Science bowl- Life Science

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Lawrencium

Stratosphere (~7-30 mi above earth)

Layer of atmosphere that contains the ozone layer

Lead

Ovary

Leads from the ovaries to the uterus. The tube the egg travels through to reach the uterus

Flow

Organisms need energy to survive. Energy from the sun flows into and out systems. This energy drives our world and the organisms in it. Energy is lost when it changes form. Flows hot to cold

Mount Sinai

Moses received the 10 Commandments on this mountain, where is it is said that Moses spent 40 days and 40 nights receiving the Commandments.

Respiratory

Organs in this system are involved in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body and its environment

How long it lasts (length of day, seasonal changes) Quality/type of light

Organisms are affected by light (2)

Excretory system

Organs that work together to rid the body of liquid waste products

Osmium

Limestone

Out of which rock is marble created netamorphically

Reproductive system

Ovaries

James van Allen

Over earth equator are two concentric belts of intense radiation named for this American physicist who found them in the 1950s.

Eutrophication

Overpulation of plants, leading to bacteria break down and leads to no oxygen. Too much of a good thing and everything dies

Oxygen

Disc

Pads between the vertebra

Palladium

Metacarpals

Palm

Foliation

Parallel alignment of mica in a, metamorphic rock is an example of ____________

Parasagittal plane

Parallel to the sagittal plane but off to the side

auditory meatus

Part of the ear. The ear canal

Spleen

Part of the lymphatic system, it disintegrates old blood cells and filters foreign substances from the blood

Skull

Part of the skeletal system, it provides protection for the brain and sensory organs

Bladder

Part of the urinary system, stores the urine. Below the kidneys and ureters

Fermions

Particles with a half - integer quantum spin number (-3/2, -1/2, 1/2, 3/2, etc.)

Ovaries

Produce female characteristics and start female bodily functions . In the pelvic region, above the testis.

testes

Produce male characteristics and start male bodily functions. Lowest gland, below the ovaries

Estrogen

Produced by the ovaries, this female hormone helps develop female characteristics

Pineal gland

Produces melatonin which regulates when to sleep and wake. In the brain, to the right and a little above the pituitary gland

Ovary

Produces the human egg cell and some female reproductive organs

Mesotrophic

Production is considered moderate

Promethium

Type of epithelial tissue. It covers and lines your outer and inner body

Proper Epithelium

Protactinium

Type of layering of an epithelial tissue. Mostly just one layer but the cells have different shapes and sizes.

Pseudostratified

Circulatory

Pumps nutrients and other essential materials to the cells and removes waste products from the cells through a system of vessels. Delivers oxygen and nutrients to the cells in the body

Law of definite proportions

Pure compounds always contain the same elements in the same proportion by mass.

Name this particle or class of particle: Class of particles with 'up' and 'down' flavors

Quarks

Hess's law

The amount of energy generated from a chemical reaction is the same whether the reaction happens in one step or several steps.

Obliquity

The angle between a body's equatorial plane and orbital plane

Ring of Fire

The place where most earthquakes and volcanic activity occur.

Zeeman effect

The splitting of spectral lines when an external magnetic field is applied

Geologist time sale

The standard method used to divide the earths long natural history into manageable parts

Life science

The study of living things

Island Biogeography

The study of rates colonization and extinction of species on islands

Histology

The study of tissues

Quaternary

The period where humans develope.

Silurian

The period with the first plants.

Metabolism

The sun of all chemical processes that occur in an organism

Absolute Zero (0° Kelvin or -273.16° Celsius)

The temperature at which the motion of all atoms and molecules stops and no heat is given off.

Plate tectonics

The theory that explains how large pieces of the earths outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape

Half-life

The time required for one-half of the unstable nuclei in a radioactive substance to decay into a new element

Pyramid of Biomass

The total mass of food at each trophic level

Dalton's law

The total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the components.

Dominant trait

The trait observed in the first generation when parents have different traits are bred

Transform

The type of plate boundary where the plates grind past each other.

Divergent

The type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other.

Convergent

The type of plate boundary where the plates move towards each other, forming a subduction zone or mountains.

Continental

Type of glacier that is bigger and covers mass amounts of land.

Alpine

Type of glacier that is smaller and makes the topography more rugged by improving and adding more cirques.

Convex

Type of lens used in rear view mirrors (for far sightedness

Porphyritic

Type of texture where there are two distinct sizes of crystals in the rock.

John Glenn

1st American to orbit the earth (aboard Friendship 7)

Laila (1957 - Sputnik 2)

1st dog in space

Columbia

1st space shuttle to orbit earth

Luna 9 (Luna 2 touched)

1st spacecraft to lperform a controlled, soft landing on the moon

Valentina Tereshkova (1963)

1st woman in space?

How many openings does a male rat have?

Quadrilateral: number of diagonals

Bipolar & Field-Effect

2 basic types of transistors

Electron microscope

A microscope that focuses a beam of electrons to magnify objects

Virus

A microscopic particle that gets inside a cell and often destroys the cell

Nuclei acid

A molecule made up of subunits called nucleotides

Protein

A molecule that is made up of amino acids and that is needed to build and repair body structures and to regulate processes in the body

isthmus

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. An isthmus has water on two sides

Mineral

A naturally occurring inorganic solid that possesses an orderly internal structure and a definite chemical composition.

Pulsar

A neutron star emitting radio and X-rays in a direction in which we see the beams periodically.

Hypha

A non reproductive filament of a fungus

Cell membrane

A phospholipid layer that covers a cells surface; acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cells environment

island

A piece of land that is surrounded by water

Specific type of the primary/proper epithelial tissue. Lines the outside of the body. also called Skin.

Epidermis

Tissue that lines, covers, and generally organizes the body. Helps keeps organ systems from squishing and touching each other.

Epithelial Tissue

Holocene

Epoch that we currently live in?

Mesozoic

Era called the "Age of Reptiles" with the first birds and first flowering plants. Dinosaurs were also dominant.

Jurassic

Era of dinosaurs

Erbium

Digestive system

Esophagus

Carboxylic

Esters ate derived from what kind of acids?

Answer the following about proof techniques: This mathematician used a proof by contradiction to demonstrate the infinitude of the primes. He also wrote The Elements.

Euclid

For 10 points each, answer the following about proof techniques. This mathematician used a proof by contradiction to demonstrate the infinitude of the primes. He also wrote The Elements.

Euclid

Algae

Eukaryotic organisms that convert the sun's energy into food through photosynthesis but that do not have roots, stems, or leaves

Germany

European country that has sent the most people into space

Europium

Answer the following about British artist Antony Gormley:This Gormley piece consists of 31 life-size human figures atop buildings and bridges. It takes its title from a surface which, in rotating systems, touches the ergosphere at the poles.

Event horizon

Axial parts

Everything in line of the middle of the body like the head, neck, and main trunk of the body

Anterior/Ventral

Everything in the front of the body

Posterior/Dorsal

Everything to the back of the body

The epithelial tissue cells are named like this: first name is it's number of layers and it's last name as the shape of the cells

Example: Simple squamous epithelium or stratified cuboidal

Type of epithelial gland. Secretes fluids into tubes or ducts that lead to the outside of the body.

Exocrine glands

Kidneys

What structure in this organ, the Bowmans capsule, is divided into several layers including the visceral and parietal layers. The adrenal glands are located just above this organ, whose loop of Henley helps concentrate urine.

-40

What temperature is the same in both Celsius and Fahrenheit?

Kennedy Space Shuttle

Where was the primary landing facility for NASA's space shuttle

Apollo 10

Which Apollo mission flew to the moon and returned without landing on the moon's surface

1st

Which Kepler law says: the orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at 1 of the 2 foci?

Channel

a body of water connects two larger bodies of water

Bay

a body of water partially surrounded by land and is smaller than a gulf

Canyon

a deep valley with steep sides often carved from a river

barometer

a device used to measure the pressure of the atmosphere

Desert

a dry, arid area

Dune

a hill or a ridge made of sand

Ocean

a large body of salt water that covers 3/5 of the globe.

Cave

a large hole in the ground or on the side of a hill or a mountain

Fjord

a long, narrow sea inlet that is bordered by steep cliffs

glacier

a long-lasting, slowly-moving river of ice on land

Delta

a low, watery land that is at the mouth of the river (usually triangular people)

Geyser

a natural hot spring that occasionally sprays water and steam above the ground

gulf

a part of the ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by land (it is usually larger than a bay)

Cape

a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake or river

Thallium

Undecagon: Each interior angle

147 3/11

15-gon: # of sides

Dodecagon: Each interior angle

150

13-gon: Each interior angle

152 4/13

14-gon: Each interior angle

154 2/7

15-gon: Each interior angle

156

Undecagon: sum of interior angles

1620

13-gon: sum of interior angles

1980

Respiratory system

Diaphragm

Magma

Molten material within the Earth

Molybdenum

Ordovician

The period of the first fishes.

Anus

Where the waste exits

Zirconium

Zinc ion

Zn 2(positive)

Distal

far from the point of reference

Distal

farthest from the point of origin of a body part

The lecture that introduced this phrase made clear that it only applied to people, citing the example of a paper- knife to show that most objects are predefined by their craftsmen. For 10 points each: [10] Give this three-word phrase first delivered in 1946. It basically means that people can choose to create their own value systems and views of human nature, rather than having any intrinsic nature up-front.

"existence precedes essence"

ureter

(Two tubes) Connects the kidneys and bladder. Carries urine

Yttrium is the first element in the second row of transition metals: Yttrium is the 'Y' in the YBCO ["Y-B-C-O"] example of this class of substances. YBCO was the first material of this type to work at temperatures above the boiling point of nitrogen.

(high-temperature) superconductors

Consider the polynomial x4 ["x to the fourth"] minus 1:What is the largest prime factor of 255? It can be found using the above factorization.

Pythagorean triples: 8, 15

Triangle: sum of interior angles

180

Dodecagon: sum of interior angles

1800

n-gon: sum of interior angles

(n-2)180

N-gon: Each interior angle

(n-2)180 ------------ 2

Ending of an acid whose polyatomic ends with -ate

-ic

Ending of an acid whose polyatomic ends with -ite

-ous

Triangle: number of diagonals

Sin^2 x + cos^2 x

Laws of Thermodynamics

1. Heat flows from hot to cold 2. Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can be transferred between systems and surroundings 3. Energy goes from useful to non-useful

Decagon: # of sides

Pentagon: Each interior angle

108

Octagon: sum of interior angles

1080

Undecagon: # of sides

Dodecagon: # of sides

Hexagon: Each interior angle

120

Nonagon: sum of interior angles

1260

Heptagon: Each interior angle

128 4/7

13-gon: # of sides

Pythagorean triples: 5, 12

Octagon: Each interior angle

135

14-gon: # of sides

Heptagon: number of diagonals

Nonagon: Each interior angle

140

Decagon: Each interior angle

144

Decagon: sum of interior angles

1440

Isotone

2 nuclei with the same # of neutrons but a different number of protons

1. Boiling 2. Pressurized

2 types of nuclear reactors in the US - what types of water do they use

Octagon: number of diagonals

Pythagorean triples: 12, 16

What is the x-intercept of the equation 2x plus 3y equals 42

14-gon: sum of interior angles

2160

15-gon: sum of interior angles

2340

Pythagorean triples: 7, 24

Nonagon: number of diagonals

Pythagorean triples: 20, 21

How many openings does a female rat have?

Triangle: # of sides

1. Sedimentary (sand, shale, pebbles, etc.) Ex: conglomerate & limestone 2. Metamorphic (formed under the earth by heat & pressure) Ex: gneiss & marble 3. Igneous (formed from cooling of magma or lava) Ex: basalt & obsidian

3 main types of rock

Pythagorean triples: 18, 24

Pythagorean triples: 16, 30

Decagon: number of diagonals

Pythagorean triples: 21, 28

Quadrilateral: sum of interior angles

360

Pythagorean triples: 12, 35

Pythagorean triples: 15, 36

Quadrilateral: # of sides

Water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous

4 biogeochemical cycles

Pythagorean triples: 24, 32

Pythagorean triples: 9, 40

Undecagon: number of diagonals

Pythagorean triples: 27, 36

Pentagon: # of sides

Pentagon: number of diagonals

Pythagorean triples: 3, 4

Pythagorean triples: 14, 48

Dodecagon: number of diagonals

Pentagon: sum of interior angles

540

Hexagon: # of sides

Triangle: Each interior angle

13-gon: number of diagonals

Photosynthesis

6CO2+6h2o+light energy= C6H12O6+ 6O2

Heptagon: # of sides

Nearly ___ % of all the sensory receptors in your body are in the eyes

70%

Hexagon: sum of interior angles

720

What percent of 28 is 21

75%

14-gon: number of diagonals

Octagon: # of sides

Hexagon: number of diagonals

Nonagon: # of sides

15-gon: number of diagonals

Quadrilateral: Each interior angle

Heptagon: sum of interior angles

900

A proton donor

A Bronsted - Lowry acid is defined as ...

Fire ecology

A branch of ecology that focuses on the origins of wildland fire and its relationship to the environment more hospitable for their regeneration and growth

Ribosome

A cell organelle composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis

Lysosomes

A cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes

Mutation

A change in the nucleotide- base sequence if a gene or DNA molecule

Adaptation

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment

Covalent Bond

A chemical bond involving the sharing of a pair of valence electrons by two atoms.

Carbohydrate

A class of energy giving nutrients that includes sugars, starches, and fiber; contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

Organ

A collection of tissues that carry out a specialized functions of the body

Hypothermia

A decrease in the core body temperature to a level at which normal muscular and brain functions are impaired

Barr body

A dense object lying along the inside of the nuclear envelope in female mammalian cells, representing an inactivated X chromosome.

Pedigree

A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family

Variable

A factor that changes in an experiment

Progesterone

A female hormone that prepares the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized egg

Binary fission

A form of asexual reproduction in single- cells organisms by which one cell divides into two Elle of the same size

Mold

A fungus that looks like wool or cotton

Trait

A genetically determined characteristic

Archipelago

A group of islands in an ocean or sea.

Organ system

A group of organs that work together to perform body function

Tissue

A group of similar cells that perform a common function

Fossil record

A history's sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layer of the earths curst

Archaebacteria

A kingdom made up if bacteria that live in extreme environments

Plantar

A kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that are ideally green, haver cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move around, and use the sun's energy to make sugar by photosynthesis

Animalistic

A kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that lack cell walls, can usually move around, and quickly respond to their enviroment

Fungi

A kingdom made up of nongteen, eukaryotic organisms that have no means of movement, reproduce by using spores, and get food by breaking down substances in their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients

Protista

A kingdom of mostly one called eukaryotic organisms that are different from plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi

Eubacteria

A kingdom that contains all prokaryotes except archaebacteria

Diastema

A large gap between adjacent teeth, normally between the incisors and chewing teeth

Phospholiqid

A lipid that contains phosphorus and that is a structural component in cell membranes

Organism

A living thing; anything that can carry out life processes independently

Testosterone

A male hormone produced in the testis. Controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics

Lichen

A mass of fungal and algal cells that grow together in a symbiotic relationship and that are usually found on rocks or trees

Temperature

A measure of how hot ( or cold) something is

Rad

A measure of radiation received by a material (radiation absorbed dose)

mass

A measure of the amount of matter in an object

Electron Affinity

A measure of the energy change when an electron is added to a neutral atom to form a negative ion.

Volume

A measure of the size of a body or region in three- dimensional space

Area

A measure of the size of a surface or a region

Vector quantity

A measurement that has magnitude and direction ex. 5 meters to the right

Scalar quantity

A measurement that has magnitude but no direction ex. 5 meters

Meiosis

A process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells

Adaptation

A process whereby an organism becomes better suited to its habitat

hill

A raised area or mound of land

Spore

A reproductive cell or multicellular structure that is resistant to stressful environmental conditions and that can develop into an adult without gushing with another cell

Cell wall

A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

Scientific method

A series of steps followed to solve problems

What is sound? And how do we hear it?

A series of vibrations in the air that beat against the ear drum which pushes a series of tiny bones called the auditory ossicles which moves internal fluid against a membrane that triggers tiny hair cells (that aren't actually hair) which stimulate neutrons that causes the action potential to activate and send signals to the brain.

lagoon

A shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast

Vesicle

A small cavity or sac that contains materials in a eukaryotic cell

Sea

A smaller body of salt water larger than an ocean.

Prediction

A statement of cause and effect that can be used to set up a test for a hypothesis

functional group (ex: carboxyl group)

A substructure that imparts characteristic chemical behaviors to a molecule

Law

A summary of many experimental results and observations; a law tells how things work

Endoplasmic reticulum

A system of membranes that is found in a cells cytoplasm and that assist in the production, processing, and transport of proteins and in the production of lipids

Endospore

A thick- walled protective spore that forms inside a bacterial cell and resist harsh conditions

kilocalorie (kcal)

A thousand calories; the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water 1°C.

Recessive trust

A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred

Liqid

A type of biochemical that does not dissolve in water; fats and steroids are liqids

Primate

A type of mammal characterized by opposable thumbs and binocular vision

Hominid

A type of primate characterized by bipedalism, relatively long lower limbs, and lack of a tail

British Thermal Unit

A unit of energy, BTU stands for?

Litmus

A water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens. It is often absorbed onto filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH indicator, used to test materials for acidity.

Theory

An explanation that ties together many hypotheses and observations

In order to maintain his reputation, Roy Cohn pretends to have liver cancer rather than this disease. Prior Walter later obtains Roy's stash of AZT and also uses it to treat this disease.

AIDS

Intercostals

Abdominals

Electronegativity

Ability of an atom in a molecule to draw bonding electrons to itself.

Gray

Absorbed Dose

CH3COOH

Acetic Acid

Actinium

Behavioral thermoregulation

Actions or reactions of an organism to the environment (ex. hibernation

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that acts as the main energy source for cell processes

Endocrine system

Adrenal gland

Silver ion

Ag (positive)

Telephone

Alexander grand bell

Change

All organisms are in a constant state of change over time with the environment. Some organism will change with another and will develop special interactions. Others with the nonliving world.

Range of tolerance

All organisms have a ____ for the abiotic factors

Dynamite

Alphred nobel

Aluminium

What does APA stand for? (it's an organization)

American Psychological Association (APA)

Americium

Mole

Amount of a Substance, 6.02 X 10 to the 23rd power

Cirque

Amphitheater-shaped basin carved into a mountain at the head of a glacier

Dichotomous key

An aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists if the answers to a series of questions

Electron volt

An energy unit, particularly for atomic and nuclear processes, is the energy given to an electron by accelerating it through 1 volt of electric potential difference. 1.6 x 10-19 joules.

Controlled experiment

An experiment that tests only one factor at a time by using a comparison of a control group with an experimental group

Hypothesis

An explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested

An expression for the effective concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) in a solution

Equator

An imaginary circle around the world halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

Compound light microscope

An instrument that magnifies small objects so that they can be seen easily by using two or more lenses

Host

An organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter

Eukaryote

An organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane; eukaryotes include animals, plants, and fungi, but not archaebacteria or eubacteria

Heterotroph

An organism that Greta food by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot make organic compounds from inorganic materials

Protist

An organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista

Producer

An organism that can makes it own food by using energy from its surroundings

Prokaryote

An organism that consist of a single cells that does not have a nucleus

Prokaryote

An organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleus

Consumer

An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter

Decomposer

An organism that gets energy by breaking down that remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients

Phenotype

An organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic

Jenny train coupler

Andrew beard

Angle of reflection

Angle of a reflected ray or particle from a surface; measured from a line perpendicular to the surface (the normal)

Tarsals

Ankle

Detrivore

Another name for decomposer

Antimony

First person to make and use truly high powered microscopes and observe microorganisms. Called The father of microbiology.

Anton van Leewenhoek

Relative dating

Any method if determine whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects

Absolute dating

Any method of measuring the age of an object of event in years

The upper side of an epithelial cell or outside

Apical side

Appendicular parts

Appendages attached to the main trunk of the body like the arms and legs

Superior

Area closer to the head (neck, head)

Inferior

Area farthest from the head (feet)

Argon

Arsenic

Circulatory system

Arteries

Crossword puzzle

Arthur gynne

Arsenide

As 3(negative)

Venus

Aside from the moon, what's typically the brightest object in the night sky

Astatine

Posterior

At or near the back of the body (butt)

At or near the front of the body (nose, boobs, etc)

Bohrium

Ernest rutherford

Discovered atomic nucleus with the Gold Foil Experiment

Sperm tube

Attached to bladder and testis. Carries the sperm to the urethra

Aurous

Au (positive)

Auric

Au 3(positive)

All epithelial tissue is ___. Means to not be associated with or supplied by blood vessels

Avascular

Part of a neuron. Long cable that transmits messages to other neurons and glands.

Axon

Polar Bond

Bonds in which the sharing of the electron pair is unequal, with the electrons speed and more time around the more nonmetallic atom.

Vertebrae

Bone segments that make up the spine

Skeletal system

Bones

William Herschel

Discovered the planet Uranus

Denitrification

Bacteria break down nitrogen and release it back into air as N2, gas.

Pathogenic bacteria

Bacteria that cause disease

Transistor

Bardine Shockley

Barium

The lower side of an epithelial cell or inside. Usually tightly attached to the basement membrane- a thin layer of mainly collagen cells that holds the epithelium together

Basal side

Venus & earth

Based on average orbital paths, which two planets come closest to each other

Pancreas

Behind the stomach. Secretes digestive enzymes that coat the small intestine. Part of the digestive and endocrine system, it regulates glucose levels in the blood and secretes fluids for digestion

vaginal orifice (female)

Behind the urinary aperture, which is in a small depression called the vulva

Lightning rod

Benjamin Franklin

Berkelium

Beryllium

Liquid paper

Bette nesmith gram

Microsoft

Bill gates

Bismuth

Excretory system

Bladder

Sprite

Bob Wallace

Anatomical Position

Body is erect and facing forward, with arms at the sides and palms forward

Blackbody

Body that absorbs all radiation and radiates it all away

In 2001, the NYRB published the 1926 correspondence between Rilke, Marina Tsvetayeva, and this other Russian, whose collection My Sister, Life is modeled on Rilke. He was forced to decline the Nobel in 1958 after the publication of a novel whose title character has a long love affair with Pasha Antipov's wife Lara.

Boris Pasternak [or Boris Leonidovich Pasternak; the novel is Doctor Zhivago]

Boron

Hypobromite

BrO (negative)

Bromate

BrO3 (negative)

Nervous system

Brain

Digestive

Breaks down food into the nutrients it needs to function. Also carries indigestible food out of the body as waste

Bronchial tubes

Breaks down into smaller tubes that are attached to the lungs. Lead to alveoli

Small intestine

Breaks food down further

Antares

Brightest star in the constellation Scorpius

Procyon

Brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor?

Thomas Young

British physicist who studied light and devised the famous double-slit experiment that showed dual wave - particle nature of light

Bromine

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Built by Nebuchadnezzar 2 for his homesick wife amyitis. Also known as the hanging gardens of Semiramis.

Great pyramid of Giza

Built for king Khufu. Designed by heminun. World's tallest building until 1301. (Lincoln Cathedral)

Hemolysis

Bursting of the blood cell

Gluteus Maximus

Buttocks

Acetate

C (little 2) H (little 3) O (little 2) ^ -1

Copernicium

Copper

Oxalate

C2O4 2(negative)

Cyanide

CN (negative)

Golgi bodies

COPI vesicles depart from this organelle's cis face, while at it's trans face, proteins being sent to the lysosome are tagged with mannose 6 phosphate. B cells rely on these organelles to secrete antibodies and most products of the rough er are sent here for modification.

Cadmium

Caesium

Calcium

Gastrocnemius muscles

Calf muscles

Californium

Sensory Conflict

Can be caused by spinning around in a chair or riding on a rocky boat. Ex. on a rocky boat, the motion is causing the vestibular apparatus to tell your brain that you are moving up and down but your eyes are telling your brain that you're standing still. Thus giving you motion sickness

Gomeisa [goh-MAY-zuh] is the beta star of this constellation, which is found between Monoceros, Hydra, Cancer, and Gemini. This constellation's brightest star joins Betelgeuse ["beetle"-"juice"] and Sirius ["serious"] to form the Winter Triangle. (*) Procyon ["pro"-"SIGH"-"on"] is the alpha star of this constellation, which depicts one of two "companions" to Orion the hunter. There is a "major" counterpart to—for 10 points—what constellation known as the "little dog"?

Canis Minor

Farad

Capacitance

Circulatory system

Capillaries

Carbon

A type of muscle tissue. Cells divide and converge, one nucleus per cell. Striated with intercalated disks (areas where the muscle cells are joined together). Involuntary movement. Located only in the heart.

Cardiac muscle tissue

Horseless carriage

Carl Benz

Bomb sight

Carl Norton

A red dye derived from the scales of a crushed up cochineal insect from the french word carmin and the arabic word kirmiz.

Carmine

Artery

Carries blood away from the heart

Veins

Carries blood to the heart

Spinal nerves

Carries impulses between the spinal cord and body parts.

Katal

Catalytic Activity

Motion sickness

Caused by sensory conflict when the brain gets really confused.

Part of a neuron. It's the neurons life support and holds all the dna and nucleus.

Cell body/Soma

Ribosome

Cell organelle composer of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis

Golgi complex

Cell organelle that helps make and package materials to be transported out of the cell

plasmolysis

Cell shrinks as water moves out

Lysis

Cells bursting from too much water

Cerium

Vulcanized rubber

Charles Goodyear

Chemical formula for ozone

Pectorals

Chest muscles

Chlorine

Holoparasites, by definition, lack this molecule that can be catabolized [kuh-TAB-uh-lyzed] to form tetrapyrroles [TET-ruh-PYE-rohls]. A porphyrin [POR-fuh-rin] ring coordinates an atom of (*) magnesium in this molecule, which forms dimers [DYE-murs] with absorption maxima at 680 and 700 nanometers. It is found in the thylakoid ["THIGH"-luh-koyd] membrane associated with photosystems I ["one"] and II ["two"]. For 10 points—name this green pigment essential to photosynthesis.

Chlorophyll

Ionization Energy

Energy necessary to remove an electron from the neutral atom.

Chromium

Homologous chromosomes

Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure

Hypochlorite

ClO (negative)

Chlorite

ClO2 (negative)

Chlorate

ClO3 (negative)

Perchlorate

ClO4 (negative)

Frozen food

Clarence Birdseye

Heart

Close to/on top of the left lung. Part of the circulatory system, It's a muscular pump that moves fluid through a system of tubes

This other genus of Gram-positive bacteria includes species sordelii, which can cause a rare fatal infection after abortions, species tetani, which causes tetanus, and the causative agent of botulism, botulinum.

Clostridium

Cobaltous

Co 2(positive)

Cobaltic

Co 3(positive)

Phaneritic

Coarse grained rock texture.

Cobalt

A self-consistency model of this phenomenon was posited by Elliot Aronson. The induced compliance effect was used for a study of this phenomenon in which some subjects received $1 or $20 to lie about their enjoyment of a set of boring tasks; those lies set up an (*) internal conflict. Leon Festinger proposed—for 10 points—what state of psychic distress arising from simultaneously holding two contradictory beliefs?

Cognitive Dissonance

Type of shape of an epithelial tissue. Tall and thick and cushion underlying tissue. Absorb nutrients and produce secretions. Have an oval shaped nucleus.

Columnar

Sagittal plane/Median plane

Comes down vertically from the skull and splits body into left and right

Pyroclastic

Composites of ejected fragments. (Rock)

Acid

Conduct electricity Change blue litmus to red Have a sour taste React with bases to neutralize their properties React with active metals to liberate hydrogen.

Base

Conduct electricity Change red litmus to blue Have a slippery feeling React with acids to neutralize their properties.

Skeletal system

Connective tissue

Muscular system

Connective tissues

Capricorn

Constellation known as the sea goat

scrotal sacs (male)

Contains the testes. Large

Pancreas

Control how the body uses glucose/sugar. Below and in front of the kidneys. Located in the mesentery

adrenal

Control kidney function and increase blood pressure and heart rate during times of stress. Two glands, One above each kidney

Cerebellum

Controls balance and coordination of the muscles. Lowest portion of the brain, small, and colored stripes

Medulla

Controls breathing heartbeat, and other vital processes within the body. Leads into the spinal cord, left of the medulla. Part of the central nervous system, controls respiration, circulation, etc...

Cerebrum

Controls thought, movement you choose to make, memory, and learning. Also processes information from the senses. Largest part of the brain, uppermost part above the medulla and cerebellum

Hadley Cells

Convection cells that decrease the energy difference between the equator and poles.

Curium

Mechanics reaper

Cyrus mccormic

Semiconductors

Elements with properties between those of a metal and those of a nonmetal sometimes conducting an electric current and sometimes acting like an electrical insulator depending on the conditions and their purity; also called metalloids

Elevator brakes

Elisha Otis

Cotton gin

Ellie Whitney

Type of epithelial gland. They secrete hormones directly into the blood stream or to nearby cells

Endocrine glands

Cot x

Cos x ------- Sin x

Chromous

Cr 2(positive)

Chromic

Cr 3(positive)

Dichromate

Cr2O7 2(negative)

Chromate

CrO4 2(negative)

Heterodyning

Creation of new radio signal frequencies by combining or mixing 2 other frequencies

Cuprous

Cu (positive)

Cupric

Cu 2(positive)

Type of shape of an epithelial tissue. Have a cubish shape- being about as tall as they are wide. They often absorb nutrients and produce secretions like sweat. Have a circular nucleus

Cuboidal

Open heart surgery

Daniel hale williams

Darmstadtium

Segway

Dean kamen

Part of a neuron. Collect signals from the other cells and neurons and send them to the soma.

Dendrites

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live

Chemical Sedimentary

Derived from material that is carried in solution to lakes and seas. If the solute precipitates out of the solution to form chemical sediments, rocks such as limestone can be formed.

Extinct

Describes a species that has died out completely

Chromatic aberration

Describes the inability of a lens to focus all colors to the same convergence point

Colossus of Rhodes

Designed by Charles of Lindos. Statue of the sun god Helios commissioned by the city of Rhodes to celebrate a military victory over the antigonids of Macedonia. An earthquake in 226 BC snapped the statue at the knee, and it toppled. The ruins were eventually sold to a Syrian merchant. It's said that it took 900 camels to transport the pieces back to Syria.

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Manometer

Device used to measure gas pressure

Sievert

Dose Equivalent

Dubnium

Dysprosium

opportunistic

Eat everything and scavenge

Levels

Ecological systems are organized within each other. The effects on one system will effect them all. All systems are interconnected.

Balance

Ecosystems have a way to balance changes so that up and down fluctuations are part of the natural balance of the whole

Fm radio

Edwin armstrong

Kool aid

Edwin perkins

Polaroid camera

Edwind land

Einsteinium

Coulomb

Electric Charge

Ampere

Electric Current

Volt

Electric Potential Difference, EMF

Siemens

Electrical Conductance

Ohm

Electrical Resistance

Inverter

Electrical device that converts DC into AC

Heteroatoms are often present in a variant of the Diels-Alder reaction named for an "inverse" demand of these species. These species were fired at a crystalline nickel target in the Davisson-Germer experiment. Transitions of these species in certain systems result in the (*) Lyman [LYE-min] and Balmer [BAHL-mur] series. A Lewis acid is defined as an entity that accepts a pair of—for 10 points—what elementary particles with a negative charge?

Electrons

Macarthur-wilson equilibrium therory

Island size and distance from mainland determine level of migrations and the rate of extinctions on the island

pinna

External part of the ear thats visible

3 Major areas of the ear

External, middle, and inner ear

Aspect (Time of day, morning noon-dusk) Cloud cover Seasons Location on earth

Factors in the environment that affect the amount of light (4)

True or False: All substances that include hydrates are wet

False, most substances with hydrates in them are actually dry to the touch and look dry

Ferrous

Fe 2(positive)

Ferric

Fe 3(positive)

Shattercones

Feature that would suggest a rock had experienced shock metamorphism

Name this particle or class of particle: Any particle with a half-integer spin

Fermions

Fermium

1,2,3,5,8,etc..

Fibbonacci Sequence

Aphanitic

Fine grained rock texture.

Phalanges

Fingers and toes

Flerovium

An olympic volleyball player who was extremely tall and had Marfan syndrome

Flo Hyman

Fluorine

Conic sections are so called because they can be described as the intersection of a certain shape with a double cone: Conics can also be described as the set of all points for which the ratio of their distance to a fixed point, and their distance to a fixed line, is a constant. Give the names for both that point and that line.

Focus Directrix

Canines

For stabbing and killing, tearing and piercing

Newton

Force

Radius

Forearm

momentum = mass X velocity. (p = mv)

Formula for momentum (p)

nictitating membrane

Found at the inside corner of the eye. Membrane can be drawn across the eye for protection

Francium

Popsicle

Frank epperson

Scientific method of assembly

Fredrick taylor

Jean-Baptiste Biot

French physicist who studied the polarization of light (1774-1862)

(language origin?) Demi-

French prefix

8th

From the sun, what number planet is Neptune?

Titan

Furthest celestial body a space probe has landed

Gadolinium

Hubbles law

Galaxies recede from each other with a velocity proportional to their distance.

Give the following about things named for Isaac Newton:In Newtonian mechanics, the transformations between inertial reference frames are named for this scientist

Galileo Galilei

Gallium

Gas mask /stop light

Garret Morgan

Van der Wall's force

General term for weak attractive intermolecular forces

True north

Geographic meridian plane?

Dry plate photography

George Eastman

Pullman sleeping car

George Pullman

Steam locomotive

George Stephenson

Peanut products

George Washington carver

Germanium

Cirques

Glacial pits

Parathyroid

Glands that regulate the amount of calcium in your blood. Where the thyroid gland

Type of epithelial tissue. Forms your glands and secretes hormones and other substances

Glandular epithelium

Protect, support, and provide insulation for neurons. It also tethers the neurons to blood cells

Glial Cells

Name this particle or class of particle: carriers of the strong force

Gluons

Gold

Motorcycle

Gottlieb daimer and whilhem mabach

Railway telegraphy stations

Granville woods

Short hand

Issac shorthand

(language origin?) Hemi-

Greek prefix

Hydrogen ion

H (positive)

Hydrochloric acid

HCL

Hydrogen Carbonate (bicarbonate)

HCO3 (negative)

Hydrogen Sulfate (bisulfate)

HSO4 (negative)

Hafnium

Integumentary system

Hair

vibrissa

Hairy coat that covers the rat and the sensory hairs (whiskers) located on the rat's face

Creators of the microscope

Hans and Zacharias Jansen

Breakfast cereal

Harvey Kellogg

Hassium

Hyperthermia

Having a body temperature that is too high, can cause heart failure, among other problems and death

Eutrophic

Having concentrations of nutrients optimal for or plant or animal growth. It is used to describe nutrient or soil solutions

Two important roles your ears play

Hearing sounds Maintaining your equilibrium

Circulatory system

Heart

Helium

Thymus

Helps the body recognize and reject germs. Right above the lungs and heart and below the thyroid.

Model t car

Henry ford

Mercuric

Hg 2(positive)

Mercurous

Hg2 2(positive)

Torpor

Hibernation: A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals.

Name this particle or class of particle: Boson giving rise to other particles' mass

Higgs boson or Higgs particle

High volume noise is caused by ...

High amplitude

Pelvis

Hips

Maxim machine gun

Hiram maxium

Holmium

A potential derived from this law predicts energy quantized by half-integer multiples of Planck's constant times frequency. This equation predicts the energy required for an IR-active mode, given the reduced mass of a molecule. In the most common test on an Instron device, this law fails to predict behavior like work hardening or necking as the load increases. This equation models chemical bond vibrations with a quadratic potential energy dependence. A straight line on a (*) stress-strain curve is a consequence of this equation. It uses a proportionality constant which has units of Newtons divided by meters. This law predicts a restoring force that is negative and proportional to the distance extended from equilibrium. For 10 points, name this law which applies to springs.

Hooke's

Intensity

How bright it is (lumens)

Sewing machine

Issac singer

8m 30s

How long does it take light from the sun to reach earth

How many constellations are there

4 (gravity, electromagnetism, strong force and weak force)

How many fundamental forces of nature ate there?

How many moons are known to orbit Neptune

Six

How many of the Apollo missions landed on the moon?

1.38

How many solar masses is the Chandrasekhar limit?

____ are substances that include water in their formula. The water is not actually part of the chemical substance and this is reflected in the way the formula is written. Here is an example: CuSO4 ⋅ 5H2O

Hydrates

Hydrogen

Hypoiodite

IO (negative)

Iodate

IO3 (negative)

Periodate

IO4 (negative)

Zero

If a quadratic equation has only one distinct solution, then this is the value of the discriminant.

Extrusive

Igneous rock from lava that crystalizes at the surface of the earth.

Intrusive

Igneous rock that come from magma that crystalizes beneath the earth's surface.

Helicopters

Igor secorske

Lux

Illuminance

Nucleus

In a eukaryotic cell, a membrane- bound organelle that contains the cells DNA and that has a role in processes processes such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction

Chromosome

In a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein; in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA

Nucleotide

In a nucleus- acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base

Cell

In biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes; cells are covered by a membrane and have DNA and cytoplasm

Mitosis

In eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes

Mitochondrion

In eukaryotic cells, the cell organelle that is surrounded by two membranes and that is the site of cellular respiration

Porphyroblasts

In metamorphic rock, the larger crystals set in a finer-grained matrix are called ______________

Absence of an electron

In solid-state physics, what is a hole?

Earth

In the Jainism, this object's central point is mount miru. In Chinese mythology, this object is the lower half of a Cosmo egg split by Pingu, while in ancient Egypt the original form of this object was the primordial mound. this region will be reborn from a massive flood after Rangarok.

Northwest

In what section of the US is hydropower mostly used

Indium

Henry

Inductance

Nasal cavity

Inner nose

Metatarsals

Instep

The action or process of being turned inside out or folded back on itself to form a cavity or pouch

Invagination

Frequency

Inverse of a time period

Iodine

Iridium

Iron

Tesla

Magnetic Flux Density

Cash register

James ritty

Steam engine

James watt

Mandible

Jaw

This Frenchman coined the phrase "existence precedes essence" in his lecture "Existentialism is a Humanism." He wrote that many people live in a state of inauthentic "bad faith" in Being and Nothingness.

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre

Vacuum tube

John Ambrose Fleming

This philosopher discussed the roles of habit, impulse, and intelligence in behavior in a book on Human Nature and Conduct. He discussed the concept of "body-mind" and described existence as both "precarious" and "stable" in Experience and Nature. In a (*) 1916 work he advocated "learning by doing" and argued that society's survival rests on schooling. For 10 points—name this American pragmatist who wrote Democracy and Education.

John Dewey

Polygraph

John Larson

Browning rifle

John browning

Tractor

John deer

Ice machine

John gorrie

Submarine

John hunley

Coca cola

John pemberton

Suspension bridge

John radling

Polio vaccine

Jonas salk

Pencil

Joseph Dixon

Barbed wire

Joseph glidden

In 1850s, the first true histological stain was done by this person. Story has it that this man left a sliced cerebullem soaking in a dilute solution of carmine overnight to reveal many small details in the brain cells. Called the famous Neural Stain

Joseph von Gerlach

This SI unit for energy or work is named for the scientist who developed the First law of thermodynamics. One newton meter or 4.18 kilocalories are equal to one of these

Joule

Excretory system

Kidneys

Razor

King Gellete

Patella

Knee cap

Krypton

Yttrium is the first element in the second row of transition metals: Though yttrium has no occupied f orbitals, it is often classified as a rare earth element along with this group of elements with partially filled 4f orbitals.

Lanthanides

Lanthanum

incisors

Large front teeth that never stop growing. Used for gnawing

Digestive system

Large intestine

Colon

Large intestine. Breaks down food as well. Part of the digestive system, it collects solid waste and removes extra water

Liver

Large organ with multiple lobes directly below the lungs and diaphragm. Filters blood, create glycogen and bile, and breaks down fat and produces energy

Seamounts

Large volcanoes that rise from the sea floor

Triceps

Large, 3-headed muscle the forms the back of the upper arm

Trapezius

Large, flat muscle of the back that allows you to raise your head and shoulders

Mesa

Larger than buttes, but smaller than plateaus.

Molars

Larger, crushing and grinding food

Japan

Largest nuclear plant in the world is in which country?

(language origin?) Semi-

Latin prefix

Permanganate

MnO4 (negative)

Answer these questions about medicine and the military: In 2013 CBS reported that Veterans Affairs hospitals in Pittsburgh covered up an outbreak of what type of pneumonia whose namesake bacterium was contaminating tap water?

Legionnaires' disease

In this man's namesake "harmonic triangle," each number equals the sum of the numbers beneath it. This mathematician's namesake series, 1 - 1/3 + 1/5 and so on, converges slowly to pi over 4. He used a stylized S to represent (*) integrals and developed the notation "dy ["D-Y"] over dx ["D-X"]" to denote derivatives. For 10 points—name this German involved in a priority dispute with Isaac Newton over the invention of calculus

Leibniz

Meter

Length

Plastic

Leo bakland

Name this particle or class of particle: Class including muons and neutrinos

Leptons

Sun

Light from the ___ provides producers the energy to make sugar

Locks

Lina's Yale senor

1. Troposphere 2. Stratosphere 3. Mesosphere 4. Thermosphere 5. Exosphere 6. Ionosphere

List layers of atmosphere in order beginning with closest to earth

Up, Down, Strange, Charm, Bottom, and Top

List the 6 quarks - from lightest to heaviest

Lithium

Livermorium

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

Located in present-day Turkey. Designed and constructed by Chersiphron and his son Metgenes; commissioned by Croesus of Lydia. Destroyed by arson by herostratus on the exact night Alexander the Great was born. It was later rebuilt but the goths destroyed it in 262 AD.

Kidneys

Located way in the back of the abdomen. Practically in the back muscles. Filters blood and collects waste. Part of the urinary system, it maintains proper water balance.

Skyscraper

Louis Sullivan

Low volume noise is caused by ...

Low amplitude

Hypoxia

Low oxygen

Lumbar region

Lower back

Troposphere

Lowest layer of atmosphere - most clouds and weather found here (~7 mi thick)

Lumen

Luminous Flux

Candela

Luminous Intesity

Pleura

Lung cover. thin skin

Respiratory system

Lungs

Lutetium

Lymphatic/immune system

Lymph nodes

Lymphatic/immune system

Lymph vessels

Magnesium

Weber

Magnetic Flux

Reproductive

Main purpose of this system is to create new living individuals. Male and female gonads; associated ducts and glands, and external genitalia that function in the procreation of offspring

Moon

Major cause of ocean tides on earth

Testis

Male organ in which sperm and androgen are produced. Located inside the scrotum

Manganese

A genetic disorder of the connective tissue

Marfan Syndrome

Facebook

Mark zuckerberg

Kilogram

Mass

density

Mass of a substance per unit volume.

Cycles

Matter and energy cycle through the living and nonliving world. Organisms rely on this matter and energy cycling to survive.

Skeletal

Means of support for the entire body. Bodily system that consists of the bones, their associated cartilages, and the joints. It protects the body, produces blood cells, and stores minerals

Antibiotic

Medicine used to kill bacteria and other micro organisms

Meitnerium

Mendelevium

Mercury

Fanny pack

Millbuth stone

Index Minerals

Minerals in metamorphic rocks that help scientists determine the average temperature and pressure the metamorphic rock was in.

Manganous

Mn 2(positive)

Manganic

Mn 3(positive)

Their multi-cellular rhizoids and lack of segmented leaves separate these bryophytes from liverworts. One variety, sphagnum covers 1% of earth's surface, and their absorption of liquid made them useful for dressing wounds. This plant is often be found in shady areas and on the north side of trees

Mosses

Mars & Jupiter

Most asteroids are found between which planets

East

Most winds blow in what direction on earth?

Digestive system

Mouth

Photokinesis

Movement based on the intensity of light

Simple harmonic

Movement of a pendulum can be described as ....

Diaphragm

Muscle that contracts the lungs

Muscular system

Muscles

n-gon: # of sides

Chile earthquake

NASA believes what February 2010 disaster may have knocked the Earth a bit off its axis and shortened the day

Amide

NH2 (negative)

Integumentary system

Nails

Hadrosaurus

Name of 1st known dinosaur species found in the US

Cleavage

Natural fracture pattern of a mineral

Helium

Natural gas deposits are the main source of what element?

medial

Near the middle

proximal

Near to the point of reference

Cervical region

Neck

Sternocleidomastoids

Neck muscles

Apollo 11

Neil Armstrong was on what mission?

Neodymium

Neon

Neptunium

Nervous system

Nerves

Specialized building blocks of the nervous system. Generate and conduct electrochemical nerve impulses. Located all over the body.

Neurons

Name this particle or class of particle: Particle found with protons in the nucleus

Neutrons

Give the following about things named for Isaac Newton:Newton first studied and gave his name to these light and dark interference bands, which appear due to the reflection of light between spherical and flat surfaces.

Newton's rings

Nickel ion

Ni 2(positive)

Nickel

Alternating current

Nicolas tesla

Organelle

One of the small bodies in a cells cytoplasm that are specialized to perform a specific function

Allele

One set of instructions for an inherited trait

Gene

One set of instructions for an inherited trait

10%

Only ___ of the energy levels is transferred to the next level

Niobium

Nitrogen

Bacteria on plant roots convert nitrogen in atmosphere into nitrate ions (NO3-)(NO2-)

Nitrogen in atmosphere is inert N2 Gas which is not reactive (can't use)`

Anoxia

No oxygen

pauli exclusion principle

No two electrons in an atom can have the same four quantum numbers; thus, a maximum of two electrons can occupy a given orbital

Nobelium

Glassy

Non-ordered solid rock texture from rapid quenching. No visible crystals

abiotic

Nonliving; specifically, the nonliving components of an ecosystem, such as temperature, humidity, the mineral content of the soil, etc.

Peroxide

O2 2(negative)

Hydroxide

OH (negative)

urogenital orifice (male)

On the end of the penis where both urine and sperm exit

mammary papilla/teats

On the ventral surface of the rat. Only females have teats

keratin

One of a group of tough, fibrous proteins formed by certain epidermal tissues and especially abundant in skin, claws, hair, feathers, and hooves.

Sex chromosome

One of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual

Plumbous

Pb 2(positive)

Plumbic

Pb 4(positive)

sacral region/sacrum

Pelvic girdle

Philo farnsworth

Phosphorus

Name this particle or class of particle: Quantum of light

Photons

If,then

Phrases that are used for hypothesis

Niels Bohr

Physicist who arranged electrons in defined shells

Ampere

Physicist who invented the solenoid

Endocrine system

Pituitary gland

Conic sections are so called because they can be described as the intersection of a certain shape with a double cone: Name that shape.

Plane

Radian

Plane Angle

Venus

Planet in solar system closest in size to earth

Mercury

Planet with the greatest range of temperatures?

Mercury

Planet with the thinnest atmosphere

Wind, water, animal, tension, fire

Plants can disperse seeds by (5)

Mesophytes

Plants with average water needs

Sterols

Plasma membrane contains ___ that make the cell membrane more stiff

Platinum

Pleochroism

Pleochroism is an optical phenomenon in which a substance appears to be different colors when observed at different angles with polarized light.

Plutonium

Apogee

Point in space where something is furthest from the object it orbits

Epithelial cells are __ they have very distinct sides

Polar

Polonium

Name this particle or class of particle: Antiparticle of an electron

Positrons

Potassium

Watt

Power

Praseodymium

Femto

Prefix for 10^-15

Pascal

Pressure

Type of epithelial tissue Protects whole body inside and out. Lines of the outside of the body along with lining the inner cavities of the body.

Primary epithelium

Orogeny

Process of mountain building

Radium ion

Ra 2(positive)

Becquerel

Radioactivity

Radium

Radon

Power

Rate at which work is done

Desert

Really dry areas with little rain. Usually inland and blocked from bodies of water by mountain ranges.

Refractive index of a vacuum

Thyroid

Regulates growth and metabolism. On the trachea right above the Thymus

Thoracic cavity

Related to the area above (anterior) the ribcage

abdominal cavity

Related to the area below (posterior) the ribcage

transverse

Relating to the plane separating anterior and posterior

Spinal cord

Relays impulses between the brain and other parts of the body. Runs down the middle of the body

desalination

Removal of dissolved salts from seawater

Research must be ___, ____, ____, ____

Replicable, falsifiable, precise, and parsimonious.

Sexual reproduction

Reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite, producing offspring that share traits from both parents

Asexual reproduction

Reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring indent oval to itself

Low pitch noise is caused by...

Result of longer waves with a lower fluctuation

High pitch noise is caused by...

Result of shorter waves moving in and out more quickly

Rhenium

Rhodium

Skeletal system

Rib cage

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present in all loving cells and that plays a role in protein production

Gatling gun

Richard Gatling

Nervous system

Spinal cord

Ammonites

Spiral-shaped mollusk fossils living in the late paleozoic and mezozoic eras

Transverse plane/horizontal plane

Splits the body horizontally into top and bottom

Coronal plane/frontal plane

Splits the body vertically into front and back

cervix

Right above the vagina, Below the uterus

urethral orifice

Right above the vaginal orifice. Where urine exits in the females

Muscle

Right below bladder and above the Urethra. Controls when the bladder/urethra opens and closes

Gall bladder

Right below the liver. Stores bile

Stomach

Right of the liver. Breaks down food

Steam boat

Robert Fulton

Rockets and liquid fuel

Robert Goddard

A-bombs

Robert Oppenheimer

Artificial heart

Robert jarvik

Windshield wipers

Robert kerms

Sedimentary

Rock composed from the weathering, transportation and compaction of sediments.

Igneous

Rock created through the cooling of molten materials.

Roentgenium

Rubidium

Ruthenium

Rutherfordium

Tesla

SI unit for magnetic field

Henry

SI unit of inductance

Joule (J)

SI unit of work

Samarium

Colt revolver

Samuel colt

Morse code

Samuel morse

Distance(type of quantity)

Scalar quantity

Speed (type of quantity)

Scalar quantity

Scandium

Tribology

Science of friction lubrication & lubricants?

Selenide

Se 2(negative)

Transgression

Sea level rise is called _______________

Seaborgium

Maxwell's demon, which would selectively allow more energetic particles to accumulate one on side of barrier, is a violation of it, as would be a 100% efficient engine and a refrigerator that required no work to cool. This law states that the total entropy of the universe must always increase.

Second law of thermodynamics

Selenium

Tibia

Shin

Deltoids

Shoulder muscles

Silicon

Silver

Frazil

Spongy ice crystals on rivers

Type of shape of an epithelial tissue. Flat and looks kinda squished. Name means scales. They're good for fast absorption and diffusion, usually forming thin membranes. Have a flat nucleus.

Squamous

Paragon

Term used by jewelers to describe a diamond of art least 100 carats?

Type of layering of an epithelial tissue. Just one layer of cells

Simple epithelium

Tan x

Sin x ------- Cos x

Long multinuclear parallel cells with striations running perpendicular to the fibers. A type of muscle tissue. Voluntary movement

Skeletel Muscle tissue

Integumentary system

Skin

Skeletal system

Skull

Butte

Smal table-like landform with steep vertical sides and flat top.

Digestive system

Small intestine

Capillaries

Small veins that carry blood

Crux

Smallest constellation

A type of muscle tissue. Short tapered cells with no striations. Usually lines areas like the uterus and urinary tracts. Involuntary movement. Uninucleate with a tight packing.

Smooth muscle tissue

Stannous

Sn 2(positive)

Stannic

Sn 4(positive)

Sodium

Lead and tin

Solder is melted to join metals, solder is an alloy of what 2 elements?

Steradian

Solid Angle

deep

Some distance below the surface

4600 million

Some scientists believe the earth is how many millions of years old?

20 kilohertz

Sound has to have over what frequency for it to be called ultrasound?

Answer these questions about medicine and the military:Widespread personnel movements in World War I caused a pandemic of what disease, killing at least 50 million people?

Spanish flu or influenza

right/left

Specimen's right and left

Stalagmites

Speleothems that grow up from the cave floor

Name of a psychologist that led his subjects to believe that they were giving painful electric shocks to other people. Many people consider this experiment unethical because it caused the subjects emotional discomfort.

Stanley Milgram

Desktop computer

Steve Wozneik

Apple

Steve jobs

Digestive system

Stomach

Type of layering of an epithelial tissue. Has multiple layers set on top of each other like bricks

Stratified

One form of this condition can cause persistent hiccups in Wallenberg syndrome. When this condition affects the basilar [BAY-sih-lur] system, it can cause locked-in syndrome. This condition is the leading cause of (*) aphasias [uh-FAY-zhuh]. The "hemorrhagic" [hem-uh-RAJ-ik] type of this condition can be caused by hypertension, while "ischemic" [ih-SKEE-mik] types can cause one-sided paralysis. For 10 points—name this condition in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted

Strokes

Strontium

Proximal

Structures closer to the main trunk of the body

Medial

Structures closer to the middle of the body

Distal

Structures farther away from the main trunk of the body

Lateral

Structures farther away from the middle of the body

Stomata

Structures that can close to keep the water in when dry

Algology

Study of algae

Baryon

Subatomic particle made of 3 quarks

Mesons

Subatomic particles made of quark-antiquark pairs

Sulfur

Basalt

Surface rock that comprises the majority of the earth's crust in the area beneath the oceans

Integumentary system

Sweat glands

Urinary

System contains organs that produce, collect, and eliminate urine from the body

Muscular

System controls movement of the body, the organs, and the beating of the heart. Maintains posture through steady contraction and generates heart through cell metabolism

Endocrine

System of glands that help body functions by the release of hormones that regulate growth, development, and homeostasis

Integumentary system

System provides covering, cooling, and protection for the body. Ex. skin

Name this particle or class of particle: Hypothetical particle that travels faster than light

Tachyons

Coccygeal region

Tailbone

Coccyx

Tailbone

Tantalum

Telluride

Te 2(negative)

Technetium

incisors

Teeth for cutting

Tellurium

Celsius

Temperature

Resonance

Tendency of a system to oscillate at greater amplitudes at some frequencies than others

Terbium

Reproductive system

Testes

Shield

The Hawaiian Islands are an example of what type of volcano?

Keyboards

The IBM model m and the particularly high regarded example of this type of device, they sometimes use the Devorak layout, but the most popular arrangement for them was designed by Christopher Scholes and is deliberately inefficient to avoid jamming.

Earth - like planets

The Kepler Mission i s helping NASA find what?

Active transport

The November of substances across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy

volt (1 volt = 1 joule* per coulomb*)

The SI* unit of electrical potential

Thermoregulation

The ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries (range of tolerance)

Mycelium

The mass of fungal filaments, or hyphae, that forms the body of a fungus

iPhone 5

The announcement of this objects existence hinted at by a shadow on invitations to an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the arts. Disputes over strict quality control demands threatened production by the fox conn facility that manufactures it. This device comes with ear pods that introduced the lightning connector as well as a longer screen and then it's predecessors or the 4S for 10 points name this latest version of Apple's cell phone product.

Parallax

The apparent change in position of two objects viewed from different locations.

Technology

The application of science for practical purposes; the use of tools, machines, materials, and processes to meet human needs

Structure

The arrangement of parts in an organism

Moisture, temperature, wind, light, soil, nutrients, Cycles (SPONCH)

The big seven abiotic factors

Bioremediation

The biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms

Pituitary gland

The body's master gland, Controls the growth of the body and the function of other glands. In the brain, left of the pineal gland

Fermentation

The breakdown of food without the use of oxygen

urethra

The canal within the penis through which semen is discharged

Cellulose

The cell wall is made out of _____

Uterus

The chamber in the female in which the new individual will develop before birth. Above the cervix, fallopian tubes are attached/lead to it

Precession

The change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body.

Andesitic

The class of rock which crystallizes from silicate minerals at intermediate temperatures. Include andesite and diorite. 57 to 63% SiO2

Mafic

The class of rock which crystallizes from silicate minerals at relatively high temperatures. Often referred to as basaltic.

Felsic

The class of rock which crystallizes from silicate minerals at relatively low temperatures and with relatively high percentage of silica.

Ultramafic

The class of rock which crystallizes from silicate minerals at the highest temperatures.It includes peridotite and komatiite.

Streak

The color of a finely powdered mineral is called?

Specific gravity

The comparison of the density of an object to water.

Bow shock wave

The compressed wave that forms in front of a spacecraft or satellite as it moves rapidly through Earth's atmosphere; more generally, any such wave that forms between an object and a fluid medium.

Cyclosis

The cytoplasm moves using this method

Osmosis

The diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane

Phototropism

The directional growth of plants in response to light

wavelength

The distance between crests of waves, such as those of the electromagnetic spectrum

Classification

The division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics

Cytokinesis

The division of the cytoplasm of a cell

Genotype

The entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits

Ablation

The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

Hooke's law

The extension of a spring is proportional to the load placed on it. Or, stress is directly proportional to strain.

Couloumb's law

The force between two electric charges is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them and directly proportional to the product of their charges.

Physiological thermoregulation

The functions of the body, generally can't be controlled (ex. shivering)

Paleozoic era

The geologic era that followed Precambrian time and that lasted from 543 million to 248 million years ago

Selective breeding

The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired characteristics

Plateau

The largest table-like landform.

Cell cycle

The life cycle of a cell

Probability

The likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event

Homeostasis

The maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment

Penis

The male organ through which sperm passes to the female. Left of the scrotum and contains the urethra

Phytoplankton

The microscopic photosynthetic organisms that flit near the surface of marine or fresh water

Carbon

The most important SPONCH element

Cenozoic era

The most recent geologic era, beginning 65 million years ago; also called the age of mammals

Phototaxis

The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light

Passive transport

The movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell

Diffusion

The movement or particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density

Mass Wasting

The moving of large amounts of matter under the influence of gravity.

Discriminant

The number of solutions of a quadratic equation can be determined by evaluating this expression, which for the equation is ax^2+bx+c=0 is computed as b^2-4ac

Heredity

The passing of a genetic traits from parent to offspring

Heredity

The passing of genetic traits from parent offspring

Generation time

The period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation

Precambrian time

The period in geologic time scale from the formation of the Earth to the beginning of the Paleozoic era, from about 4.6 billion to 543 million years ago

Bernoulli's principle

The pressure exerted by a fluid decreases as it's velocity increases.

Turgor pressure

The pressure of a swelled vacuole that allows plants to stand up

Pauli exclusion Principle

The principle in which states that no two identical fermions can occupy the same quantum state.

Endoctysis

The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and enclosed the particle in a vehicle to bring the particle into the cell

Cellular respiration

The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

Natural selection

The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successful than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution

Photosynthesis

The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make food

Exocytosis

The process in which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle and then moved to tell cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane

Evolution

The process in which inherited characteristic within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise

Bioaccumulation

The process whereby an increasing amount of pollutants are concentrated in the cells of plants and animals.

Bioluminescence

The production of light by a living creature. Can be used to attract and avoid

Graham's law

The rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of it's molar mass.

Fossil

The remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geological processes

Taxonomy

The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms

Cell

The smallest unit that can perform all life processes; cells are covered by a membrane and have DNA cytoplasm

Solid Solution

The solid state of one or more solutes in a solvent. Example: white gold.

Henry's law

The solubility of the gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas.

Function

The special, normal, or proper activity of an organ or part

Homo sapiens

The species of hominids that includes modern humans and their closest ancestors and that first appeared about 100,000 to 160,000

Charles law

The volume of a gas is directly proportional to temperature if pressure is held constant.

Boyles law

The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure if temperature is held constant.

Synthesis

There are many pairs of reactants which combine to give a single product. The reactions happen when it is energetically favorable to do so.

Law of Conservation of Mass

There is no detectable change in the total mass during a chemical reaction.

Kelvin

Thermodynamic Temperature

Detrital

They are rocks formed from pieces of pre-existing rocks or organic debris.

Cuticles

Thick waxy ___ to keep water in (succulensts, cacti)

Quadriceps

Thigh muscles

What is fascia?

Thin sheath of fibrous tissue enclosing a muscle or other organ

Edmond Halley

This British astronomer correctly predicted that a comet would appear 16 years after his death, that comet with a 76 year period now bears his name.

Mount Fuji

This active strata volcano last erupted in 1707 and is one of Japan's three holy mountains.

Antarctica

This geographical feature has its lowest point at Bentley trench. A lake here lies under Vostok station. Mt. Erebus is found on Ross Island off it's coast, between Marie Byrd and Victoria lands.

Vagina

This is the birth canal. Below the cervix, opening to the outside. Lowest

Decomposition

This is when one compound breaks into more parts.

Matterborn

This mountain is one of the four highest peaks in the Alps and is also one of the deadliest to climb. It's name derives from the German words for meadow and peak.

Andes

This mountain range is home to the threatened spectacle bear, and large silver mines were found near this range's city of Potosi. The farthest point on the surface from earth center is this ranges Chimborazo. Its highest peak is a Aconacagua, and it is home to Lake Titicaca.

curiosity rover

This object was delivered not with an inflatable airbag system like it's predecessor but with the sky crane system that was untested prior to its to play meant which is called the seven minutes of terror its arrival at Gale crater on August 6, 2012 was observed by the Odyssey orbiter

Two

This of the largest number of solutions a quadratic equation may have.

Nervous

This system relays electrical impulses to and from the brain. Controls and the actions and reactions of the body in response to stimuli from the environment

Calorie

This unit has Gram and kilogram types depending on the amount of water used to define it. It's name is based on the Latin word for heat the gram type is a little over four Jules a unit that has in many contexts become a more common unit of energy.

Mont Blanc

This white mountain is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe, and the European nation.

Light bulb

Thomas Edison

Swivel chair

Thomas Jefferson

Toilet

Thomas crapper

Thorium

Pharynx

Throat

Thulium

Endocrine system

Thyroid gland

Second

Time

Tin

Titanium

A supergiant and a white dwarf

To get a nova, you need a binary star consisting of...

ventral

Toward the belly

Toward the head

posterior

Toward the hind end (tail)

lateral

Toward the sides

Dorsal

Towards the back

Inferior/Caudal

Towards the bottom of the body, near the feet

Superior/Cranial

Towards the top of the body, near the head

Respiratory system

Trachea

Convection

Transfer of heat from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature

Locomotive

Trevick

True

True or False: A disadvantage of being warm-blooded is that it is a great environment for bacteria and viruses such as Ebola

False

True or False: Animals and plants can take up oxygen directly from the air

True

True or False: Some plants can disperse seeds by "shooting" them or tension

False

True or False: Warm blooded animals are always cooler than cold-blooded animals

C. Transpiration

True or False: Water is lost to the abiotic parts of the biosphere from the biotic parts by the process of____

False

True or False: Wind is one of the least used methods of seed dispersal

False

True or False: a hydrophyte is a animal that needs lots of water

True

True or False:A xerophyte is a plant that would be seen in the desert

True

True or False:Percolation is a natural way of purifying or cleansing the water

False

True or False:When DNA replication is finished each one has two completely new strands

Tungsten

Answer the following about British artist Antony Gormley: Field won Gormley the 1994 iteration of this prize awarded annually to a British artist under 50. Its 4 shortlisted artists typically exhibit pieces in a show at Tate Britain.

Turner Prize

Ferdinand Magellan

Two dwarf galaxies visible from the Southern Hemisphere are named for this explorer who didn't discover them, but documented them in 1519.

Biceps

Two heads, Anterior portion of the upper arm

Lungs

Two lobes that the transfer of carbon dioxide and oxygen take place. Part of the respiratory system, it removes carbon dioxide from the blood and adds oxygen in its place

Strike - slip

Type of fault is California's San Andreas Fault

Ohm

Unit of resistance

Volt

Unit that measures electric potential differences

Uuo

Ununoctium

Uup

Ununpentium

Uus

Ununseptium

Uut

Ununtrium

Bladder

Uppermost organ in diagram. Stores urine

Uranium

Urethra

Urinary exit. Below the bladder and the muscle

Reproductive system

Uterus

Vanadium

Displacement (type of quantity)

Vector quantity

Velocity (type of quantity)

Vector quantity

Circulatory system

Veins

anus

Ventral to the base of the tail

Phytoplankton

Very small free floating aquatic plants that get energy from the sung

Trilobites

Very successful anthropods that dominated marine life in the paleozoic era

This quantity can generally be ignored in regions outside the boundary layer, but ignoring it completely gives rise to D'Alembert's [dal-um-"bare's"] paradox. equations reduce to the (*) Euler [OY-lur] equations. from this property, then the Reynolds number is large. fluid's resistance to flow.

Viscosity

Larynx

Voice box

Nylon

Wallace Carothers

Up, Strange, and Top

What are the 3 positively charged quarks?

Volcanoes

What are these examples of? Mount St. Helens, Mount Vesuvius, or maybe the lava caldera of Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

France

What country generated the largest percentage of its electricity from nuclear energy in 2011?

Battery

What did Alessandro Volta invent?

Black Holes

What did the Hubble Space craft find are probably common to the centers of all galaxies?

Trees

What do swamps have that marshes do not?

Interference

What happens when waves overlap each other

Batholith

What igneous formation is usually seen in the core of folded mountains

White dwarf

What kind of star is found inside a planetary nebula?

Yellow Dwarf

What kind of star is our sun

Crescent

What phase of the moon comes after the invisible new moon phase?

Terminal moraine

What's the pile of debris at the toe of a glacier called?

Double Substitution

When a reaction appears to exchange parts of the reactants. Another name used for such reactions is "metathesis reactions".

Single Substitution

When a reaction involves an element which displaces another in a compound. The name "displacement reaction" is also used.

Crepuscular

When animals are active at dawn and at dusk

Biomagnification

When contaminants increase at each step of the food chain

Sands/shales

Where is most of the oil produced?

Lymphatic/immune system

White blood cells

Fermi

Who built 1st nuclear reactor in 1942

Fred Hoyle

Who coined the term "big bang"?

Democritus

Who concluded matter consists of indivisible particle

James Hutton

Who is known as the "father of modern geology?"

Copernicus

Who proposed the Heliocentric theory?

Christa McAuliffe (teacher who died in Challenger disaster)

Who was the 1st civilian in space

Principles of Physiological Psychology (literature)

Wilhelm Wundt

Electrometer

William Harris

Air conditioner

Willis carrier

Pacemaker

Wilson greatbatch

Trachea

Windpipe

Zipper

Wit come jetson

Pyroclastic

Word used by geologists to describe materials in a fiery cloud (nuee ardente)

Joule

Work, Energy

Lymphatic

Works with circulatory system to transport fluids and filter out bacteria and other foreign invaders

Coal

World's most abundant fossil fuel

Airplane

Wright brothers

Carpels

Wrist

Xenon

Ytterbium

Yttrium

Name this particle or class of particle: Neutral particle that mediates the weak interaction with the W+ and W-

Z boson

Zinc

Atoll

a ring or partial ring of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea

protoplasm

all contents of the cell

50-75 trillion

amount of cells in a human

Many metallic hydroxides also demonstrate this property, in which they will both accept and donate electron pairs in solution. Zinc oxide also has this property.

amphoteric

web

animals are interconnected in a complex web of life. Changes on one part of the web will effect other parts of the web and the stability of the entire ecosystem.

Esophagus

behind the windpipe, leads to the stomach. Part of the digestive system, it contracts to push food into the stomach

pulley

block & tackle is another name for what simple machine

veins (color, direction)

blue and towards the heart

Oddly, this element's hydroxide salt is only an acid, and not a base. A bridging hydrogen atom can link two atoms of this element together using only two total electrons in a complex similar to many carbocations.

boron

After leaving this region, impulses travel along namesake left and right branches running along the interventricular septum. For 10 points each: [10] Identify this set of cardiac muscle cells that transmits electrical impulses to the Purkinje fibers.

bundle of His

At small angles of displacement, pendulums closely approximate this type of system: Pencil and paper ready. An oscillator is described by the second-order differential equation m times d-squared-x over d-t-squared, plus c times d-x over d-t, plus k times x, equals 0. What is the discriminant of the characteristic equation for this oscillator?

c squared minus 4 times m times k

The English word "pecuniary" derives from the Latin word pecus for these creatures, indicating that much of the ancient world regarded these animals as a visible sign of wealth. For 10 points each: [10] Name these livestock animals. Herding these creatures was the primary occupation of the Argentine gauchos.

cattle [or cows; or bulls; or oxen]

acid rain

caused by Nitrogen and Sulfur dioxides

Like all Gram-positive bacteria, species of genus Bacillus have a thick layer of peptidoglycan in this outermost protective structure which surrounds the cell membrane and is absent in animals.

cell wall

This quantity is added to the product of permittivity and electric field to produce the electric displacement field: The negative divergence of the polarization vector gives the "bound" version of the density of this quantity. The SI unit for this quantity is the Coulomb.

charge density

Thoracic region

chest

The phrase "begging the question" originally referred to arguments with this property: Name this property of arguments whose conclusion must be assumed as a premise to prove that very same conclusion.

circular arguments

Proximal

closest to the point of origin of a body part

Clavicle

collar bone

The worst assumption of the McCabe-Thiele method is that this quantity is constant and identical for each component: At this point, the heat of vaporization goes to zero, because it is no longer possible to distinguish between liquids and vapors.

critical point

1 + cot^2 x

csc^2 x

At small angles of displacement, pendulums closely approximate this type of system: The effect of this force on an oscillator's magnitude is determined by the discriminant of the characteristic equation for the system. An oscillator approaches zero amplitude fastest when the coefficient of this force is equal to the oscillator's resonant frequency.

damping force

Olgiotrophic

describes a lake or river with low productivity

What structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?

diaphragm

This quantity is added to the product of permittivity and electric field to produce the electric displacement field: The charges in these highly polarizable materials align to reduce the electric field in their interior. Inserting this type of insulator between the parallel plates of a capacitor increases the capacitance.

dielectrics

This quantity is added to the product of permittivity and electric field to produce the electric displacement field: Name this vector equal to the dipole moment per unit volume in a solid. In linear materials, the electric susceptibility describes how this quantity appears in response to an electric field.

electric polarization density

Brown Dwarfs

failed stars - they lack enough energy to be true stars but are also too massive and hot to be planets.

Impulses traveling to the bundle of His, and across the left and right bundle branches, correspond to the PR interval observed in the readout of this medical technique, which places ten electrodes on the chest and limbs of a patient to monitor their heart's electrical activity.

electrocardiogram

The worst assumption of the McCabe-Thiele method is that this quantity is constant and identical for each component: By the Clapeyron equation, the derivative of vapor pressure with respect to temperature equals this quantity over the change in volume. This quantity equals the heat of vaporization divided by the boiling point.

entropy

Intravenously-administered arginine stimulates the secretion of this hormone, whose receptor is antagonized by pegvisomant and is unresponsive in Laron syndrome: Growth hormone is also released during times of stress, much like this catecholamine that controls the fight-or- flight response with norepinephrine.

epinephrine

Yttrium is the first element in the second row of transition metals: Yttrium is also used in YAG [yag] lasers; the 'G' in YAG stands for this class of hard silicate minerals that can be used as abrasives.

garnet

very acidic

What structures are found in the thoracic cavity?

heart, thymus gland, bronchial tubes, lungs

The worst assumption of the McCabe-Thiele method is that this quantity is constant and identical for each component: Name this quantity which is divided by the gas constant in the most common formulation of the Clausius- Clapeyron equation. This latent heat is low for volatile compounds.

heat of vaporization

8 mintues

how long does it take sunlight to reach the earth

how many major nuclear power plant disasters have there been

430

how many nuclear power reactors are there globally

Intravenously-administered arginine stimulates the secretion of this hormone, whose receptor is antagonized by pegvisomant and is unresponsive in Laron syndrome: Name this oft-abused hormone produced in the anterior pituitary whose secretion is inhibited by somatostatin. As the name might suggest, it is underproduced in many kinds of dwarfism, and overproduced in gigantism.

human growth hormone

The phrase "existence precedes essence" came from a lecture likening existentialism to this kind of philosophy, which lauds the power and dignity of individual people. A Renaissance philosophy of this name involved deep study of classical texts.

humanism

The solubility of complexes with this ligand are pH-dependent. For 10 points each: [10] Name this anion which bonds to alkali and alkaline earth metals in many strong bases.

hydroxide

Leo

in what constellation would you find Regulus?

very basic

The phrase "begging the question" originally referred to arguments with this property: The "Third Man" argument in Plato's Parmenides is this type of objection, which posits that a justified claim needs a second-order justification for its justification, that the second-order justification itself needs a third-order justification, and so on.

infinite regress argument

In some cases, performing this operation on a B-Tree requires elements to be partitioned according to a median and then split. In a Red-Black Tree, this operation is followed by at most two additional tree rotations. Geometric expansion is used to ensure that this operation has an amortized constant time in Java's ArrayList. A sorting algorithm named for this operation considers the element at position i in the loop and then sequentially swaps that element with any (*) already sorted entries in the array that it is less than. After performing this operation with a node X in a linked list, the head may now point to X. This operation is equivalent to a push in Java's Stack implementation. For 10 points, name this operation of adding an item to a data structure.

insertion

What structures are found in the abdominal cavity?

large intestine, coelom, liver, esophagus, stomach, spleen, pancreas, small intestine, cecum rectum

What is the largest organ?

liver

The genes KAPP and WUS regulate the complex CLV signaling pathway maintaining a balance between four cell groups in one type of this tissue: Name these tissues consisting of undifferentiated cells in plants. The "apical" variety can be found at the tips of roots and shoots.

meristems

Marble

metamorphized rock with its parent rock from limestone and dolomite.

Quartzite

metamorphized rock with its parent rock from quartz sandstone.

Schist

metamorphized rock with its parent rock from shale, granitic and volcanic rocks. (course grained micacious minerals)

Gneiss

metamorphized rock with its parent rock from shale, granitic and volcanic rocks. (course grained non-micacious minerals)

Phyllite

metamorphized rock with its parent rock from shale. (fine to medium grained)

Slate

metamorphized rock with its parent rock from shale. (very fine grained)

Estuary

where the river meets the sea or ocean

natural gas

which fossil fuel has no odor

Mouth

mouth

N-gon: number of diagonals

n(n-3) --------- 2

cretaceous jurassic triassic

name 3 periods of the Mesozoic Era

water table

name for the boundary b/w zone of aeration and zone of saturation

Give the following about things named for Isaac Newton:Newton's second law of motion states that this physical quantity equals mass times acceleration.

net Force

neutral or very little PH

naris

nose/ Nasal cavity

1-14

number PH scale goes to

superficial

on or near the surface

The conduction system of the heart originates at the sinoatrial node, which is given this nickname for its ability to generate rhythmic impulses by contracting. A medical device with this name is implanted into the heart and generates those impulses artificially.

pacemaker

The genes KAPP and WUS regulate the complex CLV signaling pathway maintaining a balance between four cell groups in one type of this tissue: Primary meristems may differentiate into this form of thin-walled ground tissue, which remains meristematic after differentiation and forms the mesophyll in leaves.

parenchyma

The Kelvin equation gives solubility as a function of this property. Dynamic light scattering is used to measure this quantity, which continuously increases due to Ostwald ripening. The mean free path is proportional to the negative second power of this quantity. This property of a polymer is determined using chromatography where a gel is the stationary phase. The cross section in (*) collision theory is roughly the sum of this quantity for the molecules. The difference between a colloid and a suspension is this property for the particles. The b term in the van der Waals equation accounts for this property, countering the ideal gas law's assumption that this property for gas molecules is zero. For 10 points, name this quantity which is small for particles that pass through a filter.

particle size

Xerophytes

plants which grow in dry environments

Hydrophytes

plants which grow in water

Intravenously-administered arginine stimulates the secretion of this hormone, whose receptor is antagonized by pegvisomant and is unresponsive in Laron syndrome: The hypothalamus regulates growth hormone production by secreting GHRH, which then travels through the "hypophyseal" type of this kind of blood vessel system, in which a capillary bed pools to another capillary bed through veins without going through the heart. Another one supplies the liver.

portal venous system

albedo

portion of incoming solar radiation reflected by the earth's surface is called _______________

Exa

prefix for 10¹⁸

Answer the following about proof techniques: This common proof technique involves assuming that a statement is true, and then showing that it would lead to a known falsehood, meaning the original statement cannot be true.

proof by contradiction

For 10 points each, answer the following about proof techniques. This common proof technique involves assuming that a statement is true, and then showing that it would lead to a known falsehood, meaning the original statement cannot be true.

proof by contradiction

Pulsars

rapidly spinning neutron stars that give off bursts of radio waves at regular intervals.

arteries (color, direction)

red and away from the heart

pectoral

relating to the chest and shoulder region

pelvic

relating to the hip region

sagittal

relating to the midplane with bisects the left and right sides

rib cage

A bacterium with this shape uses the siderophore proteins IsdX1 and IsdX2 to scavenge heme from hemoglobin, and can unusually synthesize a polyglutamate protein capsule. Identify this shape of the causative agents of "fried rice syndrome," and anthrax, and other members of the genus Bacillus. The three most common bacterial morphologies are twisted, spherical, and this shape.

rod-shaped

Louis Pasteur

scientist who create pasteurizing and figured out about no oxygen environments in which bacteria thrived.

Francesco redi

scientist who disproved abiogenesis

1 + tan^2 x

sec^2 x

Terminal Moraine

sediment at the ends of the glacier

Lateral Moraine

sediment at the sides of the glacier

Shale

sedimentary rock with its parent sediment is silt and clay sized material

Conic sections are so called because they can be described as the intersection of a certain shape with a double cone: The polar form for a conic whose focus is the pole involves the eccentricity and this other parameter, which is half the length of the chord that passes through the focus and lies perpendicular to the major axis

semi-latus rectum

Scapula

shoulder blade

At small angles of displacement, pendulums closely approximate this type of system: Name this type of physical system, exemplified by a mass on a spring, in which the restoring force is directly proportional to displacement.

simple harmonic oscillator

Cranium

skull

Deflection of starlight was observed by William Wallace Campbell while he was observing one of these events at the Lick Observatory. Walter Grotrian and Bengt Edlen found that the green emission line found as a result of these events was not actually a new element, but was instead highly ionized iron. Arthur Eddington experimentally confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity using one of these events in 1919. While working in Madras, Pierre (*) Janssen used one of these events to discover the element helium. The "annular" type of this event occurs when a disk surrounds the occluding body. For 10 points, name these events during which the corona becomes visible because the moon is in front of the sun.

solar eclipse

catalyst

something that triggers or increases the rate of a chemical reaction

Hyposonic

sound frequencies below 20 Hz

Vertebrae

spine

The genes KAPP and WUS regulate the complex CLV signaling pathway maintaining a balance between four cell groups in one type of this tissue: Meristematic cells are often compared to these undifferentiated animal cells, which have different levels of potency, such as totipotent and pluripotent, and broadly come in "adult" and "embryonic" forms.

stem cells

The phrase "begging the question" originally referred to arguments with this property: This other type of flawed logical statement must always be true, since it equates a thing to itself without providing any further information. "All squares are square" is an example of one these statements.

tautology

Amplitude

the difference between the high and low pressures created in the air by the sound wave

Col

the lowest point of a ridge connecting two mountain peaks, often constituting a pass

Frequency (related to sound waves)

the number of waves that pass a certain point in a given time frame

Geomorphology

the scientific field that investigates how landforms are formed on the Earth (and other planets)

Femur

thigh

Zooplankton

tiny animals that cannot make their own food. They eat phytoplankton

caudal

toward the tail end

Endothermy

warm blooded

blue

what color is ball lightning?

water vapor

what gas makes up more than half the gas that spews from a volcano

composite

what type of volcano is mount saint helens

mid-ocean ridges

where is most of the earth's crust being created

Consider the polynomial x4 ["x to the fourth"] minus 1:What is the indefinite integral of x4 minus 1?

x5/5 - x 1/5 x^5 - x

Consider the polynomial x4 ["x to the fourth"] minus 1:It can be factored over the real numbers into three binomials. What is the binomial with the largest degree?

x^2 +1

Answer these questions about medicine and the military: A U.S. Army doctor, Walter Reed, confirmed Carlos Finlay's theory that what disease was transmitted by Aedes [ay-EE-deez] mosquitoes?

Science bowl- Life Science

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