Microbiome
What is the collective term for all the trillions of microorganisms living in and on the human body?
Microbiome
Which body system is responsible for bringing in oxygen and removing carbon dioxide?
The respiratory system
Which state of matter has molecules that are tightly packed together and can only vibrate in place?
What are the ending substances that are created as a result of a chemical reaction?
Products
At what type of boundary do plates crash into each other and form massive mountain ranges or trenches?
A convergent boundary
A volcano erupts, shooting lava into the sky. Once that lava cools down and takes a nap, it hardens into what specific category of rock?
(Extrusive) Igneous rock
What is the term for a microscopic organism, such as a bacterium, virus, or fungus, which cannot be seen with the naked eye?
A microorganism
Which organ system is responsible for breaking down food into smaller molecules like glucose and amino acids?
If you decrease the total energy of a gas, the molecules will slow down and will move into which phase?
Liquid
What are the starting substances that go into a chemical reaction before it takes place?
Reactants
Earth’s outer crust isn't one solid eggshell; it is broken into massive, puzzle-like pieces. What are these massive puzzle pieces called?
(Tectonic) Plates
Rocks can be weathered by many different things. What is one factor that can weather a rock?
Rain, wind, animals, plants
What is a type of medicine is used to kill harmful bacteria, but it often accidentally kills helpful gut bacteria as well?
An antibiotic
What are the two specific "ingredients" that must be delivered to the cells to make energy?
To change a liquid into a gas, what must you do to the kinetic energy of its molecules?
During a chemical reaction, atoms do not disappear or appear; what do the atoms do instead to form new substances?
Rearrange
If you find a brand new mid-ocean ridge forming at the bottom of the Atlantic, what kind of plate boundary might be located there?
A divergent boundary
Before sediment can ever become a solid sedimentary rock, it must be squeezed by weight and glued by minerals. What are the names of these processes?
Compaction and cementation
A patient suffering from a low bacteria microbiome undergoes a treatment where a doctor transplants a healthy person's microbes into their gut. What is the scientific name of this procedure?
A fecal transplant
Which cellular process releases energy by combining glucose and oxygen, producing carbon dioxide and water as waste.
Cellular respiration
Which process changes molecules from moving in place to moving around each other?
Melting (solid to liquid)
If a substance changes color, produces a gas, or changes temperature, this might be evidence that what process occurred?
A chemical reaction
If you traveled deep beneath Earth's plates, you would find them floating on a hot, "silly-putty-like" layer of soft, solid rock. What is the name of this rock layer?
The mantle
If a sedimentary rock is brought underground and given lots of pressure and heat, what will happen to it?
A scientist compares two gut samples: Sample A has 50 different types of bacteria, while Sample B only has 2 types. Which sample is healthier and why?
Sample A, because it has more diversity in its microbiome.
Which medical condition causes a person to have a lower amount of glucose just in their cells resulting in a decrease in energy levels?
Diabetes
To turn a liquid into a gas, you must add enough kinetic energy to the molecules so they can completely overcome the "invisible glue" pulling them together. What is the "invisible glue"?
Molecular attraction
If a chemical reaction starts with two reactant molecules, one with 4 atoms and the other with 12 atoms, then how many atoms will be in the products?
16 atoms (the atoms just rearrange)
What are two types of evidence that proved the theory of continental drift (plate motion)?
Puzzle-piece plates, matching mountain ranges, GPS tracking, matching fossils
A piece of sedimentary rock can eventually become a brand new igneous rock, but it has to take this extreme, melting trip first. What is the name of this sinking process?
Subduction