IAC 2023-2024 Word Cheat Sheet 10-11 words

Question 1

________- John Dalton suggested that elements were made of tiny, solid balls called atoms. An _______ is the basic unit of matter. All normal matter,
everything that has mass, is made of ______. This includes solids, liquids, and gases.

Answer 1

Atom

Question 2

_______ is how many times a heart beats per minute (bpm). The average bpm for a man or women who does not exercise is 70 bpm. Heart rate varies between people because of fitness, age and genetics.

Answer 2

Heart rate

Question 3

___________ is one of the layers of the atmosphere of the planet Earth. It extends from about 8 km above the poles (18 km above the equator) to about 50 km. In the ______, the temperature rises with increasing height. This makes the _______ very stable. This temperature gradient is caused by the ozone layer which absorbs some UV radiation from sunlight. The absorbed radiation is converted to heat.

Answer 3

Stratosphere

Question 4

___________- a roughly almond-shaped mass of gray matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, involved with the experiencing of emotions.

Answer 4

Amygdala

Question 5

________________ - cytochrome C ; The cytochrome complex, or cyt c, is a small hemeprotein found loosely associated with the inner membrane of the _____________ where it plays a critical role in cellular respiration.

Answer 5

Mitochondria

Question 6

__________________- Fluorine ; (CFCs) are nontoxic, nonflammable chemicals containing atoms of carbon, chlorine, and fluorine. They are used in the manufacture of aerosol

Answer 6

Chlorofluorocarbon

Question 7

____________- Trench [In a subduction zone, some of the molten material—the former seafloor—can rise through _________ located near the trench.

Answer 7

Volcanoes

Question 8

_____________ - malaria; Having one copy of the ___________ gene may help protect you from a malaria infection. But two copies of the gene may increase your risk of death from malaria.

Answer 8

Sickle cell anemia

Question 9

__________ - cooler regions on the surface of the ___ that can spawn eruptive disturbances, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The Wolf number is a quantity that measures the number of sunspots and groups of sunspots present on the surface of the ___.

Answer 9

Sunspots

Question 10

_____- In the _____, macrophages are called Kupffer cells. They line tiny blood vessels in the _____, where they do a lot of things, including maintaining the body’s iron levels and clearing away endotoxins produced by gut bacteria.

Answer 10

Liver