J! Science and Tech (and formerly Nature and Animals) Flashcards
acid vitamin C
ascorbic acid
Danish physicist 1900s
Niels Bohr
CH4
methane
first artificial heart
Jarvik 7
discovered Pluto and Mars canals
Percival Lowell
English woman studied chimpanzees in Tanzania
Jane Goodall
American woman studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda
Dian Fossey
American archaeologist Olduvai Gorge skull
Mary Leakey
cluster of sister stars
Pleiades
warm Pacific current 3-7 years
El Nino
islets of Langerhans location
pancreas
father of the nuclear submarine/nuclear navy
Hyman Rickover
nephrite gem
jade
nerve that causes “hitting your funny bone”
ulnar nerve
bright spots around the moon during a solar eclipse
Baily’s beads
ACL full name
anterior cruciate ligament
movable part of airplane wing
aileron