Physics
What force is acting on an object that is floating on the surface of the sea?
Upthrust
Major site of deamination in body is ______________
Liver
What is electronic configuration of Sodium ?
1S2 2S2 2p6 3S1
What is is a unit of length, defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year?
light-year
What is a toxic, addictive, water-soluble alkaloid found in tobacco leaves
Nicotine
Area under velocity – time graph gives ___________ and gradient of velocity – time graph gives ________________.
displacement, acceleration
Protein is responsible for blood clotting is _______________
fibrinogen
Name the element used in lead pencils
Graphite
What is the darkest part of a shadow, especially the cone-shaped region of full shadow cast by Earth, the Moon, or another body during an eclipse?
Umbra
What is the cholesterol high in high-density lipoproteins; the 'good' cholesterol? A high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease.
HDL cholesterol
The resistance of a wire depends on its length l and on its cross-sectional area A. What is the relation between resistance and area of cross-section?
inversely proportional
Natural thermostat in human body is _______________
Hypothalamus
Chemical name of washing soda is __________________
sodium carbonate
What is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation? The beam appears to pulsate when viewed from Earth.
Pulsar
What is one of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals?
Antioxidant
What is the ability of a capacitor to store energy in an electric field, or, what is a measure of the amount of electric potential energy stored (Q/V?
capacitance
Space developed between and axon terminal and dendrite of two neurons is _____
Synaptic Cleft
The pH of a substance is 5. What can you say about the nature of this substance?
It is acidic in nature.
When will Halley’s Comet next be visible from Earth?
2061
What is a more formal term for the disease called pinkeye?
conjunctivitis
Which quantity is measured in newton seconds (Ns)?
impulse
Hormone responsible for inducing ovulation is ________
Leutinizing hormone (LH)
The gas evolved when a metal carbonate reacts with an acid.
Carbon dioxide
What percent of the solar system's mass does sun holds
99.8 %
What is the full name of the medical scanning technique called PET?
positron emission tomography