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2022-2023 Red Set - Science Extra Questions.pdf

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This phenomenon temporarily increases ozone and oxides of nitrogen in the area in which it occurs. This weather phenomenon can be triggered by launching specially-designed rockets with trailing spools of wire. Primarily seen in Intra-Cloud, Cloud-to-Cloud, and Cloud- to-Ground varieties, for the point, what is this weather phenomenon which occurs before thunder? Lightning BepiColom bo Mariner 10 MESSENGER
The spacecraft is set to arrive at this region in 2025. The and are spacecrafts that have visited this planet, whose notable features include its largest impact crater, the Caloris Basin. For the point, name this smallest and innermost planet of oMure srocluarry system.
The Hartree-Fock method is a process for approximating these entities of more complex systems. The molecular variety of these entities can be calculated from the LCAO [[L- C-A-O]] method. The simplest type of these entities is spherical and contains no radial nodes, and a singular one of these constructs can only hold two electrons. For the point, name these atomic regOiornbsi ttahlat come inW s,a pv, edf,u anncdt ifo vnarieties. Orbital s
(accept s before “molecular” is mentioned; accept specific orbital types such as S, P, D, or F s before mentioned)
This software, first released in 1982, has variants including Electrical and Architectural. Derived from an application that was developed in 1977, Interact, this software uses file formats denoted by .dwg, .dwt, .dws, or .dxf. For the point, name this software developed by the same company that created 3DS Max, Revit, and Fusion360 [["THREE SIXTY"]], commonly used in many different disciplines of engineering to create design schematicsA. utoCAD Auto CAD
(accept desk ; prompt on "CAD" before mentioned)
This interaction contributes to the secondary structure of proteins since oxygens and another compound are in the backbone and side chains. This interaction causes the fluoride of a certain element to form a negative azeotrope [[ah-zee-OH-trohpe]] with water. This interaction is due to an attraction to elements like oxygen and fluorine. For the point, name this strongH inytderromgoelne cBuolanrd force contHai-nbionng dan atom of the lightest element. s
(accept s; prompt on “Hydrogen”)
These molecules contain most of the body's supply of choline [[KOH-leen]]. Enzymes called flippases, floppases, and scramblases move these molecules between the adjacent leaflets of a structure described by the fluid mosaic model. These molecules contain a hydrophilic "head" group and two hydrophobic "tails" made of fatty acid chains. For the point, name theseP hmooslpechuolleisp ifodund in a nPamhoesspahkeo l"ibpiildayer" that makes up the cell membrane. s
(accept Bilayer; prompt on "Lipids" or "Fats")
This process is initiated by the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways, both of which activate caspases [[kahs-PAY-sehs]] to induce protein degradation. Unlike in necrosis, cells undergoing this process shrink rather than increase in volume and are able to retain its plasma membrane. Cancer cells are able to evade, for the point, what process, also known as "programmAepdo pcetlol sdiesath"?
(prompt on "Cell Death" before mentioned)
Enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of this molecule by dephosphorylation are known as its namesake “-ase.” This molecule must bind to a magnesium cation to be active, and this molecule’s synthase is powered by a proton gradient in the electron transport chain. Glycolysis yields a net gain of two of, for the point, what molecule which serves as the energy currency oAf TthPe cellA? denosine Triphosphate ATP ATP
(or ; accept ase; accept Synthase)
The product of this quantity and diameter divided by viscosity gives the Reynolds number, and Torricelli's [[toh-ree-CHEH-lees]] theorem relates this quantity to the height of fluid through an application of Bernoulli's [[behr-NOO-lees]] principle. The instantaneous form of this quantity is the first derivative of position. Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of, Vfoerl othceit pyoint, what vector quantity measured in meters per second?
(prompt on "Speed" before "vector" is read)
This hardware object, used for static memory allocation, shares its name with a data structure used to perform iterative depth-first search. Incorrect implementation of the base case leads to infinite recursion, causing this object to overflow. The heap is contrasted with, for the point, what regions of computer memory that shares its name with a last-in, first-out data structSutraec?k Stack
(or -based Memory Allocation)
Prime numbers named after this mathematician take the form of "Two to the two to the nth power plus one." A result named after this man states that any integer raised to a prime power is equivalent to itself modulo that prime. This man’s most famous theorem was resolved in an unwieldy proof by Andrew Wiles in 1995. A proof that was "too large to fit into the margin" describeFse, rfomra tthe point, Fwehramt aFtrench mathematician's "Last Theorem"? Pierre de
(accept 's Last Theorem)
In his essay "How Long is the Coast of Britain?", Benoit Mandelbrot [[beh-NWAH man- del-BRAHT]] described examples of these shapes, such as the Koch snowflake, which starts as an equilateral triangle. The Cantor set and the Sierpinski [[seer-PIHN-skee]] triangle are examples of, for the point, what self-similar shapes that contain infinitely many smaller copies of thFermacsteallves? s