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This river is the largest in British Columbia.
Fraser River
This famous equation from Einstein’s theory relates mass and energy.
E = mc2
Bacteria reproduce asexually by this process.
Binary fission
The number of ways to arrange 5 distinct objects in a line is called a ____.
Permutation
This particle carries a negative electric charge.
Electron
In 2021, this type of extreme weather event caused massive flooding in the Fraser Valley.
Atmospheric river
The principle of relativity states that the laws of physics are the same in all _____ frames of reference.
Inertial frames of reference.
What bacterial structure helps them move through liquid environments?
Flagellum
How many 3-digit codes can be made using digits 0-9 if digits can be repeated?
1000
The part of the cell responsible for producing ATP is called the ____.
Mitochondrion
BC has seen recurring wildfires due to hotter, drier summers. These are linked to what global phenomenon?
Climate change
According to special relativity, what happens to time as an object’s speed approaches the speed of light?
Time dilation. (Time slows down for the moving observer)
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria are distinguished by differences in this cell component.
Cell wall (peptidoglycan thickness)
In how many ways can you choose 3 students from a group of 10?
120
The SI unit of force is named after this scientist.
Newton
Which endangered orca population, found near BC, has fewer than 80 individuals left?
Southern Resident Killer Whales
What experimental evidence first confirmed the general theory of relativity by showing light bending around a massive object?
1919 solar eclipse observation
Some bacteria can survive extreme conditions by forming these resistant structures.
How’s many distinct ways can the letters in the word LEVEL be arranged?
What is the pH of a neutral solution at room temperature?
7
In 2023, BC announced Canada’s first law to limit this type of limited-warming emission from the oil and gas sector.
Methane emissions
In relativity, the curvature of spacetime is mathematically described by this tensor equation.
The Einstein field equations. (Involving the stress-energy tensor)
Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria can occur through three main methods: transformation, transduction, and ____.
Conjugation.
A standard deck has 52 cards. How many 5-card hands can be dealt in poker?
2,598,960
What law of thermodynamics states that entropy tends to increase in an isolated system?
Second Law of Thermodynamics