Random Science
Geology
All Things Cells
Bones & Muscles
Energy & Digestion
Heart & Lungs
Lymphatic/Endocrine/Urinary
Nervous System
Random Inventions
100
An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.
What is Hypothesis?
100
The age of an artifact as determined by a date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history.
What is known age.
100
The smallest unit of matter.
What is an atom?
100
The portion of the skeleton that supports and protects the head, neck, and trunk
What is axial skeleton
100
Organisms that produce their own food.
What is producers.
100
Blood vessels that carry blood BACK TO the heart
What is veins
100
A weakened or inactive version of a pathogen that stimulates the body's production of antibodies that can destroy the pathogen.
What is vaccine.
100
This nervous system structure that is composed of the brain and spinal cord.
What is Central Nervous System
100
This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery
What is the X-Ray
200
An aspect of an experiment that changes during the course of the experiment.
What is experimental variable.
200
The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree.
What is dendrochronology.
200
The way information is stored in DNA.
What is....a sequence of nucleotide bases
200
Makes bones hard.
What are minerals.
200
The minimum amount of energy required by the body in a day.
What is Basal Metabolic Rate
200
Tiny thin-walled blood vessels that allow the exchange of gases and nutrients between the blood and cells and are located between the arteries and veins.
What is capillaries.
200
The system in the human body chiefly responsible for regulating water and chemical levels in the fluids of the body
What is the Urinary System
200
These nervous system structures that are sensitive to salty, bitter, sweet, sour, and umami.
What are taste buds.
200
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell was patented in 1876.
What is the telephone?
300
Experiments in which neither the participants NOR the people analyzing the results know who is in the control group.
What is Double-Blind Experiment
300
The view that most of earth's geological features are the result of large-scale catastrophes such as floods, volcanic eruptions, etc
What is catastrophism?
300
The two DNA pairs.
What is .....
Adenine and Thymine
Cytosine and Guanine
300
A close relationship between two or more species where at least one benefits
What is symbiosis.
300
A chemical substance the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy
What is vitamin?
300
The chamber of the heart that deoxygenated blood leaves on its way to the lungs.
What is Right Ventricle.
300
The system in the body chiefly responsible for fighting disease.
What is Lymphatic System
300
The part of the autonomic nervous system that SLOWS the heart rate.
What is parasympathetic division.
300
This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
Who was Thomas Edison?
400
The amount by which force or motion is magnified in a simple machine.
What is mechanical advantage
400
A layer of rock laid down by water.
What is sedimentary.
400
Item labeled number 2.
What is nucleus.
400
The more stable joint between one that has a large range of motion while the second has limited range of motion.
What is the second joint with less ROM.
400
The organ labeled by Number 4
What is liver
400
The process by which blood seals wounds to keep it from leaking out an injured artery.
What is blood clotting.
400
This gland controls the pituitary gland.
What is the Hypothalamus
400
Structure in nervous system that controls most high-level thinking skills such as reasoning.
What is cerebrum.
400
This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
What is the iPhone?
500
Mechanical Advantage of a block and tackle that uses two pulleys.
What is 2?
500
This pictures shows what?
What is Chemical Weathering
500
Item labeled 14
What is Cell Membrane.
500
Connects skeletal muscles to the skeleton.
What is tendon
500
The organ where most of the absorption of nutrients occurs.
What is the small intestine
500
The type of blood cells that contain hemoglobin.
What is Red Blood Cells
500
This gland produces cortisol, which causes the liver to release glucose into the blood.
What is the adrenal gland.
500
The part of the autonomic nervous system that speeds up the heart rate.
What is sympathetic division
500
Known as the father of the computer, he conceptualized the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
Who was Charles Babbage?