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Iron - correct answer ✅the principle metal used in manufacturing steel Alimeter - correct answer ✅used for measuring altitude Oology - correct answer ✅the study of birds' eggs Radioactivity - correct answer ✅discovered by Henry Bacquerel Lead - correct answer ✅the metal used in storage batteries Hygrometer - correct answer ✅instrument used to measure the relative humidity of air Torricelli - correct answer ✅inventor of the barometer Frederick Soddy - correct answer ✅discovered the existence of isotopes Enrico Ferni - correct answer ✅inventor of the nuclear reactor Crescograph - correct answer ✅used to measure the rate of growth of a plant Pendulum - correct answer ✅Galileo's first scientific discovery Microscope - correct answer ✅invented by Aaton Van Leewen Hock
Aristotle - correct answer ✅scientist known as father of modern biology Robert Hooke - correct answer ✅first person to see a cell under a microscope Worffia - correct answer ✅the smallest flowering plant Karl Landsteiner - correct answer ✅discovered the four blood groups Sodium - correct answer ✅discovered by Sir Humphry Davy 8 - correct answer ✅atomic number of oxygen Amino acids - correct answer ✅basic building blocks of proteins Gossipium Hirsutum - correct answer ✅botanical name of the cotton plant Electroscope - correct answer ✅used to detect charges on a body Parthenocarthic - correct answer ✅adjective used to describe fruits that are formed without fertilization Monocarpic - correct answer ✅adjective used to describe plants that flower only once in their lifetime
Bibliophobia - correct answer ✅fear of books Clinophobia - correct answer ✅fear of going to bed Au - correct answer ✅chemical symbol for gold Na - correct answer ✅chemical symbol for sodium Sr - correct answer ✅chemical symbol for strontium Rb - correct answer ✅chemical symbol for rubidium Md - correct answer ✅chemical symbol for Mendelevium Calcium sulphate - correct answer ✅chemical name for plaster of Paris Sodium carbonate - correct answer ✅chemical name for washing soda Sodium chloride - correct answer ✅chemical name for common salt Trichloromethane - correct answer ✅chemical name for Chloroform Sodium bicarbonate - correct answer ✅chemical name for baking powder
Calcium hypochlorite - correct answer ✅chemical name for bleaching powder HCl - correct answer ✅chemical formula for hydrochloric acid H2SO4 - correct answer ✅chemical formula for sulphuric acid H2O2 - correct answer ✅chemical formula for hydrogen peroxide Obligate parasite - correct answer ✅fungus which can only survive on other living organisms Scotophyte - correct answer ✅a plant which lives in the dark Xerophyte - correct answer ✅a plant adapted to live in dry places Hydrophyte - correct answer ✅a plant adapted for growth in water Bifocal lens - correct answer ✅invented by Benjamin Franklin Cement - correct answer ✅invented by Joseph Aspdin Laser - correct answer ✅invented by Dr. Charles H. Townes Electromagnet - correct answer ✅invented by William Sturgeon
J. P. Blanchard - correct answer ✅first person ever to use the parachute Henrich Hertz - correct answer ✅German physicist who first demonstrated the existence of Radio waves Seismograph - correct answer ✅instrument that records the intensity of earthquakes Lactometer - correct answer ✅measures the density of milk L. E. Waterman - correct answer ✅inventor of the fountain pen Monometer - correct answer ✅instrument used to measure the pressure of gases Mendel - correct answer ✅demonstrated the role of heredity Salinometer - correct answer ✅instrument used to measure the concentration of salt water Dactylography - correct answer ✅study of finger prints Tangent galvanometer - correct answer ✅instrument used to study the strength of direct current Charles Goodyear - correct answer ✅inventor of vulcanized rubber
Zn - correct answer ✅chemical symbol for zinc He - correct answer ✅chemical symbol for helium Celluloid - correct answer ✅invented by A. Parker J. E. Lundstrom - correct answer ✅inventor of safety matches Zoology - correct answer ✅study of animal life Botany - correct answer ✅study of plant life John H. Glen - correct answer ✅first American to orbit Earth Electro-cardiograph - correct answer ✅invented by William Einthoven Hydrocarbon - correct answer ✅compound which contains only hydrogen and carbon Auriscope - correct answer ✅used to detect ear disorders Thrombocytes - correct answer ✅scientific name for blood platelets