Misc

Question 1

Bloom test

Answer 1

The test used to determine the strength of a gel

Question 2

Hemostasis

Answer 2

The process by which bleeding is stopped

Question 3

Hemorrhage

Answer 3

The uncontrolled escape of blood from the circulatory system

Question 4

Hemostatic

Answer 4

A substance that promotes hemostasis

Question 5

Tamponade

Answer 5

The blockage of a vessel as if by a tampon

Question 6

Adsorption

Answer 6

The adhesion of particles of a liquid, gas, or solution to a surface

Question 7

Superplastisizer

Answer 7

A substance added to a mixture to maximize particle separation

Question 8

Admixture

Answer 8

A mixture of two substances that do not react with each other

Question 9

Gelatin

Answer 9

A collagen-based foodstuff typically used as a gelling agent made from animal byproducts

Question 10

Isthmus

Answer 10

A strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

Question 11

Anthropogenic

Answer 11

Relating to humans

Question 12

What are the tropics

Answer 12

The area delineated by the Tropic of Cancer in the North and the Tropic of Capricorn in the soth

Question 13

Tropic of Cancer, Capricorn

Answer 13

The most northern/southern circle of latitude where the sun can appear directly overhead

Question 14

Circle of latitude

Answer 14

Also known as a parallel, this is an imaginary east-west circle around the earth

Question 15

Major circles of latitude

Answer 15

From top to bottom: Arctic circle, Tropic of Cancer, equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antarctic circle

Question 16

Meridian

Answer 16

A great circle on the earth passing through the North Pole and South Pole

Question 17

What is kuru?

Answer 17

A prion disease mostly localized to the Fore tribe in Africa, who ate the brains and spinal cords of diseased relatives. It caused tremors, slurred speech, and always eventual death.