Statistics for Science Vocabulary #2

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Definition	Word	% Correct
The study of living things	Biology	97%
How plants convert light into energy	Photosynthesis	96%
Third element in the Periodic Table	Lithium	89%
Temperature scale similar to Celsius, but beginning at absolute zero	Kelvin	88%
Slow-moving mass of ice formed by accumulation and compaction of snow	Glacier	87%
Liquid produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder	Bile	85%
Order of mammal that carries its young in a pouch	Marsupial	85%
What an egg cell becomes when it is fertilized	Embryo	82%
A hypothesis that has been rigorously tested and confirmed	Theory	82%
Two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds	Molecule	79%
Disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C	Scurvy	79%
Interstellar cloud of dust and gas	Nebula	76%
An animal that feeds on carcasses that it didn't kill	Scavenger	75%
Order of animals to which humans and monkeys belong	Primate	72%
A substance that can cause cancer	Carcinogen	70%
Long-term weather patterns	Climate	69%
Male bee whose only purpose is reproduction	Drone	67%
Hereditary illness that impairs the body's ability to stop bleeding	Hemophilia	62%
Substance that kills plants	Herbicide	56%
Partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow	Penumbra	24%