JV - Science Flashcards by Andrew Berding

Science (Physical Science): What type of reaction releases heat?

Exothermic (also accept Exergonic)

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What type of cells can change into many other types of cells, and, for this purpose, are useful in many medical treatments?

Stem Cells

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Science (Chemistry): What term is given to the relative tendency of an atom to attract electrons to itself when bonded to another atom?

Electronegativity

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Science (Physical Science): What is the term for the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time?

Frequency

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): Veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart. What carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues?

Arteries

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Science (Chemistry): What type of reaction is aluminum phosphate plus potassium yielding potassium phosphate plus aluminum?

Single Replacement

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Science (Physical Science): What is the tendency of any object to resist a change in its state of motion called?

Inertia

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What structure connects the placenta to the fetus?

Umbilical Cord

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Science (Chemistry): What is the state in which electrons are at their lowest possible energy level?

Ground (State)

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Science (Physical Science): What is the term for a material that is a poor conductor of heat and electricity?

Insulator (also accept Insulation)

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What term refers to a change in a gene that produces a changed inherited trait?

Mutation

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Science (Chemistry): Who is given credit for the development of the Atomic Theory?

John Dalton

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Science (Physical Science): What are the dissolved molecules in a solvent in a given solution?

Solute

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What is the term that describes the growth of plant organs in response to the stimulus of sunlight?

Phototropism

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Science (Chemistry): In chemistry, what name is given to the solid that separates out of a solution?

Precipitate

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Science (Physical Science): What is the vector quantity for speed?

Velocity

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What is the type of hibernation that occurs during the summer?

Estivation

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Science (Chemistry): How much volume, in liters, would .5 mol of gaseous peanut butter and jelly sandwiches occupy at STP?

11.2 L

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Science (Physical Science): Define the measure of the gravitational force acting on an object.

Weight

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What taxonomic category level is above the class level?

Phylum

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Science (Chemistry): In stoichiometry (stoy-kee-YAH-mih-tree), what are the numbers preceding participants in a reaction that show their molar ratios?

Coefficient

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Science (Physical Science): Who is credited for creating the first periodic table?

(Dmitri) Mendeleev (men-dih-LAY-ev)

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What name is given to a solution that resists a change in its pH even when a strong acid or base is added to it?

Buffer (also accept Buffered Solution)

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Science (Physical Science): Name the natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

Fossil Fuel

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Science (Biology/Anatomy): What is the term given to the length of time from conception to birth in mammals?

Gestation Period

Science (Chemistry): What is the name given to elements that have different forms such as oxygen gas and ozone gas?

Allotropes

Science (Physical Science): What is the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half its original value?

Half-life

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Name the scientist often called “The Father of Modern Genetics” for his study of pea plants.

(Gregor) Mendel

Science (Chemistry): Name the rapid combination of oxygen with another substance producing light or heat.

Combustion (also accept Burning)

Science (Physical Science): What type of heat transfer occurs through a solid or stationary fluid?

Conduction

Science (Biology/Anatomy): What is the name for the fluid that surrounds the developing embryo in mammals, birds, and reptiles?

Amniotic (Fluid)

Science (Chemistry): Which letters designate the first four energy levels of an atom?

S, P, D, F

Science (Physical Science): What type of rocks undergo a physical change due to extreme heat and pressure?

Metamorphic

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Mitochondria has been widely called the powerhouse of the cell for its large role in the production of what high-energy molecule?

ATP

Science (Chemistry): Convert 15 degrees Celsius to Kelvins.

288 Kelvins (do not accept 288 Degrees kelvin, Kelvins are not measured in degrees)

Science (Physical Science): What is the geological term for hardened tree sap?

Amber

Science (Biology/Anatomy): What structure in plant cells regularly occupies up to 90% of the total volume of the cell?

Vacuole

Science (Chemistry): What type of mixture has a uniform composition throughout?

Homogeneous (huh-MAH-jin-iss)

Science (Physical Science): What is the layer of atmosphere where weather occurs called?

Troposphere

Science (Biology/Anatomy): What bone touches no other bone in the human body?

Hyoid

Science (Chemistry): Which measure shows how exact a measurement is, regardless of how close it may be to the true value?

Precision (do not accept Accuracy)

Science (Physical Science): What do you call a material that can be broken down by living things into simpler chemicals?

Biodegradable

Science (Biology/Anatomy): In biology, what is the largest number of organisms a given environment can sustain?

Carrying Capacity

Science (Chemistry): The number of which subatomic particle in the nucleus of a substance identifies which element it is?

Protons

Science (Physical Science): What is the layer of the atmosphere closest to earth called?

Troposphere

Science (Biology/Anatomy): What term is defined as the specific sequence in which organisms obtain energy in an ecosystem?

Food chain, food web, or food pyramid

Science (Chemistry): Give the term used to describe a solution of a metal in another metal.

Alloy

Science (Physical Science): Name 3 of the 4 layers of the earth.

Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, and Crust

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Identify the astronomical term for the nuclear explosion of a giant star.

Supernova

Science (Chemistry): What type of chemical reaction is shown in the following generic equation: A plus BX yields AX plus B?

Single Replacement (also accept single replacement)

Science (Physical Science): Which rock, common in Kansas, is formed from calcium carbonate and is commonly used in the making of cement?

Limestone

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Name the two bones that compose the human forearm.

Radius and Ulna

Science (Chemistry): What is the pH of pure water?

Science (Physical Science): What is the name of the interaction of the Earth's magnetic field with the wind of electrically charged particles from the sun?

Aurora

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Which cell organelle only exists in plants and uses sunlight to make food in photosynthesis?

Chloroplast

Science (Chemistry): What is the term for a substance that lowers the activation energy of a reaction, which often ends up speeding up the reaction?

Catalyst

Science (Biology/Anatomy): What type of symbiotic relationship is characterized by one organism being harmed and the other benefitting?

Parasitic or parasitism or parasite

Science (Chemistry): What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy the second energy level?

Eight

Science (Physical Science): Name the type of chemical reaction in which a complex substance breaks down into two or simpler substances.

Decomposition (Reaction)

Science (Biology/Anatomy): If pink flowers are dominant over white and you cross a homozygous pink plant with a plant producing white flowers, then what are the chances you will produce a plant with pink flowers?

100% or 4 of 4

Science (Chemistry): What is the name of the principle that states that it is impossible to know both the position and momentum of a particle?

Heisenburg Uncertainty (Principle)

Science (Physical Science): What quantity gives a relative measure of the average kinetic energy of molcules?

Temperature

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Name the scientist who wrote "I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection."

(Charles) Darwin

Science (Chemistry): What type of molecule has one region which is negative and another region which is positive?

dipole

Science (Physical Science): What is the vibration of an object at its natural frequency?

Resonance

Science (Biology/Anatomy): What part of the body is associated with the term nephrology?

Kidneys

Science (Chemistry): What is the formula for Calcium Chloride?

C A C L 2

Science (Physical Science): Name the term for the ability of plants or animals to restore or replace lost tissues.

Regeneration

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Name the organ, in the digestive system of earthworms and birds, modified for grinding food.

Gizzard

Science (Chemistry): What is the chemical formula for sodium hydroxide?

NaOH

Science (Physical Science): Give the name of the porous rocks, sand, or gravel that contain ground water.

Aquifer

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Calculate the percentage yield of a chemical reaction if the actual amount of product produced is 23 grams and the theoretical yield is 25 grams.

92%

Science (Chemistry): What type of molecule has one region which is negative and another region which is positive?

Dipole

Science (Physical Science): Name the scientist known for his law of partial pressures.

(John) Dalton

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Name two of the four lobes that each hemisphere of the human cranium is divided into.

frontal (lobe), occipital (lobe), temporal (lobe), parietal (lobe)

Science (Chemistry): What is the name of a group of covalently bonded atoms that act like a single ion when bonded to a metal in an ionic compound?

Polyatomic (Ion)

Science (Physical Science): What is the common name for the debilitating disease called ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)?

Lou Gehrig’s (Disease)

Science (Not Biology Oops): Give the name for the polyatomic ion N O three with a negative one charge.

nitrate (do not accept nitrite or nitride)

Science (Chemistry): What is the volume of a mole of any gas under STP conditions?

22.4 Liters

Science (Waaaaaves): What is the term for the pattern produced by two waves meeting in such a way that the crests overlap resulting in an increase in the amplitude?

Constructive Interference

Science (Chemistry): Give the formula for hydrochloric acid.

HCl

Science (Physical Science): Name two of the four planets in the solar system currently surrounded by at least one ring

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Science (Biology/Anatomy): Name the taxonomic classification between phylum and order.

Class

Science (Chemistry): List the letters that designate the different energy sublevels of an atom

s, p, d, f