Animals
This creature is capable of producing movements faster than any animal on Earth.
The Mantis Shrimp
The most energetic EM waves are called what?
Gamma Rays
This term describes a material's ability to withstand deformation.
Tensile strength
This scientist was the first to discover Uranus.
William Herschel
This is the negatively charged particle that orbits an atom.
The electron
This flexible connective tissue is layered in the flesh of the arapaima to make it impervious to piranha attacks.
Collagen
What is the frequency in which cell phones operate?
Microwave frequencies
This is the term for the smooth flow of a fluid around an object.
Laminar flow
This scientist developed three laws of motion.
Isaac Newton
This is the positively charged particle at the center of the atom.
The proton
These tiny animals are made of glass.
Diatoms
Why do we see blue skies, blue water, and blue veins?
Blue light is scattered, the rest are absorbed by the atmosphere.
This is the term used make very large numbers easier to write.
Scientific notation
This scientist worked for both the Germans and Americans during WWII developing long-range rockets.
Werner Von Braun
An isotope is created when an atom adds or loses these particles.
Neutrons
This is how fast the bacterial flagellum can rotate.
100,000 rpm
The distance from a wave's peak to its trough is called what?
Amplitude
This is the term for an object that effectively repels water.
Hydrophobic
His invention of the telescope allowed this scientist to discover large moons around Jupiter.
Galileo Galilei
What is the smallest element? (hint: it has one proton and one electron)
Hydrogen
What creature can make substance stronger than steel?
A spider
186,000 miles per second, 300,000 kilometers per second.
Water molecules can loosely bond with themselves because they are what type of molecule?
Polar molecue
This scientist made genetic breakthroughs with peanuts and sweet potatoes.
George Washington Carver
What makes up 99.9% of an atom's volume?
Empty space