Statistics for Scientific Terms A-Z

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Letter	Clue	Answer	% Correct
C	Element that makes bones strong	Calcium	97%
T	Instrument used to measure temperature	Thermometer	95%
B	Microorganisms, mostly harmless towards humans	Bacteria	89%
I	Charged particles	Ions	89%
J	Unit of work	Joule	85%
P	Often known as the 4th state of matter	Plasma	85%
A	Study of structure and parts of organisms	Anatomy	84%
U	Fluid containing urea, water, salts, and other waste substances	Urine	84%
H	Thermal energy	Heat	82%
N	Organ system that consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves	Nervous system	81%
K	Prefix indicating the 3rd power of 10	Kilo	79%
R	The "bending" of light	Refraction	76%
Z	Result of fertilization	Zygote	74%
W	Condition of atmosphere over a small period of time	Weather	71%
E	Proteins that speed up chemical processes	Enzymes	69%
G	The process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure	Germination	68%
M	Change in sequence of DNA	Mutation	66%
S	Anything that evokes a response	Stimulus	61%
Y	39th chemical element	Yttrium	61%
D	The process by which organic substances are broken down into simpler organic matter	Decomposition	50%
Q	The minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction	Quantum	50%
X	Plant tissue that is responsible for the transport of water and minerals	Xylem	47%
O	Volcanic glass formed from cooled lava	Obsidian	39%
V	Organelle that is used for storage of essentials and wastes in both plant and animal cells	Vacuole	35%
L	The crust and the upper layer of the mantle	Lithosphere	29%
F	Form of asexual reproduction	Fission	21%