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particle physics (mainly)
Study
in what type of semiconductor do carriers more from high to low potential
p-type
in what type of semiconductor do carriers more from low to high potential
n-type
What group is used to dope P-type semiconductors
III
What group is used to dope N-type
V
in what type of semiconductor are the majority of carriers holes (POSITIVE, DOPED W DONORS)
p-type
in what type of semiconductor are the majority of carriers electrons (NEGATIVE, DOPED W ACCEP)
N-type
which type of cluster contains younger stars
open clusters
where are population I stars found?
only in the disk, nearly circular orbit
where are population II stars found?
globular clusters in the nucleus of a galaxy
What is the most common type of star
red dward
Which star population is the oldest
Population II
What Population of Stars are metal rich
Population I
What Population of stars are metal poor
Population II
where are T Tauri stars located on the HR diagram?
just above main sequence
what phase of stars is between protostar and main sequence?
T Tauri
what is the fate of a red supergiant?
supernova --> neutron star and black hole
what will a red giant become
white dwarf
what will a main-sequence star become?
red giant
most common type of galaxy
Spiral galaxies
what is the largest Galaxy
Alcyoneus
What is the smallest Galaxy
Segue 2 Dwarf Galaxy
what is the singular largest object in the universe
Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall
what are the largest structures in the universe?
Galactic walls
what quasiparticle is derived from plasma oscillation
plasmon
what quasiparticle is derived from vibrations of atoms in a solid
phonon
what quasiparticle forms in a semiconductor
electron hole - aggregate motion of electrons displacing valence band of semiconductor causes behavior as a positively charged particle
what is a quasiparticle?
collective excitation - motion of material like electron causes surrounding material to behave as if it contains one particle
what is an exciton?
orbiting electron-hole pair bound by Coulombic attraction
what is excitonium?
recently discovered condensate matter that exhipits superconductor/superfluid properties
what is the quantum hall effect?
hall effect of 2D electron at low temperature and strong magnetic field
what is the Hall effect?
production of a potential difference across a conductor that is transverse to current and perpendicular to field
what type of particles make up a Bose-Einstein condensate
bosons that clump together
in what phase is the fermionic condensate and at what temperate is it formed?
superfluid, low temperature
what is a nucleon
neutron or proton
what are the types of fermions
leptons and quarks
what is the strangeness of a strange quark
-1
what is another name for strange quarks
sideways quarks
what is the main type of scalar boson?
Higgs boson
what is another name for a gauge boson?
vector boson
what particles are the main types of gauge bosons?
gluon, photon, z & w boson
what is the difference between a pion and a rho particle
pion = 0 spin and rho = 1 spin
what particles comprise an eta meson
charm and anticharm
what particles comprise a rho meson
up and antidown
what particles comprise a kaon meson
strange and antiup
what particles comprise pion meson
up and antidown
what is a beta plus particle
positron
what is a beta minus particle
electron
What particle is emitted in the conversion of a proton to a neutron during beta plus decay?
W+ boson --> neutrino and positron
what particle is formed by the annihilation of an electron and a positron?
Zo boson
what does a W- boson decay into shortly after forming?
electron and electron antineutrino (easier to maintain charge b/c not super high energy)
Why does beta-minus decay conserve charge?
down quark (-1/3) --> up quark (+2/3), release W- boson w/ -1 charge, so it cancels out
in beta-minus decay, a neutron becoming a proton emits what other particle containing a negative charge?
W- boson
what particles mediate weak interactions
W and Z bosons
what is it called when heavy ions w/ hundreds of protons and neutrons smash into each other making a miniscule "fireball" (right after big bang)
quark-gluon plasma / quark-gluon fireball
what are individual quarks and gluons known as?
partons
What does fermilab do and what has it discovered
high-energy particle physics, particles like Tau Neutrino
Where is the large hadron collider located
CERN
which lab has detected particles including the Higgs Boson (kinda), Antihydrogen, and Quark-Gluon Fireball
CERN (large hadron collider)
CERN acronym
European Council for Nuclear Research
what experiment demonstrated that amino acids can be generated spontaneously with gases
Miller-Urey
what is the antiparticle of a particle with a neutral state, ex. ρ⁰
itself
what type of meson is considered an excited pion that is an isospin triplet with three states +,0,-
rho meson
what is a megastructure that could theoretically harvest all the energy in a star
dyson sphere
what is a particle with no up or down quarks theorized to be the most powerful substance to exist
omega particle
what is a particle containing one up quark, one down quark, and a third higher-flavor quark
Lambda baryon
what type of particle is a kaon
Meson
what is a particle made of one quark and one antiquark
Meson
Genetics
Study
process before cytokinesis
karyokinesis
what activator binds when cAMP is present
CAP
what are agents added into DNA helix to induce bulge + what's the outcome
intercalating agents; frameshift mutation
protein not metabolized in alkaptonuria
tyrosine
what RNA recognizes the shine dalgarno sequence
16S
eukaryotic ribosome size and components
80S - 40S + 60S
prokaryotic ribosome size and components
70S - 30S + 40S
what is the main promoter sequence in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, respectively
TATA box; Pribnow box
what -10 sequence is bound by sigma factor
Pribnow box
what brings RNA polymerase to the promoter
sigma factor
attached duplexes of DNA
Holliday structures
enzyme that regulates reciprocal exchange of ssDNA
RecA
which Polymerase(s) have proofreading ability 3'-5'
Polymerase II
which Polymerase(s) have proofreading ability 3'-5'
all
what DNA Polymerase removes RNA primers
Polymerase I
one gene one enzyme experiment + the one before that
Beadle & Tatum; avery macleod and mccarty
experiment that isolated the "transforming factor" of organisms
Griffith
who discovered genes
sutton & boveri
clouds
Study
what happens if a funnel cloud reaches the ground
tornado
cone-shaped cloud which extends from a base toward the ground without reaching the surface
funnel cloud
what are the rarest cloud types, also contain colored iridescent light
nacreous
what are waves associated when stable fast air is forced up and over a barrier
Altocumulus Standing Lenticular (ACSL); LENTICULAR; LENS
rain that evaporates before it hits the ground and create wispy tails
virga
clouds formed when cloud is below freezing and a hole in the cloud freezes and descend
hole-punch clouds; fallstreak cloud
what is a layer of stratus clouds on or near the ground
fog
narrow, elongated clouds formed as jet exhaust condenses
contrail
what are drooping undersides of cumulonimbus clouds in its late states
mammatus
what are low, ragged stratiform/cumuliform clouds that attach to thunderstorm bases
fractus
what is a low, horizontal, sometimes wedge-shaped cloud associated with the leading edge of a thunderstorm
shelf cloud
what is a localized lowering from the rain-free base of strong thunderstorm due to a storm's updraft, which can lead to tornado formation
wall cloud
what is a cumulus cloud that hasn't developed into cumulonimbus but still has developed vertically
towering cumulus; cumulus congestus
what do low-level clouds usually contain
water droplets
what is the difference in development between stratus and cumulus clouds
stratus = horizontal, cumulus = vertical
what are the two types of low level clouds
stratus and cumulus
which alto- cloud is organized in axes
altocumulus
what do altostratus clouds indicate; what happens when they thicken due to this approaching phenomenon
warm front; thicken and lower into stratus, then nimbostratus
what are alto clouds composed of
liquid water, ice crystals, or both
what are the two main type of mid-level clouds
altostratus and altocumulus
what are rows of descent in clouds known as
cloud-free channels
what are rows of ascent in clouds known as
cloud axes
what are lumpy formations at the base of clouds
mammatus
what can happen to cirrostratus clouds when they continue to thicken
what happens when a warm front passes through cirrus clouds
cirrostratus
what shape are ice crystals in cirrostratus clouds, and what shape does refraction through crystals cause?
hexagonal; ring/halo
what is the difference between cirrus and cirrostratus
cirrostratus forms more of a veil-like layer (stratus but high level)
what two things can cirrus clouds indicate?
warm front or jet streak
what are the three types of high-level clouds
cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus
what are cirrus clouds composed of?
ice crystals
what altitude is considered high-level for a cloud
20,000 feet
what cloud type is associated with thunderstorms
nimbostratus
what is the highest general cloud type?
cirrus
what is the lowest cloud type?
stratus
where are the highest clouds in the atmosphere located?
mesosphere
what are the highest clouds in the atmosphere known as
noctilucent
what clouds typically contain rain
nimbostratus
sci bowl
Study
what cells produce cerebrospinal fluid + where
ependymal + ventricles of the brain
random motion of particles
Brownian
fossil link betwen birds and reptiles
archaeopteryx
what are the clumpy patches attached at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud?
mammatus cloud
what substance that is crucial for blood coagulation is secreted by weibel-palade bodies?
von willebrand factor
what are quasars with relativistic jets called
blazars
what is wood alcohol
methanol
what is another term for fibrous root systems?
adventitious
equations that explain how electric charges and currents produce magnetic and electric fields
maxwells equations
What disease is also known as Woolsorter's disease or Ragpicker's disease
Anthrax
organisms that hatch eggs within the body
ovoviviparous
what forms inside and outside of the roche limit, respectively
rings; moons
what is it called when spiders shoot their babies away?
ballooning
quarts in a liter
1.06
property that has the same value in different directions
isotropic
what structure on birds helps them break the egg
egg tooth
portion of an island that is submerged
insular shelf
what is the largest carbonaceous chondrite?
allende meteorite
what formula calculates the wavelengths of a spectral line?
Rydberg formula
what is a species where it's born looking like its adult form (ex. ducks, horses, deer)
precocial
the concentration of sense organs at the interior end of the body forming head and brain
cephalization
spider biting structure
chelicerae
ore w mercury and other metals
amalgam
What are the biggest asteroids in the asteroid belt?
Ceres and Vesta
force that causes rotating asteroids to drift
Yarkovsky
rank meteor types from most --> least common
stony, iron, stony-iron
why is there ozone in the atmosphere
UV breaks apart oxygen, then excited O reacts with O2
largest lava dome
Lassen
what EN scale uses effective nuclear charge
Allred-Rochow
where is serpentinite formed?
plate boundaries
what is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion
hoodoo
what scale measures the luminosity of a moon during a lunar eclipse?
danjon scale
bright meteor that explodes
bolide
to what class of mollusks do mother-of-pearl-producing organisms belong
gastropoda
state of mater w/ supercooled gas
bose einstein condensate
composition of neptunian exoplanet
H and He
what does a white dwarf become?
black dwarf
rare stars with ionized helium
wolf-rayet
region of the atmosphere where convection is most likely to take place
thermosphere
what is the heaviest stable element
BISMUTHHHHH
vitamin B5
pantothenic acid
tidal bore in Alaska
turnigan
dull black glassy volcanic rock formed when a viscous lava cools quickly. irregular fracture + lots of water
pitchstone
functional tissue of plants found in leaves, pulp, bark, and pith
parenchyma
where are the main ULVZs located
south pacific and africa
who discovered penicillin?
Fleming
semiconductor used to switch/amplify signal or power
transistor
what was the massive ice sheet that covered most of canada?
laurentide ice sheets
Why does beta-minus decay conserve charge?
down quark (-1/3) --> up quark (+2/3), release W- boson w/ -1 charge, so it cancels out
what comet hit jupiter
Shoemaker-Levy 9
organisms that lay eggs that hatch after laid
oviparous
why is io covered in volcanoes?
tidal forces
scientific name for nosebleed
nosebleed
vitamin B12 + deficiency
cyanocobalamin; pernicious anemia
Neumann bands
bands in alpha iron produced by shock waves at low temperatures
jaw bone
mandible
the socket of the hipbone, into which the head of the femur fits
acetabulum
what phylum do flukes belong to?
platyhelminthes
meteors with chondrules
chondrites
killer paramecium secrete
kappa particle - k gene
other name for windmanstatten pattern
thomson structures
what is the fate of a red supergiant?
supernova --> neutron star and black hole
largest asteroid
ceres
a rock made from volcanic ash ejected from a vent during an eruption
tuff
what elements are only formed by the alpha process?
Si and Ca
rounded end of a bone
epiphysis
scientific name for the bends + treatment method
caisson; hyperbaric chamber
organism that lays the smallest egg
bee humming bird
vitriol formula
sulfuric acid
What is the name for rabies treatment?
Milwaukee protocol
what is the hypothetical supersymmetric dark matter unparticle
darkon
what is the number of gram equivalents of solute per liter solution
Normality
where is erythropoietin produced and why?
kidney + low oxygen
a narrow, almost vertical region in the HR diagram that contains vairable stars directly from main sequence + what type of stars
instability strips RR Lyrae, Cepheids, W Virginis, ZZ Ceti
third most abundant crust mineral
pyroxene
what types of bone marrow are necessary for blood formation
red and yellow
who discovered oxygen
Priestley
phase between two periods of molting in a larva or some invertebrates
instar
altered olivine found on meteorites
iddingsite
who invented the radio
marconi
method of dating tree rings to the year they were formed
dendrochronology
what is the constellation of Deneb
Cygnus the SWAN
using the pogson ratio, how many times brighter is a star with magnitude 1 than magnitude 6
100
what is the lining on the shells of molluska called, also called mother of pearl
nacre
device for measuring air humidity
psychrometer
what chemical from onions makes us cry?
sulfuric acid
what is the naturally occurring channel in the ocean that causes sound to travel to great depths
SOFAR channel (Sound Fixing and Randing)
volcano where steam erupts to the surface
phreatic
who won two nobels in physics for semiconductors and transistors
john bardeen
property that has different values in different directions
anisotropic
what is the name for the cheek bone
zygomatic arch
what is the large mass in space that the Milky Way is apparently hurtling towards
The Great Attractor
Which star population is the oldest
Population II
what root systems do monocots and dicots have, respectively?
fibrous and tap roots
what dwarf star forms from stars with masses comparable to the sun
yellow dwarf
meteorite that is observed to fall
fall
what is a short period in tidal movement where the water is completely unstressed (i.e. it stops)
slackwater)
what is the constellation of altair
Aquila the EAGLE
who names the types of decay?
rutherford
what is it called when heavy ions w/ hundreds of protons and neutrons smash into each other making a miniscule "fireball" (right after big bang)
quark-gluon plasma / quark-gluon fireball
what type of star is a ZZ Ceti
white dwarf
What Population of stars are metal poor
Population II
largest iceberg + origin
B15; antarctica
theory that life could reach other planets by meteors
panspermia
what is the spider organ that produces webs
spinnerette
what organism causes trichinosis
trichinella
organisms where live young develops within the body of the parent
viviparous
what order do flies and mosquitoes belong to
diptera
largest, oldest, thickest glacial ice sheet
east antarctic
what was the massive proglacial lake that existed in North America during the Pleistocene
Lake Agassiz
What syndrome is caused by paternal deletion of chromosome 15?
Prader-Willi
what is an exciton?
orbiting electron-hole pair bound by Coulombic attraction
which lab has detected particles including the Higgs Boson (kinda), Antihydrogen, and Quark-Gluon Fireball
CERN (large hadron collider)
what will a main-sequence star become?
red giant
What are the only co-orbital moons in the Solar System; what planet are they on
Janus and Epimetheus; Saturn
in what type of semiconductor do carriers more from high to low potential
p-type
what is a beta plus particle
positron
what particles comprise a kaon meson
strange and antiup
which is more branched: a fibrous root system or taproot system
fibrous root
what are the types of fermions
leptons and quarks
what structure is found at the end of an axon and releases neurotransmitters
terminal button
what is a meteor with -14 brightness
bolide
part of the log after the decimal
MANTISSA
tubes in the bones that contain blood vessels
haversian canals
what is the triple-alpha process in stars?
takes three heliums and turns it into carbon for alpha ladder
what gland produces the alarm pheromone when a bee stings?
koschevnikov gland
what is the emission of electron when shined on with light called?
photoelectric effect
what do cepheid variables vary in?
diameter, temperature, and BRIGHTNESS
how do quasars gain their energy and from where? where on the quasar is the gained energy
friction from black hole; accretion disk
what river did the new madrid earthquake cause to flow backward
mississippi, bells rang in england
what scale measures water clarity?
florel-ule
device that converts DC to AC
inverter
What syndrome is caused by a missing chromosome from the mother or disomy from the father and deletion of the mother's? what chromosome is this?
Angelman's syndrome; 15
what type of supernova does a red supergiant do?
Type II (SHOWS HYDROGEN)
what are the most abundant massive particles?
neutrinos
What type of supernova will a binary white dwarf do?
type Ia (SILICON)
four types of moraines
lateral, medial, supraglacial, and terminal (end of glacier)
what quasiparticle is derived from plasma oscillation
plasmon
komatiite
oldest lava rocks, ultramafic Mg-rich rock
a loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur
Loess
what is the singular largest object in the universe
Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall
What is the most common type of star
red dward
what is a rock deposited in a glacier by a different type of rock
erratic
fragmented RBC name
schistocyte
are calcite and quartz foliated or non-foliated?
non-foliated
bones of the sternum (3)
manubrium, body, and XIPHOID PROCESS
what is the warm, dry wind found to blow down the leeward side of a mountain?
Foehn wind
what is the quantum hall effect?
hall effect of 2D electron at low temperature and strong magnetic field
only penguin north of the equator
galapagos
what deos a type II supernova result in?
black hole and neutron star
what is a quasiparticle?
collective excitation - motion of material like electron causes surrounding material to behave as if it contains one particle
vitamin B6
pyridoxine
what is a particle with no up or down quarks theorized to be the most powerful substance to exist
omega particle
what did the glomar challenger do
ocean floor is young and equal on both sides of ridge
what does granite metamorphose into
greenstone
where does ejected material from volcanoes reside?
stratosphere
vitamin B7
biotin
What does fermilab do and what has it discovered
high-energy particle physics, particles like Tau Neutrino
where are T Tauri stars located on the HR diagram?
just above main sequence
what is the line between the earth's atmosphere and outer space
karman line
on what planet does the hexagon storm occur?
saturn
what cells in the stomach produce mucus
goblet cells
heat treating an alloy to increase the strength
tempering
what quasiparticle is derived from vibrations of atoms in a solid
phonon
what lakes are formed by water left after glaciers melt
kettle lakes
most famous superbolide event
tunguska
what corpuscles detect pressure
meissners
what phylum do sand dollars and sea urchins belong to
echinodermata
free-swimming organisms
nekton
what are chatter marks
curved wedge-shaped marks in rocks left by chipping of bedrock
CERN acronym
European Council for Nuclear Research
what is the precession of the earth
2 degrees
what is the difference between singlet and triplet carbenes?
singlet: both unpaired electrons in the same orbital; triplet: each in separate orbital
how many trojan asteroids does mars have
9
vitamin B9
folic acid
what is a stream of ionized matter moving close to the speed of light from a black hole (FASTEST MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE)
relativistic jet
section of a floodplain where deposits of fine silts and clays accumulate after a flood
backswamp
phylum with clitellum
annelida
what diseases make up garrod's tetrad
cytsonuria, alkaptonuria, pentosuria, albinism
what is the r-process in stars?
Rapid neutron-capture process, makes half of elements heavier than iron
what is a material containing inclusions of carbon inside metal, semimetal, or metal oxide
carbide
what are the hypothetical particles that are proposed candidates for dark matter?
Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPS)
are carbenes electrophiles or nucleophiles
strong electrophiles, despite having a lone pair
two passages in the anterior abdominal wall which in men convey the spermatic cords and women the round ligament of the uterus
inguinal canals
largest ciliate organisms
ctenophora
what is a nucleon
neutron or proton
what is excitonium?
recently discovered condensate matter that exhipits superconductor/superfluid properties
where are population II stars found?
globular clusters in the nucleus of a galaxy
what is our local supercluster?
lama keia
what is the environmental lapse rate (qualitatively and quantitatively)
rate at which temperature changes with altitude; -6.5 degrees C per kilometer
what particles comprise an eta meson
charm and anticharm
animals active at twilight + ex
crepuscular; dolphin
what is a young swan called
cygnet
what type of particles make up a Bose-Einstein condensate
bosons that clump together
zones of the adrenal gland
glomerulosa, fasciculata, reticularis
what is the p-process in stars?
proton-capture process, for neutron deficient isotopes from Se to Hg
what wind pattern blows wind from africa to italy
Sirocco
what bee dance is performed by a forager moving in a figure eight, angling its movement toward the food source relative to the sun? (food source is harder to find)
waggle dance
tide pattern on west coast
mixed
nasal septum bones (2)
ethmoid and vomer
what do parietal cells secrete
HCl and intrinsic factor
what are the 3 salivary glands
parotid, submandibular, and sublingual
meteor minerals
schistovite and scheelite
SQUID acronym + function
superconducting quantum interference device; measure extremely weak magnetic fields
which type of cluster contains younger stars
open clusters
what is B12 necessary for
RBC formation
mica forms and cleavage
biotite (black) and muscovite (white); perfect cleavage
what is a beta minus particle
electron
what was the first nasa mission designed to orbit and land on a comet? what comet was landed on?
Rosetta-Philae; comet 67P
what is the s-process in stars?
slow neutron-capture process, terminates with BISMUTH
formula for quicklime
CaO
interweaving OCTAHEDRAL patterns on iron rocks in meteors
Windmanstatten patterns
what is fossilized poop called
coprolite
the dependence of the state of a system on its history (ex. magnetic moment depends on past field)
hysteresis
what caused pangaea to split + what did it form?
flood basalt; gondwana
four types of joints
ball and socket, hinge joint, saddle, gliding
animals active at dawn
matutinal
most common type of galaxy
Spiral galaxies
what is a large mineral crystal within a metamorphic rock?
porphyroblast
second most abundant crust mineral
quartz
what ice sheet covered the northwestern portion of north america
Cordilleran
what is a soft desert feature shaped by aeolian erosian
yardang
what multiples of flower parts do monocots and dicots have, respectively?
3; 4 or 5
what is the frankenstein moon + planet
Miranda - Uranus
what structure is found at the end of the terminal button
synapse
layer of the sun that is red and above photosphere
chromosphere
sphincter before stomach
gastroesophageal sphincter
organisms that live on dead or decomposing matter
saprophytes
why did shoemaker levy 9 hit jupiter and what did it form on its surface?
reached inside Jupiter's Roche limit; formed brown spots
what is Main sequence fitting (MSF)?
determine HR diagram position of star to estimate abs. magnitude then compare w/ relative magnitude to find distance
what electronegativity scale expresses EN as the intrinsic property of an atom only depending on valnce state (ionization potential and electron potential)
MULLIKEN
who essentially is the father of geology (wrote principles of geology)
charles lyell
fine-grained sedimentary rock whose constituents were clays or muds
mudstone
what are rocks that fall out of glaciers
dropstones
what type of metamorphism involved heat and pressure and deep burial
regional metamorphism
what particles comprise a rho meson
up and antidown
when tide moves up a river
tidal bore
gill covering for fish + covers layer of grey matter in human brain
operculum
calcium carbonate forms
calcite and aragonite
what constellation is cygnus x-1 in
cygnus
what phase of stars is between protostar and main sequence?
T Tauri
Novarupta location and consequence
Alaska; fumeroles --> 10000 smokes
polaris asterism
little dipper
what are the storage granules of endothelial cells
weibel-palade bodies
what is the space within the solar system plus earth's atmosphere
shallow sky
thin tube appendage on many bacteria + what do they function in
pillus; conjugation
what was the most powerful earthquake?
1960 Valdivia in Cile
Vitamin B3 + deficiency
niacin; pellagra
what is unsorted material left behind by a glacier
glacial till
What type of organism is cryptosporidium and what does it cause?
protozoan parasite; diarrhea
thumbprint indentations in meteors
regmaglypts
what causes a hypernova?
star w/ >30 SM collap
what is a particle containing one up quark, one down quark, and a third higher-flavor quark
Lambda baryon
what is the principle that the lowest-energy electron orbitals will be filled first
aufbau principle
what rules allow you to estimate effective nuclear charge
Slater's rules
what shapes do wombats poop in
cubes
what is another name for a gauge boson?
vector boson
where is B12 absorbed in the body
terminal ileum
what is the number of moles of solute per kg of solvent
Molality
what quasiparticle forms in a semiconductor
electron hole - aggregate motion of electrons displacing valence band of semiconductor causes behavior as a positively charged particle
name 5 classifications of the koppen scale
A (tropical), B (arid), C (temperate), D (continental), E (polar)
what bee dance is performed for a nearby food source, in which a forager bee moves in a circular pattern on the comb, alternating between clockwise and counterclockwise
Round dance
November meteorites + comet
Leonids + tempel-tuttle
what logarithmic scale measures apparent magnitude? what root is this ratio based on?
Pogson's scale; fifth root of 100
longest tidal bore
silver dragon
in what type of semiconductor do carriers more from low to high potential
n-type
November-December meteorites
Geminids
dark patches on lunar surface
maria
what will a red giant become
white dwarf
What non-nebula object will a red giant form?
Binary white dwarf
what are the largest structures in the universe?
Galactic walls
what structures bring pieces of upper mantle to the surface?
ophiolite
What scale measures the indentation hardness of materials by width
Brinell; measures by WIDTH
what rare carbonaceous meteor type was the source of earth's parent material?
C1 Chondrite
what cloud types accompany strong jet streams
cirrus
mass of rocks and sediment deposited by a movingglacier
moraine
what is the spectral class of the sun?
G-type
who wrote the rudolphine tables
kepler (tyco brahe started)
how long is a synotic month
29.5
what is the field of five active hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic ocean between Iceland and Svalbard
Loki's catsle
what type of metabolism do annelids employ and what type of compounds do they metabolize
chemoautotrophs; sulfuric compounds
how do spiders breathe?
