Psychology
This part of the brain is responsible for forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
A number that has exactly two positive factors is classified as this
What is a prime number?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties is this.
What is an atom?
Words like very, really, and extremely are classified as this part of speech.
What is adverbs?
The brain’s frontal lobe is primarily associated with these two functions.
What are decision-making and problem-solving?
The average of a set of numbers is also known as this.
What is the mean?
This economic crisis began with the stock market crash of 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
This term describes the body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
The phrase “to kick the bucket” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
This disorder involves recurrent, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This type of angle measures more than 90° but less than 180°.
What is an obtuse angle?
The Cold War was primarily a conflict between the United States and this nation
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?
An increase in heart rate during exercise is controlled by this division of the autonomic nervous system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This term refers to a hint or clue about future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is primarily used to treat this mental health condition
What is severe depression?
25% of 240 is this number.
What is 60?
This scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation.
What is Watergate?
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondrion?
This is the error that occurs when a sentence is improperly joined without correct punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
This effect explains why people sometimes fail to help in emergencies when others are present.
What is the bystander effect?
If a store sells pencils for $0.75 each, the total cost for 12 pencils is this.
What is $9.00?
This Greek philosopher taught Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
The functional unit of the kidney is called this.
What is the nephron?
This grammatical voice places the subject as the receiver of the action rather than the doer.
What is the passive voice?