Science & Medicine — Set 1: Quick Drills flashcards
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Drills deck · part of Science & Medicine · written against: 150 words of health and science news; not medical advice. Updated 2026-10-10.
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Which word means relating to the heart alone, not to the network of tubes it pumps blood through?cardiacBody & Health
Cardiac muscle beats about a hundred thousand times a day without resting. -
Which word means the pancreas's signal that lets body cells soak up sugar from the bloodstream, or doses of it taken as a drug?insulinBody & Health
A cat with diabetes may need insulin shots twice a day. -
Which word means a healthy-looking host who can still spread a germ, or hand a gene down to offspring, be it a person or an animal?carrierDisease & Infection
A carrier of the color-blindness gene, she sees colors normally herself. -
Which word means life found in soil, water and our own bodies, each one a single cell with no nucleus; only a few kinds cause disease?bacteriaDisease & Infection
Under ideal conditions, some bacteria double their numbers every twenty minutes. -
Which word means the authorization a doctor or other licensed provider sends to a pharmacy so one patient can get one particular drug?prescriptionDiagnosis & Treatment
The pharmacist couldn't read the handwriting on Wren's prescription. -
Which word means a first demonstration answering just one question, whether a new idea can succeed, before any product is designed?proof of conceptResearch & Technology
A cardboard solar oven that baked one cookie was the team's proof of concept. -
Which word means a large molecule made of linked amino acids that does much of a cell's work, or food rich in such molecules?proteinGenes & Life
Spider silk is made almost entirely of protein. -
Which word means having to do with the rules that govern atoms and particles, under which energy is often gained or lost in whole, indivisible units?quantumMatter & Energy
Quantum rules explain why atoms give off light in sharp colors. -
Which word means a drift, over decades, in the weather a planet can expect, with people now mostly to blame?climate changeEarth & Climate
As summers warm, climate change is pushing some alpine plants higher up the mountains. -
Which word means the distance covered in twelve months at about 186,000 miles per second?light-yearSpace
Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, lies about 8.6 light-years away.
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