🧠 Science

Science

1What particle, carrying a negative charge, orbits the nucleus of an atom?

💡 Electron

2At what temperature in degrees Celsius does water boil at standard atmospheric pressure?

💡 100

3What is the name of the process by which plants convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen?

💡 Photosynthesis

4Which element, with atomic number 6, forms the backbone of all known organic molecules?

💡 Carbon

5What name is given to the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape?

💡 Event horizon

6What type of bond forms when two atoms share a pair of electrons between them?

💡 Covalent bond

7What is the term for the time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to decay into a different element or isotope?

💡 Half-life

8What name is given to the phenomenon whereby a superconducting material expels all magnetic fields from its interior, causing a magnet placed above it to levitate?

💡 Meissner effect

9In chemistry, what term describes a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, much like a left and right hand?

💡 Chiral

10What is the name of the process by which a cell engulfs and destroys its own damaged organelles using specialised vesicles?

💡 Autophagy