Science (201-400) Flashcards
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Patients treated with ribavirin and amantadine
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Rabies
2
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Foaming at the mouth
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Rabies
3
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Once called “Hydrophobia”
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Rabies
4
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This viral disease renders drinking painful
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Rabies
5
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8.314J/K*M
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Ideal Gas Constant
6
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Eddy currents are predicted by this law
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Faraday’s Law
7
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Law that applies to coils rotating in a magnetic field
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Faraday’s Law
8
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This modification of the Nernst equation is used to calculate the potential across a cell membrane
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Goldman’s Equation
9
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Bond formed by electrostatic attraction between atoms
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Ionic bonds
10
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These types of weak ionic bonds occur between positively and negatively charge side-chains of proteins
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Salt Bridges
11
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Particle generated by beta decay
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Positron
12
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World clock element
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Cesium
13
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Particles with integer spin
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Boson
14
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Formerly extracted from willow bark
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Aspirin
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Also known as Acetyl-salicylic acid (ASA)
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Aspirin
16
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Bayer held the original patent to this
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Aspirin
17
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NSAID pain reliever that can cause more gastro-intestinal side effects than ibuprofen
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Aspirin
18
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The phenomena are less frequent when the Madden-Julian oscillation is in effect
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Hurricanes
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Lockheed WP-3D Orion is a “hunter” of these
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Hurricanes
20
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These cannot form near the equator due to a weak Coriolis force
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Hurricanes
21
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The Saffir-Simpson scale classifies these
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Hurricanes
22
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Eyewall drives a storm surge onto land
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Hurricanes
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Violent, tropical, Atlantic cyclones exemplified by Ida and Katrina
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Hurricanes
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Systems with this and a pendulum can be modeled by the Duffing equation
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Springs
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At full compression, this device's force is proportional to the fourth power of wire diameter
Springs
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"kx"
Springs
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Hooke's Law
Springs
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Simple harmonic oscillator
Springs
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Pogo sticks and trampolines
Springs
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Stores energy in its coils
Springs
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Larvae of the insect family Agro-myzi-dae are "miners" of these structures
Leaves
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Bundle-seath cells are found here
Leaves
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These can be "palmately compound"
Leaves
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Have parallel veins in monocots
Leaves
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Carotenoid pigments that are yellow and orange
Leaves
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Shed by deciduous trees
Leaves
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Green plant structures that are the primary site of photosynthesis
Leaves
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W and Z particles mediate
Weak nuclear force
39
Most attempts at unified field theory fail because of
Gravity
40
Newton used this to explain the motion of the planets
Gravity
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This is a distortion in spacetime around an object
Gravity
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Decay of these would take 10^35 years to occur
Protons
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Dark regions on this structures surface are caused by magnetic activity
Sun
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Outermost layer of the sun, only visible during a solar eclipse
Corona
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Latin for "crown"
Corona
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"visible" surface of the sun
Photosphere
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Energy is released as light in this region on the sun
Photosphere
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This group of elements is between elements such as gold and oxygen
Metalloids
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Group includes boron, arsenic, and germanium
Metalloids
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Si
Silicon
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Element used to build components like transistors and microships
Silicon
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When antimony is blended with Tin
Pewter
53
Traditionally used to make dishes, pitchers, and beer tankards
Pewter
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Individuals with a favorable trait survive longer and pass those traits to their offspring
Natural selection
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Two extreme phenotypes
Disruptive selection
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Finches on Santa Cruz either have small or large beaks
Disruptive Selection
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Trait has increased in elephant populations
Tusklessness
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Pressure from poachers has created a directional selection for this trait, especially in female elephants
Tusklessness
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Bromine and this element name a type of number used... unsaturation of fats
Iodine
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A common clock reaction changes color when this element complexes with starch
Iodine
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Pills containing potassium and this element may be issued to victims of nuclear disasters
Iodine
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Purplish halogen
Iodine
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Can be added to table salt for thyroid health
Iodine
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Atomic Number 53
Iodine
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I
Iodine
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Xanthe-lasma is caused by deposits of this compound under the skin
Cholesterol
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Yellow gallstones are primarily crystals of this molecule
Cholesterol
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Precursor of steroid hormones
Cholesterol
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Best-selling drug of all time is a statin that lowers this molecule's LDL or "bad" form
Cholesterol
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Lipid molecule that is concentrated in shellfish and egg yolks
Cholesterol
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Forms plaques that harden arteries
Cholesterol
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A McLeod gauge is attached to equipment operating under this condition
Vacuum
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Dewar flask
Vacuum
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This phenomenon exists between Magdeburg hemispheres
Vacuum
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This phenomenon is found above the mercury column in a Torricelli barometer
Vacuum
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Robert Boyle designed an air pump to prove sound cannot travel through this medium
Vacuum
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Aristotle said that "nature abhors"
Vacuums
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A space entirely devoid of matter
Vacuum
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According to the Nice model, this astronomical body has had the greatest shift between its orbits
Neptune
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Second most trojans in the solar system
Neptune
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Solar system's fastest winds
Neptune
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"Scooter" cloud formation
Neptune
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Largest known non-spherical object, Proteus, orbits this body
Neptune
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"Great Dark Spot"
Neptune
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Triton orbits
Neptune
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Blue eighth planet from the Sun
Neptune
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This kingdom includes mold and yeast
Fungi
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Most abundant animal life in soil (Tundra/Taiga) are worms from this phylum
Nematoda
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Model organism C. Elegans
Nematoda
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Both fungi and nematodes contribute to the formation of this dark organic matter
Humus
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Decomposed remains of dead plants/animals
Humus
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Forms much of the topsoil layer
Humus
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Effective oxygen percentage is 8% in this region
Troposphere
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Large urban areas like LA and Mexico City tend to trap this visible, toxic form of air pollution
Smog
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Consists of Nitrogen and Sulfur oxides
Smog
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Qualitative analysis depends on this kind of reaction
Precipitation
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Two ions combine to form a solid that sinks to the bottom of a test tube
Precipitation
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Lead, silver, and mercury can be identified quickly because they precipitate with this anion
Chloride
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Anion in table salt
Chloride
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Behaves similar to Iron
Nickel
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Requires eight steps to form a rose red precipitate
Nickel
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Ni
Nickel
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Particles experience unpredictable change in velocity and pressure
Turbulence
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Airplanes experience this phenomenon at the boundaries of air masses moving at different speeds
Turbulence
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Transition from laminar to turbulent flow (Dimensionless number)
Reynold's Number
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CnH2n
Alkenes
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CnH2n+2
Alkanes
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All single bonds
Alkanes
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Simplest alkane structure
Methane
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At least one carbon double bond
Alkenes
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Simplest alkene structure
Ethylene/Ethene
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CnH2n-2
Alkynes
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At least one carbon triple bond
Alkynes
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Simplest alkyne structure
Ethyne/Acetylene
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Rotten egg smell
Sulfur
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This element's most common allotrope is an eight-membered ring
Sulfur
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"Sour" natural gas
Sulfur
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Cysteine
Sulfur
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This element's oxides and nitrogen's oxides make acid rain
Sulfur
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Chalcogen present in the thiol group
Sulfur
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Navier-Stokes equation
Turbulence
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Contrasted with Laminar flow
Turbulence
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Equivalent to Coulomb's Law
Gauss's Law
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The constant in Gauss's Law is the permittivity of this kind of region
Vacuum
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Equivalent to Gauss's Law
Coulomb's Law
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Electric flux through a closed surface is equal to the enclosed charge divided by a constant
Gauss's Law
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"Meters" for this quantity typically make use of a glass electrode
pH
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Henderson-Hasselbach equation
pH
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Phenolphthalein
pH
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Bromothymol blue
pH
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Methyl red
pH
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Measure of a substance's acidity
pH
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Class of properties that depends only on the number of particles in a solution
Colligative
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A solvent's vapor pressure is directly proportional to the solvent's mole fraction
Raoult's Law
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Change in this quantity must be zero for the formation of a solution
Enthalpy
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Inulin can be used to measure this structure's filtration rate
Kidney
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Cluster of small blood vessels that are surrounded by Bowman's Capsules in a nephron
Glomerulus
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Bean shaped organ
Kidney
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Kidney part named after a German scientist
Loop of Henle
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Fluid filtered from the glomerulus into the nephron must travel through this structure
Loop of Henle
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Proximal and distal convoluted tubules
Loop of Henle
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"Junction rule" used in circuit analysis
Gustav Kirchhoff
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This man and Robert Bunsen established spectroscopy
Gustav Kirchhoff
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Hot gas at low pressure produces an emission spectrum
Gustav Kirchhoff
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WKB approximation
Erwin Schrodinger
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"What is Life?"
Erwin Schrodinger
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Born-Oppenheimer approximation is typically made to solve this man's equation
Erwin Schrodinger
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Critiqued the Copenhagen interpretation
Erwin Schrodinger
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Scientist's namesake equation is the wave function
Erwin Schrodinger
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"Dead" or "Alive" cat
Erwin Schrodinger
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Hpsi = Epsi
Erwin Schrodinger
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Bindings between metals and ligands or macromolecules and ligands
Calorimetry
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Differential scanning technique
Calorimetry
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Hayashi and Henyey tracks
H-R Diagram
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Schwarzchild space
H-R Diagram
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Has a forbidden zone
H-R Diagram
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Super giants found at the top right of this chart
H-R Diagram
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Instability strip
H-R Diagram
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Stellar evolution of stars
H-R Diagram
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White dwarf stars found at the bottom left of this graph
H-R Diagram
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Relationship between temperature and luminosity of stars
H-R Diagram
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Eponymous diagram devised by a Dane and an Englishman
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
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Ptolemy's Theorem
Golden Ratio
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? = (1 + sqrt(5))/2
Golden Ratio
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Lucas numbers
Golden Ratio
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Limit of the ratios of successive terms of the Fibonacci sequence
Golden Ratio
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Denoted by the letter phi ɸ
Golden Ratio
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1.618
Golden Ratio
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Amount required to raise the temperature of an object by 1°C
Heat Capacity
170
Equals 5/3 for an ideal gas
Heat capacity
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Amount required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by 1°C
Specific heat
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A model for this quantity treats solids as a collection of harmonic oscillators with the same frequency
Heat capacity
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Bomb calorimeters measure this value
Heat capacity
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Narrow escape problem
Brownian Motion
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This phenomenon seems to allow a violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics
Brownian motion
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This value for water is 4.18J
Heat Capacity
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Wiener process
Brownian Motion
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Marcus Theory
Gibbs Free Energy
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Reorganization energy
Gibbs Free Energy
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Brønsted catalysis equation
Gibbs Free Energy
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Phase rule/Phase equilibrium
Gibbs Free Energy
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Quantity decreases in spontaneous processes
Gibbs Free Energy
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American scientist's namesake "free energy"
Gibbs Free Energy
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1st Law of Thermodynamics
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed
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2nd Law of Thermodynamics
For a spontaneous process, the entropy of the universe increases
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3rd Law of Thermodynamics
A perfect crystal at 0K has zero entropy
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Who created the Laws of Thermodynamics
Rudolf Clausius
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1st Law of Planetary Motion
Planets move in elliptical orbits focused around the sun
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2nd Law of Planetary Motion
A planet covers the same area of space in the same amount of time no matter where it is in its orbit
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3rd Law of Planetary Motion
A planet's orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit (It's semi-major axis)
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Who create the Laws of Planetary Motion
Johannes Kepler
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Newton's first law (Law of Inertia)
An object in motion tends to stay in motion, with the same direction and speed
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Newton's second law (Law of Acceleration)
The acceleration of an object produced by a net applied force is directly related to the magnitude of said force
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Newton's third law (Action-Reaction)
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
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Clear, outer portion of the eye
Cornea
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Excimer lasers are used in LASIK surgery to alter this structure
Cornea
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Keratitis
Cornea
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Brushfield spots in Down's Syndrome
Iris
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Fuchs' dystrophy
| (Fewks)
Cornea
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Bowman's membrane protects this structure
Cornea
