Biology
Name one of the macromolecule groups.
What is carbohydrate, lipid, nucleic acid, or protein?
What subatomic particle has a positive charge and is found in the nucleus?
Proton
Newton's first law says that an object in motion does what?
Stays in motion (unless acted on by an outside force)
A species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.
Endangered Species
In the sun hydrogen atoms fuse to make element, which is the lightest noble gas
Helium
The molecule that stores the genetic code.
What is DNA?
The name for atoms which have the same atomic number but differ in their number of neutrons
Isotopes
A simple device made of glass which can separate white light into the various colors of the rainbow
Prism
A a group of organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring.
What is a species?
The name of the space shuttle that tragically exploded in 1986
Challenger
The name for the division of the nucleus.
What is mitosis?
An atom that has lost electrons becomes this
Cation
Newton's second law says that force is equal to mass times this
Acceleration
A different form of oxygen, O3, which is formed in car engines on hot days and can cause respiratory problems. There is also a layer in the atmosphere which shields us from radiation.
Two stars orbiting each other are called a _____ system
Binary
The number of types of chromosomes in a human somatic cell.
What is 23?
The Russian scientist who created the Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev
The SI unit of energy, equal to a Newton-meter
Joule
A natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.
Renewable Resource
Clouds of "space dust" where stars are born
Nebulae
The nitrogenous bases in RNA.
What are A, U, C, and G?
How many orbitals are there within a P subshell
3
A gyroscope operates based on the principle of conservation of what?
Angular momentum
Introduced species to an environment that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment.
Invasive Species
Planetary orbits have this geometric shape
Ellipse