American Government
These are the three branches of the U.S. government designed to ensure a "separation of powers."
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
This subatomic particle has a positive charge and is located in the nucleus of an atom.
Proton
Newton's First Law is also known by this name, which describes an object's resistance to a change in motion.
Inertia
In the linear equation $y = mx + b$, what does the letter $m$ represent?
Slope
This group of Navajo Marines used their native language to create an unbreakable code for the U.S. during WWII.
The Navajo Code Talkers
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect individual liberties like free speech, are known by this collective name.
The Bill of Rights
On the Periodic Table, these vertical columns contain elements with similar chemical properties.
Groups (or Families)
According to Newton's Second Law, Force equals Mass times this.
Acceleration (F = ma)
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse (c) of a right triangle if the legs are a=3 and b=4.
c = 5 (because 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2)
This river is the primary force of erosion responsible for carving the Grand Canyon over millions of years.
The Colorado River
This principle allows the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional, a power established by the case Marbury v. Madison
Judicial Review
This law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction, only rearranged.
The Law of Conservation of Mass
These waves on the electromagnetic spectrum have the shortest wavelength and the highest energy.
Gamma Rays
This type of number cannot be written as a simple fraction, such as pi or √2.
An Irrational Number
Arizona is the leading producer in the U.S. of this "C" metal, often called "The Red Metal."
Copper
Unlike the Federal government, the Arizona Constitution allows citizens to propose new laws directly through this process.
Initiative (or Referendum)
This type of bond occurs when two atoms share electrons to become stable.
Covalent Bond
This is the unit used to measure force.
Newton (N)
Express the number $5,200,000$ in scientific notation.
5.2 * 106
This major Arizona city is the only state capital in the U.S. with a population of over one million people.
Phoenix
This is the specific number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives (based on state populations).
435
Pure substances made of only one type of atom are called elements; substances made of two or more different types of atoms chemically bonded are called these.
Compounds
While "speed" is how fast you're going, this term describes speed in a specific direction.
Velocity
If a line is horizontal on a graph, what is its slope?
Zero
In 1881, the most famous shootout in the Wild West took place at this location in Tombstone, Arizona.
The O.K. Corral