Biology
What is the outermost covering of a plant cell that gives it shape and support?
Cell Wall
What is the common name for sodium chloride?
Table salt
What is the unit of measurement for electric current?
Ampere (amp)
What is the process by which water falls from clouds as rain or snow?
Precipitation
What is the Arabic word for "star"?
Najm
What is the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart?
Artery
What is the common name for acetic acid?
Vinegar
What is the term for the energy an object has due to its height above the ground?
Gravitational potential energy
What is the term for the layer of Earth's atmosphere where weather occurs?
Troposphere
What is the name for the Muslim astronomer who proved the Earth rotates on its axis?
Al-Biruni
What is the system in the human body that includes the brain and spinal cord?
Central Nervous System
What is the term for a reaction that absorbs heat from its surroundings?
Endothermic reaction
What is the term for the resistance of an object to changes in its motion?
Inertia
What is the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?
Transform boundary
What did Ibn Sina discover about diseases spreading through water and soil?
Contagion
What is the specific sequence of three nucleotides on tRNA that matches a codon on mRNA?
Anticodon
What is the term for a molecule that has the same formula but a different arrangement of atoms?
What is the term for the apparent change in position of an object when viewed from different angles?
Parallax
What is the term for the boundary where an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate?
Subduction zone
What is the name for the Muslim scholar who wrote about the philosophy of science?
Ibn Khaldun
What is the term for the movement of alleles between populations due to migration? (G)
Gene flow
What is the term for the energy required to start a chemical reaction? (A)
Activation energy
What is the term for the minimum speed needed for an object to escape a planet's gravity? (E)
Escape velocity
What is the name for the hypothetical supercontinent that existed before Pangaea? (R)
Rodinia
What did Al-Farabi write about that influenced European thought? (P)
Political philosophy