Biomedical Sciences
This molecule carries oxygen in red blood cells.
What is hemoglobin?
The physical components of a computer are collectively known as this.
What is hardware?
The young of a horse is called this.
What is a foal
This simple beam shape minimizes bending stress under uniform load.
What is a parabolic arch?
This simple machine uses a wheel and rope to lift heavy objects.
→ What is a pulley?
The basic unit of structure and function in living organisms.
→ What is the cell?
A sequence of steps designed to solve a problem.
What is an algorithm?
Animals that chew cud and have a four-chambered stomach are known as these.
What are ruminants?
The study of how forces act on structures and materials.
→ What is mechanics (or statics)?
The branch of physics concerned with motion and forces.
What is mechanics?
The process by which cells make energy from glucose and oxygen.
What is cellular respiration?
This programming structure repeats code until a condition is false.
What is a loop?
In poultry, this specialized structure grinds food since birds lack teeth.
What is the gizzard?
Concrete is made by mixing water, cement, sand, and this ingredient
→ What is gravel (or aggregate)?
This tool measures dimensions with high precision, often to the thousandth of an inch.
What is a caliper (or micrometer)?
This organ filters blood and produces urine.
What is the kidney?
In binary, this number immediately follows 1111
What is 10000?
The process by which a cow gives birth.
What is calving?
The force that pulls structures toward Earth’s center
What is gravity?
The energy stored in an object due to its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
The genetic code stored in DNA is written using this many nucleotide bases.
What is four?
In cryptography, this one-way mathematical function is the backbone of blockchain hash validation.
What is a cryptographic hash function?
A deficiency in this vitamin leads to night blindness in livestock.
What is vitamin A?
This 18th-century formula relates hydraulic radius and slope to flow velocity in open channels.
What is Manning’s equation?
The first law of thermodynamics states that this quantity cannot be created or destroyed.
What is energy?