Chemistry
This type of bond is formed when two atoms share electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
This is the powerhouse of the cell, responsible for producing energy in the form of ATP.
What is the mitochondria?
This is the force that attracts objects towards the center of the Earth, commonly experienced as weight.
What is gravity?
This layer of the Earth is made up of solid rock and is the outermost layer, where we live.
What is the crust?
This country is home to the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system.
Answer: What is Australia?
This class of organic compounds contains a hydroxyl group (-OH) attached to a carbon atom.
What are alcohols?
These molecules are produced by the immune system and can bind to specific antigens on pathogens to neutralize them or mark them for destruction by phagocytes.
What are antibodies?
This law of motion states that an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
What is Newton's First Law of Motion (the law of inertia)?
This type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of molten rock, either above or below the Earth's surface.
What is igneous rock?
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
What is Mercury?
This molecule, often called the "energy currency" of the cell, is used in processes like muscle contraction and protein synthesis.
What is ATP (adenosine triphosphate)?
This protein complex is responsible for the synthesis of new DNA strands by adding nucleotides during DNA replication.
What is DNA polymerase?
This force opposes the motion of an object and depends on the surface and the object’s speed.
What is friction?
This scale is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake, based on the amount of energy released at the earthquake's source.
What is the Richter scale?
This film, directed by James Cameron, became the highest-grossing film of all time upon its release in 1997.
What is Titanic?
This theory defines acids as proton donors and bases as proton acceptors.
What is the Brønsted-Lowry theory?
What phase is when the pairs of sister chromotids allign in the center of the cell?
What is Anaphase?
This phenomenon occurs when light passes through a medium and changes direction due to a change in its speed.
What is refraction?
This greenhouse gas, primarily released by the burning of fossil fuels, is the most abundant and significant contributor to global warming.
What is CO2?
This Asian country is made up of over 17,000 islands and is the world's largest archipelago.
What is Indonesia?
Named after the first female Nobel Prize Winner, this element can be found in the actinide series.
What is curium?
This large vein returns deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body to the heart.
What is the inferior vena cava?
This fundamental particle is considered to mediate the electromagnetic force and is often associated with light.
What is the photon?
This international agreement, adopted in 2015, aims to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This event is the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, played on grass courts in England every summer.
What is Wimbledon?