Biology
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell" because it produces ATP.
What is the mitochondria?
The number of protons in an atom's nucleus, which determines the element's identity.
What is the atomic number?
The SI unit for force.
What is a Newton?
Gas that makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
Scale that measures the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
What is the pH scale?
This process allows plants to convert sunlight into chemical energy stored in glucose.
What is photosynthesis?
Elements in Group 18 on the Periodic Table are known by this name.
What are the Noble Gases?
Newton's Third Law.
What is for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?
The process where plants "sweat," releasing water vapor into the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
This type of diagram shows all possible genetic outcomes of a cross between two organisms.
What is a Punnett square?
This nitrogenous base pairs with Adenine in DNA.
What is Thymine?
A type of bond where atoms share electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
Property of waves describing the number of complete cycles that pass per unit of time.
What is frequency?
Organisms that break down dead material and return nutrients to the soil.
What are decomposers?
Particles of light that have no mass and travel at the speed of light in a vacuum.
What are photons?
This occurs when individuals with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection?
The site of oxidation on a galvanic cell.
What is the anode?
Unit of measurement defined as one Joule of work done per second.
What is a Watt?
This waste management practice involves letting organic materials decompose in nutrient-rich soil.
What is composting?
Term describing when two unrelated species evolve to have similar traits due to their similar environments.
What is convergent evolution?
The phase of the cell cycle characterized by replication of DNA.
What is the S phase?
Type of radioactive decay involving the emission of a particle consisting of 2 protons and 2 neutrons.
What is Alpha Decay?
For an object moving in a circle at a constant speed, the acceleration vector is always pointing in this specific direction.
What is toward the center of the circle?
Atmospheric layer that contains the ozone layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
Always increasing, it signifies the degree of disorder/molecular dispersion within a system.
What is entropy?