Science Flashcards
Wavelength just shorter than visible light
Ultraviolet
Father of the hydrogen bomb
Edward Teller
The science of projectiles
Ballistics
Scientific name for laughing gas
Nitrous Oxide
Blue metal
Cobalt (Co)
Most malleable and ductile metal
Gold (Au)
Elements used in rechargeable batteries
Nickel (Ni) - Cadmium (Cd)
Force applied to a body to maintain a circular orbit
Centripetal force
Metal which is liquid at room temperature
Mercury (Hg)
Fast tropospheric winds
Jet stream
Mutually beneficial relationship between two animals
symbiosis
Term for a mineral that glows under an ultra-violet light
Fluorescence
Grey filament metal with highest melting temperature
Tungsten (W)
Atoms of an element with same # of protons - different # of neutrons
Isotope
“Color” Element
Chromium (Cr)
Term it takes for radioactivity to decrease by 50%
Half life
Element with the symbol S
Sulfur
Element with the symbol F
Fluorine
Lakes at high altitude
Seamount
The study of man
Anthropology
Scientist who discovered the structure of he atom
Neils Bohr
Term for water circling around a drain
Corolis effect
Atmospheric layer 7 to 30 miles up
Stratosphere
Element used to galvanize steel
Zinc (Zn)
Element with the symbol Ga
Gallium
Ancient science of transmuting metals
Alchemy
Element with the symbol Rn
Radon
Particle or packet of light
Photon
NH3
Ammonia
Rainy thunder-head type clouds
Cumulo-nimbus
Organisms that combine algae and fungi
Lichens
The four states of matter
Solid - Liquid - Gas - Plasma
Element with the symbol As
Arsenic
Last element in alphabetical order
Zirconium (Zr)
Atmosphere’s most abundant element
Nitrogen (N)
Lowest ignition point of a vapor
Flash point
Element used in car batteries
lead (Pb)
The study of fossils
Paleontology
Italian physicist who discovered radioactive elements
Enrico Fermi
Amoeba-like single cell organisms
Protozoans
Element with the symbol No
Nobelium (named for Alfred Nobel)
Copper and zinc alloy
Brass
Hydrogen isotope with atomic weight of two
Deuterium
The science of crime prevention and punishment
Penology
Second English Astronomer Royal
Sir Edmund Halley
Father of the atom bomb
Robert Oppenheimer
Element with the symbol Xe
Xenon
French father of modern chemistry
Antoin Lavoissier
Element with the symbol Ho
Holmium (named for Stockholm)
3-D imaging process
Holography
The act of splitting atoms
Fission
tri-atomic oxygen
Ozone
Hygrometer measures this
(Relative) humidity
Element used in fluorescent lights
Neon (Ne)
Center of an atom
Nucleus
The science of agriculture
Agronomy
Scientist who first learned of fermentation
Louis Pasteur
German scientist who established quantum theory of radiation
Max Plank
The four forces of nature
Electromagnetic - Gravity - Strong and weak nuclear
The first plastic developed
Celluloid
Copper and tin alloy
Bronze
Element with the symbol Po
Polonium (named for Poland)