Science Flashcards
Mutually beneficial relationship between two animals
symbiosis
Atmospheric layer 7 to 30 miles up
Stratosphere
Term for wind speed above 72 miles per hour
Hurricane
Wind velocity scale
Beaufort scale
Hygrometer measures this
(Relative) humidity
The period between ice ages
Interglacial
Fossilized resin from prehistoric pines
Amber
Amoeba-like single cell organisms
Protozoans
The four forces of nature
Electromagnetic - Gravity - Strong and weak nuclear
What oviparous animals do
Lay eggs
Clouds composed of ice crystals
Cirrus
Poikilothermic animal
cold blooded
Broadest measure of living things
Kingdom
Citric acid “cycle”
Krebs cycle
It turns red in acid and blue in alkaline
Litmus paper
Acidic level “factor”
ph factor
Acid made from oak bark
Tannic acid
The science of heredity
Genetics
Organisms that combine algae and fungi
Lichens
Wavelength just longer than visible light
Infrared
Hydrogen isotope with atomic weight of three
Tritium
Hydrogen isotope with atomic weight of two
Deuterium
Lowest ignition point of a vapor
Flash point
Scientific name for southern lights
Aurora Australis
Scientific name for northern lights
Aurora Borealis
The solar wind colliding with Earth’s magnetc field creates this effect
Northern and Southern lights
Geologic epoch when man developed
Pleistocene
Clouds formed by convection
Cumulus
Wavelength just shorter than visible light
Ultraviolet
Rainy thunder-head type clouds
Cumulo-nimbus
Term for a mineral that glows under an ultra-violet light
Fluorescence
3-D imaging process
Holography
The first plastic developed
Celluloid
Term for water circling around a drain
Corolis effect
Lakes at high altitude
Seamount
Fast tropospheric winds
Jet stream
Low-lying clouds
Stratus
Equal and opposite force of centripetal
Centrfugal force
Term for the “skin” that develops on a surface of water
Surface tension
The study of rocks
Petrology
Neutral particle in an atom’s nucleus
Neutron
Positively charged particle in the nucleus
Proton
Center of an atom
Nucleus
Negatively charged atomic particle
Electron
Atoms of an element with same # of protons - different # of neutrons
Isotope
Ionic or covalent bonds join these
Atoms
The study of past artifacts
Archaeology
Theory that seeks to unite the four forces of nature
Unified field Theory
The study of man
Anthropology
An electron is this type of particle
Lepton
Ancient science of transmuting metals
Alchemy
The science of crime prevention and punishment
Penology
The science of projectiles
Ballistics
The science of agriculture
Agronomy
The science of heat and energy transfer
Thermodynamics
The science of light
Optics
The science of sound
Acoustics
The study of fossils
Paleontology
Bitter almond smelling gas
(Hydrogen) cyanide
Force applied to a body to maintain a circular orbit
Centripetal force
Solid carbon dioxide
Dry ice
tri-atomic oxygen
Ozone