Science Olympiad Science Word Study Guide

Science Olympiad Science Word Study Guide Double Helix - answerDNA Structure Deoxyribonucleic Acid - answerDNA Evolution - answerProcess of growth or formation; development Gamete - answerA mature sexual reproductive cell that forms with another to form an organism Kingdom - answerA taxonomic category of the highest rank Herbivores - answerOrganisms that only feeds on plants Earthquake - answerA movement of the Earth's lithosphere (its crust and upper mantle). New Moon - answerA phase where the moon is invisible or only visible by a sliver crescent Fossil Fuel - answerOrganic combustible material from the remains of formal life (oil, natural gas, coal, etc) Oceanography - answerThe branch of physical geography working with the ocean Solar Eclipse - answerobscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth Water Cycle - answerThe sequence of water in evaporation, condensation, and precipitation Fulcrum - answerThe support ( point of rest) on which a lever turns in moving a body Base - answerAny of a class of compounds that form hydroxyl ions (OH) when dissolved in water Electron - answeran elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter Fission - answerAlso called nuclear fission. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy. Refraction - answerthe change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another Wavelength - answerthe distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave