GENERAL SCIENCE | 3-LETTER SCIENCE | SCIENCE AND GEOMETRY | MEDICINE | “E” IN SCIENCE |
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Rock
Geologists called stratigraphers are involved with determining the earth's age & history by looking at layers of these
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A bit
This is the smallest unit of computer memory
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Funnels
It's basically a cone, but tornado-producing clouds aren't called cone clouds but these
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Flossing
The American Dental Association recommends doing this with an interdental cleaner at least once a day
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Evergreen
This type of plant keeps its leaves all year, as the name implies
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Yellow
Using spectrometry, you'll find that helium produces a bright line of this color
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Ohm
Ir"resistable” German physicist with a law about the flow of an electric current
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Carbon
The first electric light was an arc lamp with two rods of this element
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Charles Lindbergh
In the early 1930s surgeon Alexis Carrel & this American aviator invented a mechanical heart
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Entomology
This branch of zoology that focuses on insects emerged as a distinct field of study in the early 19th century
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A pulley
A block & tackle uses 2 or more of this simple machine to reduce the amount of effort needed to lift a load
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An ion
This type of atom is formed by the loss or gain of electrons
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Parallel
Two batteries connected in a simple series circuit combine their voltage to produce a bright light; when they're connected in this type of circuit with a geometric name, they have a longer life but produce dimmer light
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Antibiotics
From the Greek for "against life", these substances kill or inhibit the growth of infectious organisms
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Equilibrium
Proprioception is a synonym for this sense of balance
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Secondary
Types of seismic waves include L, P & S, which stand for Love, primary & this
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Tin
The Latin word for this element is stannum
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The epicenter
Scientists use triangulation to locate this, the point on the Earth's surface right above a seismic event
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Podiatry
This medical specialty is also known as chiropody
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Erythrocyte
It's the one-word name for a red blood cell
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Phytoplankton
Diatoms are among the most numerous of these plantlike plankton that drift with the ocean currents
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TNT
This 3-letter nitrogen compound is used as an explosive in munitions & demolitions
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A circle
The ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun among constellations, is aka a "great" this
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MedicAlert
Information about the medical problems of those wearing this metal tag can be accessed 24 hours a day
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A echocardiogram
Hello...hello...hello...it's an ultrasound image of the heart used to diagnose congenital heart disease
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