1. In humans, veins carry blood to the heart, what carries blood away from the heart? Arteries
2. Giving some vegetables their orange color, what pigment is vital to the process of photosynthesis? Beta-Carotene
3. Also called the tibia, what bone in the leg, has Steve Wright called a device for finding furniture in the dark? Shin bone
4. Occurring about 10 times per minute, corneal reflex is the scientific term for what facial movement? Blinking
5. Safety burners commonly found in high school labs are named after which German chemist? Robert Bunsen
6. Also known as chemical reduction, what industrial process employs high heat to extract metal from it's ore? Smelting
7. Named for a british scientist, what kinetic desk toy consists of five metal balls suspended from pendulums? Newton's cradle
8. Estimated to cause a million deaths or more per year, what is the most dangerous insect on the planet? Mosquito
9. In biology, what is the process in which a human cell divides into two identical halves? Mytosis
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