals between different parts of the body.
What is the nervous system?
Name the process through which a liquid turns into a gas.
What is evaporation or boiling?
The gas produced when acids react with metals. What is hydrogen gas?
What is hydrogen gas?
The unit used to measure force
What is the newton (N)?
These tiny structures in cells are responsible for synthesizing proteins.
What are ribosomes?
What is the function of white blood cells in the immune system?
What is fighting infections or pathogens?
The atomic number of carbon
What is 6?
Define exothermic reactions.
What are reactions that release heat or energy?
The force that opposes the motion of objects through air.
What is air resistance or drag force?
What is the function of red blood cells in the human body?
What is carrying oxygen?
Define homeostasis in the context of the human body.
What is maintaining internal balance or stability?
A bond formed by the transfer of electrons between atoms
A measurement of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution
What does the pH scale measure?
The rate of change of velocity or speed.
What is 'acceleration' in physics?
Which type of microorganism causes malaria?
What are Plasmodium parasites?
Which organ is responsible for filtering waste from the blood?
What is the kidney?
Define the term 'valence electrons' in relation to the periodic table.
What are electrons in the outermost shell of an atom?
The product of the reaction between hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.
What is water and sodium chloride?
Define friction and give an example of its application.
What is the force that opposes motion between surfaces, like the friction between a car's tires and the road that allows it to move?