Life, Personal & Social Science
This muscle contracts to pull air into the lungs during inhalation
What is the diaphragm?
This apparent shift in a star's position due to Earth's orbit is used to measure stellar distances
What is parallax?
The fixed point around which a lever rotates is called this
What is a fulcrum?
Robot use these devices to detect walls, distances, or colors
What are sensors?
The point at which a bungee cord stops stretching and reverses direction is where this quantity is zero
What is velocity?
Insects have this number of legs Attatched to the thorax
What is six?
The movement of warm water from the western Pacific toward South America is known as this climate event
What is El Nino?
This scientist created the idea of a mole (6.02 x 1023)
Who is Avogadro?
The main goal in Boomilever is to build a structure with this property: high load to ____ ratio
What is weight?
This type of variable must remain constant to ensure a fair test
What is a controlled variable?
This process converts messenger RNA into a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis
What is translation?
Satellites that sense reflected sunlight are an example of this type of sensing
What is passive remote sensing?
The chemical formula CH3CH2CH2OH is the expanded version of this chemical (organic name)
What is propanol (1-propanol)
The upward aerodynamic force that allows a helicopter to rise is know as this
What is lift
What is standard deviation?
In epidemiology, this type of study compares people with a disease to those without to identify potential risk factors
What is a case control study?
The color and temperature of a star are mostly related to this physical property
What is surface temperature?
A robot that adjusts its movement based on sensor feedback operates using this type of control loop.
What is a closed loop system?
When a structure is balanced so that all forces are equal and opposite, it is said to be in this state
What is equilibrium?
The code that replaces each letter with one a set number down the alphabet is called this
What is a Caesar cipher?
This part of the brain regulates involuntary functions like heartbeat and breathing
medulla oblongata
The spectrum of light from distant galaxies appears shifted toward longer wavelengths, providing evidence for this cosmic phenomenon
What is the expansion of the universe?
The maximum load a structure can bear before permanent damage is defined by this property
What is yield strength?
The relationship between current, voltage, and resistance determines how efficiently an electric vehicle motor runs. This relationship is called ____
What is electrical power?
Formula: P = IV
A conclusion is considered statistically valid when this value is less than 0.05
What is the p-value?