Biology
By definition, bacteria called anaerobes don't need this to live
What is oxygen?
Melvin Calvin won a 1961 Nobel Prize for mapping the chemical reactions in this plant process
What is photosynthesis?
A rock that's gneiss falls into this class
What is metamorphic?
Silicon & germanium are examples of these materials with resistivity between that of conductors & insulators
What are Semiconductors?
The most common system in two dimensions, also named after René Descartes
What is a Cartesian coordinate system?
This shark is estimated to have fins as large as a human adult
What is a megalodon?
This state of matter is bypassed in sublimation
What is liquid?
Speleology is the study of these
What are caves?
Some versions of this 6-letter theory said that space-time had exactly 10 dimensions
What is String Theory?
This is the value that a function “approaches” as the input “approaches” some value
What is a Limit?
A halophyte is defined as a plant that thrives in soil with high levels of this
What is salt?
This type of solid has 7 repeating symmetrical systems called lattices that include cubic & triclinic
What is a crystal?
Examples of an inselberg or island mountain include this Rio de Janeiro landmark named for its tasty shape
What is a sugarloaf?
The universe could end with the Big Crunch meaning it collapses into one of these
What is a Black Hole?
This is a basic method for differentiating a composite function
What is the Chain Rule?
Though jellyfish are spineless they form a hydrostatic one of these structures when they take in water
What is a skeleton?
These class of compounds were used as refrigerants under the Montreal Protocol to mitigate ozone depletion
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
From the Greek for without shape this term refers to rocks & minerals that have no crystalline structure
What is amorphous?
Dr. Bruce Banner breaks this fundamental science principle when he transforms into the incredible Hulk.
What is the First Law of Thermodynamcis?
It is a series that is used to create an estimate of what a function looks like
What is the Taylor series?
Linked to some birth defects aneuploidy is the condition of having an abnormal number of these
What are chromosomes?
Oobleck, Flubber, and Silly Putty all can be categorized as this type of fluid that flows under low stress, but breaks under higher stresses and pressures
What is a non-Newtonian Fluid?
This process by which organic matter becomes stone-like usually involves the replacement of tissues with silica or calcite
What is petrification?
One of the most vivid scenes of Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope happens when Luke gazes toward the horizon at this type of star system during sunset
What is a Binary?
This is a branch of mathematics that became an argument between Newton and Leibniz over who had first invented it
What is Calculus?