ADVANCED BIOLOGY
This molecule carries genetic information in all living organisms.
What is DNA?
Elements are arranged on the periodic table by increasing atomic number, which equals the number of these.
What are protons?
The movement of Earth’s plates is caused by this type of heat transfer in the mantle.
What are convection currents?
The SI unit for force.
What is the newton?
This particle has a mass nearly equal to a proton but no electric charge.
What is a neutron?
The phase of mitosis in which chromosomes line up at the center of the cell.
What is metaphase?
A bond formed when electrons are shared between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This is the point inside Earth where an earthquake originates.
What is the focus (or hypocenter)?
The tendency of an object to resist changes in motion is known as this.
What is inertia?
Birds evolved from this group of prehistoric animals.
What are dinosaurs?
This process converts glucose into ATP inside the mitochondria.
What is cellular respiration?
The amount of energy required to remove an electron from an atom is called this.
What is ionization energy?
This term refers to a star that suddenly increases in brightness due to a massive explosion ejecting its outer layers.
What is a supernova?
The relationship between current, voltage, and resistance in an electrical circuit.
What is Ohm’s Law?
The only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise (retrograde rotation).
What is Venus?
The type of natural selection in which extreme phenotypes are favored over intermediate ones.
What is disruptive selection?
The pH of a neutral solution at room temperature.
What is 7?
Earth’s earliest supercontinent, which existed about 300 million years ago, was called this.
What is Pangaea?
The momentum of an object is calculated by multiplying mass by this.
What is velocity?
This scientific instrument separates light into its component wavelengths.
What is a spectroscope?
The organ system responsible for producing hormones that regulate growth, metabolism, and reproduction.
What is the endocrine system?
When a chemical reaction absorbs energy from its surroundings, it is classified as this type of reaction.
What is endothermic?
The equation that relates a star’s brightness to its distance
What is the inverse square law of light?
The type of wave that requires a medium to travel, such as sound.
What is a mechanical wave?
The branch of science that studies how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
What is genetics?