Test 6 Flashcards by sherry tuttle

What is a substance composed of a single type of atom?

element

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Which type of radioactive decay releases energy from the nucleus without a change in the number of protons of neutrons?

gamma decay

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What property describes how tightly packed matter is?

density

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What is the special state of matter that exists at extremely high temperatures?

plasma

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The complex organic molecules used to build and maintain living cells are?

proteins

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A column on the periodic table is called a ?

group

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What important group of chemicals contains the “blueprints” that guide the construction of all proteins in the cell?

nucleic acids

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Which intermolecular force is caused by random imbalances of electrons resulting in a temporary dipole?

London force

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Which of the following scientists did not believe in God’s Creation of the universe?

Stanley Miller

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Which subatomic particle carries a positive electrical charge?

proton

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A random change in the DNA that occurs when a gene is damaged or copied incorrectly is a ?

mutation

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The transfer of heat by moving fluids is?

convection

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The most important component of a heat pump is the ?

refrigerant

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The upward force on an airplane’s wings, caused by the difference in pressure between the top and bottom of the wing, is?

lift

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Which type of deformation is a combination of stretching and compressing?

bending

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What is the term for the unique abbreviation given to each element?

chemical symbol

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Relates the force needed to deform a solid and the amount of deformation

Hooke’s law

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If the temperature of a gas remains constant, the volume and pressure of the gas are inversely proportional

Boyle’s law

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All natural processes tend toward less usable energy and great entropy

second law of thermodynamics

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Lateral (sideward) pressure exerted by a moving fluid decreases as the fluid’s speed increases

Bernoulli’s principle

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The buoyant force experienced by an object is exactly equal to the weight of the fluid displaced

Archimedes’ principle

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The important scientific principle showing that there had to have been an act of creation.

second law of thermodynamics

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The general term for any transfer of thermal energy is?

heat

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A mixture containing tiny suspended clumps or particles is a(n) ?

colloid

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Substances composed of different types of atoms bonded together are?

compounds

A substance that has the same physical properties throughout is a(n) ? substance.

homogeneous

The Bible clearly teaches that God created life, ?, space, and ?

time; matter

An atom that has an electrical charge because of losing or gaining electrons is a(n)?

ion

The British naturalist who combined uniformitarianism and natural selection was ?

Darwin

The process by which DNA is copied is?

replication

The coldest possible temperature is?

absolute zero

Belief that natural processes have always occurred in the same manner and at the same rate that they do now

uniformitarianism

States that the true laws of nature always hold

principle of uniformity

The most commonly accepted evolutionary view of the origin of matter and energy of the universe

big bang theory

The idea that the universe is lawful, orderly, and operates according to physical laws

principle of causality

Philosophy that asserts that nothing is knowable outside the natural world

secular humanism

Study of science based on faith in God as Creator

creation science

The idea that God used evolution to make everything in the world

theistic evolution

The belief that the universe and life formd by gradual processes

evolution

What Latin term refers to God's creation of all life out of nothing?

ex nihilo

Name two 19th century American scientists who supported Darwin.

Asa Gray; James Dana

Through what process is glucose burned in the mitochondria?

cellular respiration

Which two men wrote The Genesis Flood?

Henry Morris; John Whitcomb

What is the process in which the body produces and uses energy from food?

metabolism

What is a set of symbols summarizing a mathematical relationship between quantities?

equation

What system did God give bats to seek out prey?

echolocation

Which type of organic compound contains a hydroxyl group?

alcohol

Using proper significant figures, what is the answer to the problem (46.0 m/s)(3.595 s)?

165 m

Which scientific principle states that a type of organism that is better able to survive than another type of organism will become predominant?

natural selection

Which type of chemical formula shows the simplest ratio of atoms in a compound?

empirical formula

The abbreviation for silver is?

A mixture in which molecules of a substance are uniformly mixed is a ?

solution

What type of deformation is the opposite of stretching?

compression

What is the energy associated with the position of an object and the forces acting upon it?

potential energy

The SI unit of length is the?

meter

What process changes a solid into a liquid?

melting

What is the energy of visible light

radiant energy

A device that measures the heat in physical and chemical changes is a(n)?

calorimeter

What is the energy carrier of the cell?

ATP

What is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard?

specific gravity

What fundamental force is an attractive force between two masses?

gravitational force

Which type of bonding involves a transfer of electrons?

ionic bonding

The theory that combines Darwinism and genetics is chemical evolution.

neo-Darwinism

In thermodynamics, the portion of the universe being studied is the system

true

The number in a chemical equation that indicates how many molecules or formula units are involved in a reaction is the coefficient.

true

The "building blocks" of proteins are monosaccharides.

amino acids

The principle stating that when equilibrium is disturbed the system will react to at least partially offset the disturbance is Le Chatelier's principle.

true

The three main steps of the scientific method are observing, hypothesizing, and analyzing.

experimenting

The laws that describe the intensity of a phenomenon as being inversely proportional to the square of the distance are the laws of thermodynamics.

inverse square laws

The substance that forms the walls of plant cells and gives plants and trees their rigid structure is glucose.

cellulose

American inventor, scientist, and artist best know for inventing the telegraph

Samuel F. B. Morse

Performed the best-known attempt to reproduce chemical evolution in the laboratory

Stanley Miller

Self-taught geologist who wrote The New Geology

George McCready Price

The man who was nicknamed "Darwin's bulldog"

Thomas Huxley

Prominent 20th century creationist who gained a reputation as Creation science's "bulldog"

Duane Gish

Wrote Principles of Geology

Charles Lyell