Chemistry
The name a positive ion?
What is Cation
The biological process where a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly
What is metamorphosis?
The supersonic boom that's heard when an object exceeds this speed.
What is the speed of sound?
The thickest layer of the Earth that's made of hot rocks
What is the mantle?
The only letter of the alphabet that does not appear on the Periodic Table
What is the letter J?
These are specialized cells are in plants and regulate gas exchange.
What are guard cells?
The color of visible light that has the longest wavelength
What is red?
The scale from 1 to 10 that is used to measure the hardness of a mineral
What is the Mohs Hardness Scale?
The series of 15 metallic elements from atomic numbers 57 to 71
What are the Lanthanides?
The process by which nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is converted into usable compounds by bacteria
What is nitrogen fixation?
The product of an object's mass and its velocity
What is momentum?
The peak of a wave
What is the crest?
This particle, discovered in 2012, is known for giving other particles their mass
What is the Higgs-Boson/God particle?
The type of cell division that produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes.
What is meiosis?
The measure of disorder or randomness in a closed system
What is entropy?
A wispy, feathery cloud composed entirely of ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds?
The process by which gas particles pass through a tiny opening into a region of lower pressure
What is effusion?
A misfolded and infectious protein that causes fatal brain diseases like Mad Cow Disease
What is a prion?
A process in which no heat is exchanged with the surroundings
What is an adiabatic process?
This boundary in the ocean marks where warm surface water meets cold nutrient-rich deep water.
What is the thermocline?