SCIENCE GP

What is the primary gas found in the Earth's atmosphere?

Nitrogen

part of the human brain is responsible for regulating balance and coordination?

Cerebellum

emotions, thinking, creativity

Cerebrum

heart rate, breathing, blood pressure

Brainstem

relay station for sensory signals

Thalamus

How long does it take for sunlight to reach the Earth?

8 minutes, 20 seconds

law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

Newton's Third Law

A body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by force

Newtons first law- INERTIA

FORCE EQUALS MASS TIMES

Accelaration:=m*a

newtons second law

the most common state of matter in the universe?

plasma

red planet

mars

hottest planet

Venus

largest planet

Jupiter

second largest

saturn

rocks form from magma or lava

igneous rock

rock form from high heat/pressure

Metamorphic

rock form from sediments

sedimentary

What is the PH value of pure water?

7 neutral

ph value of 0

extremely acidic

ph value of 5

aciidic

ph value of 14

extremely basic

organ in the human body is primarily responsible for filtering blood

kidney

organ responsible for bile production

liver

organ responsible for pumping blood

heart

organ responsible for gas exchange

lungs

the process by which plants lose water through their leaves

Transpiration

the process by which plants make their own food

photosynthesis

the process by which plants is breathing

respiration

movement of water

osmosis

fundamental force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun

gravity

scientist is famous for developing the theory of General Relativity

albert einstein

three laws of motion and law of universal gravitation

ISAAC NEWTON

BLACK HOLES

STEPHEN HAWKING

radioactivity and elements Polonium and Radium

MARIE CURIE

the hardest natural substance found on Earth?

DIAMOND

What is the main function of red blood cells

To carry oxygen

fight infection

WHITE BLOOD CELL

CLOT BLOOD

PLATELETS

PRODUCE HORMONES

GLANDS

Which element is essential for the process of combustion to occur?

OXYGEN

What is the scientific term for the "voice box"?

LARYNX

What is the scientific term for the THROAT?

PHARYNX

What is the scientific term for the "WINDPIPE"?

TRACHEA

What is the scientific term for the "FOOD PIPE"?

ESOPHAGUS

How many bones are found in an average adult human body

206

unit of electrical potential, potential difference and electromotive force

VOLT

UNIT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT

AMPERE

unit used to measure electrical resistance

OHM

UNI OF POWER

WATT

ENERY OR WORK

JOULE

UIT FOR PRESSURE

PASCAL

Which vitamin is produced when the human skin is exposed to sunlight

VITAMIN D

What is the boiling point of water at sea level in Celsius?

100°C

freezing point of water

0°C

What is the largest organ of the human body

SKIN

largest internal organ

LIVER

longest section of the gastrointestinal tract

SMALL INTESTINE

primary organs of the respiratory system

LUNGS

the process called when a solid turns directly into a gas?

SUBLIMATION

LIQUID TO SOLID

FREEZING

SOLID TO LIQUID

MELTING

LIQUID TO GAS

EVAPORATION

GAS TO LIQUID

CONDENSATION

GAS TO SOLID

DEPOSITION

instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

BAROMETER

instrument is used to measure TEMPERATURE?

THERMOMETER

instrument is used to measure WIND SPEED?

ANEMOMETER

instrument is used to measure HUMIDITY [ amount of water vapor]?

HYGROMETER

the building blocks of proteins?

AMINO ACID

DNA

NUCLEOTIDES

FATTY ACIDS

LIPIDS

Sugars

Monosaccharides

mirror used as a side view mirror in vehicles to provide a wider field of vision?

CONVEX

universal donor

0 NEGATIVE

rarest blood type

AB NEGATIVE

universal recipient

AB POSITIVE

most common

O POSITIVE

Which discovery is Alexander Fleming famous for?

PENINCILIN

GRAVITY

ISAAC NEWTON

RADIUM

MARIE CURIE

The structure of DNA

– James Watson and Francis Crick

Which scientist proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection

CHARES DARWIN

MODERN GENETICS

GREGOR MENDEL

use and disuse

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

pasteurization

Louis Pasteur

RESPONSIBLE FOR hormones and glands

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

RESPONSIBLE FOR BALANCE AND COORDINATION; think, feel and do

Nervous system

RESPONSIBLE FOR BREAKING DOWN FOOD

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

RESPONSIBLE FOR WASTE ELIMINATION

EXCRETORY SYSTEM

Which scale is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes

RITCHER SCALE/ SEISMOGRAPH

SCALE USE TO MEASURE absolute temperature

KELVIN SCALE

SCALE USE TO MEASURE WIND FORCE AT SEA OR LAND

BEUFORT SCALE

SCALE USE FOR MEASURING FREEZING AND BOILING POINT

CELCIUS SCALE

bending of light

REFRACTION

bouncing back of light

REFLECTION

bending and spreading of light

DIFFRACTION

light specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations

POLARIZATION

– site of photosynthesis

CHLOROPLAST

POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

MITOCHONDRIA

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

RIBOSOME